Yasoda (यशोदा) combines the Sanskrit yashas (fame, glory) and da (giver) — "giver of glory." **The foster mother of Krishna** — wife of the cowherd Nanda in Vrindavan, who raised Krishna when his birth-parents Devaki and Vasudeva had to hide him from his evil uncle Kamsa. **The archetype of selfless maternal love in Hindu devotion** — celebrated in countless songs of butter-thieving baby Krishna.
Featured in the Bhagavata Purana.
Yasoda reduces to four — the number of Krishna's foster mother.