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===Wives and children=== Vasudeva married [[Devaki]], and also had other wives such as [[Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)|Pauravi Rohini]], Madira, Vaishakhi, Bhadra, Sunama, Sahadeva, Shantideva, Shrideva, Devarakshita, Vrikadevi, Upadevi, and Badarva. Rohini bore several sons, namely, [[Balarama]], Sarana and Shatha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shatha|title = Shatha, Śaṭha, Satha, Saṭha, Śaṭhā: 19 definitions|date = 3 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sharana#purana|title=Sharana, Sārana, Sarana, Saraṇa, Sāraṇā, Śaraṇa, Sāraṇa, Saraṇā: 25 definitions|date=12 April 2009}}</ref> Vrikadevi gave birth to Avagaha and Nandaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vrikadevi|title = Vrikadevi, Vṛkadevī: 2 definitions|date = 18 February 2017}}</ref> By Devaki, he had eight sons–six of whom were killed by [[Kamsa]] and the other two being Balarama (transferred into the womb of Rohini) and [[Krishna]]. He also had a daughter – [[Subhadra]] from Rohini.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/vishnu-purana-wilson/d/doc116012.html|title = The story of the previous birth of Shishupala and the sons of Vasudeva [Chapter XV]|date = 30 August 2014}}</ref> In some versions of the Bhagavata Purana, Vasudeva also married Sutanu, the princess of Kasi, and they had a son named [[Paundraka Vasudeva|Paundraka]].<ref>Bhagavata Purana Skandha X Chapter 66, Motilal Bansaridass Publishers Book 4 Appendix (66A) pages 1884- 1885, additional verses in Vijaya-dhvaja's Bhagavata Purana, Chapter 69</ref>
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