Yashoda

Yashoda (; संस्कृत: यशोदा), also spelt as Yasodha, Yashoda means one who is giver (da, दा) of Fame (Yash, यश). She is the foster-mother to the God Krishna (Krushn) and a wife of Nanda. She is described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism. Within the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna (Krushn) was born to Devaki, was given to Yashoda and Nanda in Gokul, exchanging her daughter Adi Parashakti with Krishna (Krushn)'s father Vasudeva on the night of his birth, for his protection from Devaki's brother, Kamsa, the king of Mathura.