Rukmavati
{{Short description|Wife of Pradyumna in Hindu mythology}}{{Infobox deity
| type = Hindu
| father = Rukmi
| spouse = Pradyumna
| affiliation = Vaishnavism
| children = Aniruddha
| dynasty = Yaduvamsha (by marriage)
| image = India, Pre-Mughal, 16th Century - The Marriage of Pradyumna and Rukmavati, page from a Bhagavata Purana - 1976.26 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
| caption = The wedding ceremony of Rukmavati and Pradyumna
| texts = Bhagavata Purana
}}
Rukmavati ({{Langx|sa|रुक्मवती|translit=Rukmāvatī}}) is the daughter of King Rukmi of Vidarbha and the second wife of Pradyumna in Hindu mythology.{{Cite book |last=Vanamali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LFwoDwAAQBAJ&dq=rukmavati+pradyumna&pg=PT169 |title=The Complete Life of Krishna: Based on the Earliest Oral Traditions and the Sacred Scriptures |date=2012-05-22 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-59477-690-8 |language=en}} Pradyumna is the son of the deity Krishna and his chief wife Rukmini, the sister of Rukmi. Rukmavati has a son named Aniruddha, who is a member of the chatur-vyuha.{{Cite book |last=Books |first=Kausiki |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzxKEAAAQBAJ&dq=aniruddha+chatur+vyuha&pg=PT66 |title=Kurma Purana Part 1 : English Translation only without Slokas |date=2021-10-24 |publisher=Kausiki Books |pages=66 |language=en}}
Legend
The Bhagavata Purana describes the princess' marriage to Pradyumna. Pradyumna wins Rukmavati's hand in her svayamvara ceremony, by defeating other suitor princes. Though her father Rukmi harbours a grudge against Krishna, who had humiliated him, Rukmi consents, in accordance to the wishes of Rukmini. In the course of time, Rochana, another of Rukmi's granddaughters, is married to Rukmavati's son, Aniruddha.{{Cite web |title=Srimad Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 61 |url=http://bhagavata.org/canto10/chapter61.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=bhagavata.org}} Vajra, son of Aniruddha and Rochana, is one of the few survivors of the Yadu civil war.{{Cite book |last1=Prabhupada |first1=His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oohOCgAAQBAJ&dq=rukmavati+aniruddha&pg=PT3766 |title=Srimad-Bhagavatam, Tenth Canto: The Summum Bonum |last2=Prabhupada |first2=Disciples of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami |date=1977-12-31 |publisher=The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust |isbn=978-91-7149-643-0 |language=en}}
References
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Category:Characters in the Bhagavata Purana