The Yadava king for whom the Vrishni clan is named.
Accounts of this vary across texts and traditions. This entry primarily follows Puranic tradition, with other tellings (Mahabharata) noted where relevant.
Vrishni is a king of the Yadava dynasty, the ancestor of the Vrishni clan, to which Krishna belongs. In the tree he is the father of Shurasena.
Krishna is called Vrishni-vamsha or Varshneya, "of the Vrishni line". The tree compresses several generations between Vrishni and Shurasena, following the varying Puranic lists.
This entry is independently written for myVamsam using the sources listed above. Where traditions differ, this entry identifies the relevant tradition rather than presenting one account as universally established fact.