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Krishna Janmashtami (Devanagari ), also known as ''Krishnashtami'', ''Saatam Aatham'', ''Gokulashtami'', ''Ashtami Rohini'', ''Srikrishna Jayanti'', ''Sree Jayanti'' or sometimes simply as ''Janmashtami'', is an annual celebration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. The festival is celebrated on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) of the month of Bhadrapad (August–September) in the Hindu calendar.〔(Krishna Janmashtami )〕''Rasa lila'', dramatic enactments of the life of Krishna, are a special feature in regions of Mathura and Vrindavan, and regions following Vaishnavism in Manipur.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/372380/20120810/pictures-people-celebrating-janmashtami-india.htm )〕 While the ''Rasa lila'' re-creates the flirtatious aspects of Krishna's youthful days, the ''Dahi Handi'' celebrate God's playful and mischievous side, where teams of young men form human towers to reach a high-hanging pot of butter and break it. This tradition, also known as ''uriadi'', is a major event in Tamil Nadu on Gokulashtami. Krishna Janmashtami is followed by the festival Nandotsav, which celebrates the occasion when Nanda Baba distributed gifts to the community in honour of the birth.〔Packert, Cynthia. (The Art of Loving Krishna: Ornamentation and Devotion ). Indiana University Press, 2010. Print.〕 ==Legend== Krishna was the eighth son of Devaki and Vasudeva. Based on scriptural details and astrological calculations, the date of Krishna's birth, known as Janmashtami, is 18 July 3228 BCE and he lived until 18 February 3102 BCE.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.drikpanchang.com/dashavatara/lord-krishna/krishna-date-of-birth.html )〕〔(Krishna )〕 Krishna belonged to the Vrishni clan of Yadavas from Mathura,〔Pargiter, F.E. (1972) (). Ancient Indian Historical Tradition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, pp.105–107.〕 and was the eighth son born to the princess Devaki and her husband Vasudeva. Mathura (in present day Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh) was the capital of the Yadavas, to which Krishna's parents Vasudeva and Devaki belonged. King Kansa, Devaki's brother,〔According to the Bhagavata and Vishnu Puranas, but in some Puranas like Devi-Bhagavata-Purana, her paternal uncle. See the Vishnu-Purana Book V Chapter 1, translated by H. H. Wilson, (1840), the Srimad Bhagavatam, translated by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, (1988) copyright Bhaktivedanta Book Trust〕 had ascended the throne by imprisoning his father, King Ugrasena. Afraid of a prophecy that predicted his death at the hands of Devaki's eighth son, Kansa had the couple locked in a prison cell. After Kansa killed the first six children, and Devaki's apparent miscarriage of the seventh (which was actually a secret transfer of the infant to Rohini as Balarama), Krishna was born. Following the birth, Vishnu ordered Vasudeva to take Krishna to Gokul to Nanda and Yashoda,〔 where he could live safely, away from his Uncle Kansa. Vasudeva took Krishna with him and crossed the Yamuna to reach Gokul. There, everyone was asleep; so he quietly kept him there and returned with Yashoda's daughter. Kansa, thinking her to be Devki's eight child, threw her on a stone. But she rose into the air and transformed into Yogmaya (who is Vishnu's helper) and warned Kansa about his death. Then, she disappeared. Krishna grew up in Gokul with his brother, Balram. He then returned to Mathura and killed Kansa with the help of Balram. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Krishna Janmashtami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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