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Rukmiṇī (Hindu mythological character)

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Personal name headingRukmiṇī (Hindu mythological character)
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Found inRukmini, 2021: title page (Rukmini, Krishna's wife)
Dowson, John. Classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history and literature, 1961: page 270 (Rukmiṇī, daughter of Bhīshmaka, king of Vidarbha. According to Harivansa, she was sought in marriage by Krishna, with whom she fell in love. She was Krishna's principal wife and bore him a son, Pradyumna)
Walker, Benjamin. Hindu world, 1983: p. 314 (Rukmiṇī, daughter of Bhīshmaka king of the melchchha (barbarian) Bhoja people in Berār, related to the Vidarbhas)
Invalid LCCNsh 85115800