यदु — {yádu} m. N. of an ancient hero (in the Veda often mentioned together with Turvaśa {or ṭurvasu}, q.v., and described as preserved by Indra during an inundation##in epic poetry he is a son of Yayāti and brother of Puru and Turvasu, Kṛishṇa being descended from Yadu, and Bharata and Kuru from Puru##Yadu is also called a son of Vasu, king of Cedi, or a son of Hary-aśva)##N. of a country on the west of the Jumnā river (about Mathurā and Vṛindā-vana, over which Yadu ruled##according to others the Deccan or Southern peninsula of India)##pl. the people of Yadu or the descendants of king Yadu (cf. {yādava})
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