Pradyumna is a character in Hindu mythology. He was the son of Krishna and Rukmini. When he was a baby he was abducted by the demon Sambara. He was then cast into the sea and swallowed by a fish, but that fish was caught and carried to the house of Sambara. The fish was opened and the child was found inside. He was given to a woman in Sambara's house to raise. Narada informed her about the true identity of the child. When Pradyumna grew up, he battled the demon Sambara, defeated him. Pradyumna was later killed in a drunken brawl in his father's court at Dwaraka. According to some accounts, Pradyumna was an incarnation of Kama, the god of love. The following link (http://www.krsnabook.com/ch55.html) describes history and meaning of Pradyumna in detail This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... Lord Krishna Krishna (कृष्ण, Sanskrit for black), is, according to common Hindu tradition, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... In Hinduism, Rukmini is the first wife and queen of Krishna, the 8th avatar of Vishnu. ... Categories: Hindu deities | Stub ... Dwarka is a city in Gujarat, India. ... In Hinduism, Kama is the god of love and a son of Lakshmi. ...
The grammarian Patanjali, who wrote his commentary the Mahabhashya upon Panini's grammar about 150 BCE, quotes a verse to the following effect: May the might of Krishna accompanied by Samkarshana increase!
One verse speaks of Janardana with himself as fourth (Krishna with three companions, the three possibly being Samkarshana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha).
Another verse mentions musical instruments being played at meetings in the temples of Rama (Balarama) and Kesava (Krishna).
He then began to tell me how when Srila Prabhupad was down in South India some Sri Vaishnavas had come to see and honour him with elaborate pujas, at theend of which one, the leader, Sampat Kumar Bhattacarya gave Srila Prabhupad two fine Shaligrams.
Prabhupad showed Pradyumna how to worhip Them and Pradyumna did so along with his wife for some time.
Due to pressures and volume of service Pradyumna gave over Their care to two devotees.