Vasudeva

...Krishna was eventually identified with Bhagavat, a god worshipped by the Yadavas, and was then considered an incarnation of the sun god Vishnu, becoming the supreme deity of the Bhagavata sect of Vaishnavism. According to the Krishna legend that developed in later times, Vishnu was born as Krishna, the son of Vasudeva of the Yadavas and his wife Devaki, in order to punish the demons who had appeared on earth in the form of tyrannical kings. Fearing persecution by Devaki's brother Kamsa, Krishna was raised by Nanda, the chief of a cowherd village, and his wife Yasoda, along with his brother Balarama, but from his childhood he performed miracles, killing many demons, and eventually killed the evil king Kamsa. ...

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…やがてクリシュナはヤーダバ族の奉ずる神バガバットと同一視され，さらに太陽神ビシュヌの化身とみなされるようになり，ビシュヌ教のバーガバタ派の最高神となった。　後代に発達したクリシュナ伝説によれば，ビシュヌは暴虐な王の姿をとって地上に出現した悪魔たちを成敗するために，ヤーダバ族のバスデーバVasudevaとその妻デーバキーの息子クリシュナとして生まれた。デーバキーの兄のカンサの迫害を恐れ，クリシュナは兄のバララーマBalarāmaとともに牛飼村の長ナンダとその妻ヤショーダーにより養育されたが，少年期より奇跡を現じて幾多の悪魔たちを殺し，ついには悪王カンサを殺した。…

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