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Entry यादव

यादवyādavaA descendant of Yadu.
[यदोरपत्यम् अण्]
1. A descendant of Yadu.
2. Name of Kṛiṣṇa.
Derived forms and compounds
- -वी
  
  Name of Durgā
  
  Of Kuntī; भद्रं ते यादवीमातर्वचश्चेदं निबोध मे Mb.15.3.3.
  
  Of Subhadrā; कर्णं द्रक्षति कुन्ती च सौभद्रं चापि यादवी Mb.15.31.2.
- -वम् A stock of cattle.
- -कोशः Name of a dictionary (वैजयन्ती).
In the Gita11·41

हे कृष्ण हे यादव हे सखेति ।

he kṛṣṇa he yādava he sakheti, — For whatsoever I have spoken to Thee thinking of Thee only as my human friend and companion, ‘O Krishna, O Yadava, O Comrade,’ not knowing this Thy… 11·41
- यादवyādavavocative singular of the masculine noun yādava (a scion of the family of Yadu, here used for addressing Sri Krishna).
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