Subhadra

Proper noun

Subhadra

1. (Hinduism) Subhadra, daughter of Vasudeva, and Rohini, sister of Krishna, and Balarama, wife of Arjuna and the mother of Abhimanyu.
   • The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sister Subhadra.1960, Mayadhar Mansinha, History of Oriya Literature, Sahitya Akademi, page 76
   • An inscription from this temple clearly refers to Purusottama and to the images of Bala, Krsna and Subhadra enshrined within.1994, O. M. Starza, The Jagannatha Temple at Puri: Its Architecture, Art, and Cult, Brill, →ISBN, page 64
2. A female given name from Sanskrit mostly used in India.