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The story of Krishna occurs in the Jataka tales in Buddhism,[129] in the Vaibhav Jataka as a prince and legendary conqueror and king of India.[130] In the Buddhist version, Krishna is called Vasudeva, Kanha and Keshava, and Balarama is his older brother, Baladeva. These details resemble that of the story given in the Bhagavata Purana. Vasudeva, along with his nine other brothers (each son a powerful wrestler) and one elder sister (Anjana) capture all of Jambudvipa (many consider this to be India) after beheading their evil uncle, King Kansa, and later all other kings of Jambudvipa with his Sudarshana Chakra. Much of the story involving the defeat of Kansa follows the story given in the Bhagavata Purana.[131]As depicted in the Mahābhārata, all of the sons are eventually killed due to a curse of sage Kanhadipayana (Veda Vyasa, also known as Krishna Dwaipayana). Krishna himself is eventually speared by a hunter in the foot by mistake, leaving the sole survivor of their family being their sister, Anjanadevi of whom no further mention is made.[132]Since Jataka tales are given from the perspective of Buddha's previous lives (as well as the previous lives of many of Buddha's followers), Krishna appears as one of the lives of Sariputra, one of Buddha's foremost disciples and the "

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The story of Krishna occurs in the Jataka tales in Buddhism,[129] in the Vaibhav Jataka as a prince and legendary conqueror and king of India.[130] In the Buddh ist version, Krishna is called Vasudeva, Kanha and Keshava, and Balarama is his older brother, Baladeva. These details resemble that of the story given in the B hagavata Purana. Vasudeva, along with his nine other brothers (each son a powerf ul wrestler) and one elder sister (Anjana) capture all of Jambudvipa (many consi der this to be India) after beheading their evil uncle, King Kansa, and later al l other kings of Jambudvipa with his Sudarshana Chakra. Much of the story involv ing the defeat of Kansa follows the story given in the Bhagavata Purana.[131] As depicted in the Mahabharata, all of the sons are eventually killed due to a c urse of sage Kanhadipayana (Veda Vyasa, also known as Krishna Dwaipayana). Krish na himself is eventually speared by a hunter in the foot by mistake, leaving the sole survivor of their family being their sister, Anjanadevi of whom no further mention is made.[132] Since Jataka tales are given from the perspective of Buddha's previous lives (as well as the previous lives of many of Buddha's followers), Krishna appears as o ne of the lives of Sariputra, one of Buddha's foremost disciples and the "Dhamma senapati" or "Chief General of the Dharma" and is usually shown being Buddha's " right hand man" in Buddhist art and iconography.[133] The Bodhisattva, is born i n this tale as one of his youngest brothers named Ghatapandita, and saves Krishn a from the grief of losing his son.[130] The 'divine boy' Krishna as an embodime nt of wisdom and endearing prankster forms a part of the pantheon of gods in Jap anese Buddhism .[134]