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Bhadra

deity earth Hindu single tradition · 3

Bhadra is the wife of Kubera and daughter of the demon Mura. She is also called Yakshi – a female yaksha, Kauberi ("wife of Kubera") and Charvi ("splendour").

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
500 BCE
Attested period
-500 – 500
Historical notes
Referenced in the Mahabharata.

Relationships

parent of
Manibhadra, Nalakubara, Varna-kavi, Nalakuvara, Upamanyu, Manigriva, Mayuraja, Minakshi
consort of
Kubera
manifests as
Riddhi, Yakshi, Kauberi, Charvi
co occurs with
Shankha, Padma, Ravana, Vishnu, Nārada, Varuna
manifested by
Riddhi, devi, Prakriti
child of
Mura, Pramati, Krishna, Kalindi, Chandra

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Kubera
  2. Maṇibhadra
  3. Bhadrakali

Source passages

“The Puranas and the Mahabharata record that Kubera married Bhadra ("auspicious"), or Riddhi ("prosperity"), daughter of the demon Mura. She is also called Yakshi – a female yaksha, Kauberi ("wife of Kubera") and Charvi ("splendour").”

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“Manibhadra is stated to be a son of Kubera and his wife, Bhadra.”

#28807 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The name Bhadra comes from Sanskrit. In Sanskrit, "bhadra" means "auspicious" or "fortunate". Another interpretation traces the name to the Sanskrit root word (bija akshara) "bha" and "dra".”

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