Devaki

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Gender Feminine
Usage Hinduism, Hindi, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Scripts देवकी(Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali) ദേവകി(Malayalam) ದೇವಕಿ(Kannada) దేవకీ(Telugu) தேவகி(Tamil)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈd̪eː.ʋɐ.kiː/(Sanskrit)

Meaning & History

From Sanskrit देवक (devaka) meaning "divine, celestial", a derivative of देव (deva) meaning "god". According to the Hindu epic the Mahabharata she was the wife of Vasudeva and the mother of Krishna.