#putana

[monstergirlgang]

Monster Girl October Tarot Day 7: The demoness Putana as the 6 of Pentacles card

Putana was a demoness who disguised herself as a beautiful woman and offered to care for the infant god Krishna. In actuality, she had poisoned her milk so that she could kill the baby Krishna when breastfeeding him. Krishna drank the poisoned milk, but also sucked out Putana's life force simultaneously, killing her in the process. The Six of Pentacles card is about giving, sharing, and generosity. Putana was a good example of using the guise of generosity to try to kill (although she was ultimately unsuccessful, she is sometimes thought of as a foster mother of Krishna anyway!)

[incorrectmahabharatquotes]

To hell with Dimitrescu, ain't Putana the OG MILF?

Wrong, they're besties.

-Mod S

[arjuna-vallabha]

Krishna and Putana by Rayana Giridhar Gowd

[hinducosmos]

The Infant Krishna Slays The Demoness Putana An Illustration To The Bhagavata Purana. Circa 1780-90. Guler, India. The infant Krishna at the breast of the crumpled demoness Putana suckling the life out of her. (via Sotheby's)

[arjuna-vallabha]

Krishna killing Putana, Vijayanagara period ivory

[arjuna-vallabha]

Krishna killing Putana, relief from, south India, Vijayanagar Empire

[valkyries-things]

PUTANA // HINDU RAKSHASI

“She is a rakshasi (demoness), who was killed by the infant-god Krishna. Putana disguises as a young, beautiful woman and tries to kill the god by breast-feeding poisoned milk; however Krishna sucks her milk as well as her life via her breasts. Putana is also considered as a foster-mother of Krishna as she breast-fed him. By offering her milk, Putana had performed "the supreme act of maternal devotion", in the shadow of her evil motives. The legend is told and retold in Hindu scriptures and some Indian books, which portray her variously as an evil hag or a demoness who surrendered herself to Krishna, though she initially came with evil motives.”

(above illustration shows ‘the Death of the Demoness Putana’ from a Bhagavata Purana Series)

[bhagavanbhakthi]

Demons killed by Lord Krishna (Hindi) | भगवान कृष्ण द्वारा मारे गए राक्षस (हिंदी)