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Book Iv. Chapter Xix

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"The Vishnu Purana", translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, [1840],

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Chap. Xix.

Descendants of Puru. Birth of Bharata, the son of Dushyanta: his sons killed: adopts Bharadwja or Vitatha. Hastin, founder of Hastinapur. Sons of Ajmdha, and the races derived from them, as Pnchlas, &c. Kripa and Krip found by ntanu. Descendants of Riksha, the son of Ajmdha. Kurukshetra named from Kuru. Jarsandha and others, kings of Magadh.

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son of Puru was Janamejaya; his son was Prchinvat; his son was Pravra; his son was Manasyu; his son was Bhayada 1; his son was Sudyumna 2; his son was Bahugava 3; his son was Samyti 4; his son was Ahamyti 5; his son was Raudrwa 6, who had ten sons, Riteyu 7, Kaksheyu, Sthandileyu, Ghriteyu, Jaleyu, Sthaleyu, Santateyu, Dhaneyu, Vaneyu, and Vrateyu 8. The son of Riteyu was Rantinra 9,

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whose sons were Tansu, Apratiratha, and Dhruva 10. The son of the second of these was Kanwa, and his son was Medhtithi, from whom the Knwyna Brahmanas 11 descended. Anila 12 was the son of Tansu, and he had four sons, of whom Dushyanta was the elder 13. The son of

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[paragraph continues] Dushyanta was the emperor Bharata; a verse explanatory of his name is chaunted by the gods; "The mother is only the receptacle; it is the father by whom a son is begotten. Cherish thy son, Dushyanta; treat not akuntal with disrespect. Sons, who are born from the paternal loins, rescue their progenitors from the infernal regions. Thou art the parent of this boy; akuntal has spoken truth." From the expression 'cherish,' Bharaswa, the prince was called Bharata 14.

Bharata had by different wives nine sons, but they were put to death by their own mothers, because Bharata remarked that they bore no resemblance to him, and the women were afraid that he would therefore desert them. The birth of his sons being thus unavailing, Bharata sacrificed to the Maruts, and they gave him Bharadwja, the son of Vrihaspati by Mamata the wife of Utathya, expelled by the kick of Dirghatamas, his half brother, before his time. This verse explains the purport of his appellation; "'Silly woman,' said Vrihaspati, 'cherish this child of two fathers' (bhara dw-jam). 'No, Vrihaspati,' replied Mamat, 'do you take care of him.' So saying, they both abandoned him; but from their expressions the boy was called Bharadwja." He was also termed Vitatha, in allusion to the unprofitable (vitatha) birth of the sons of Bharata 15. The son of Vitatha was

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[paragraph continues] Bhavanmanyu 16; his sons were many, and amongst them the chief were Vrihatkshatra, Mahvryya, Nara, and Garga 17. The son of Nara was Sankriti; his sons were Ruchiradh and Rantideva 18. The son of Garga

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was Sini 19, and their descendants called Grgyas and ainyas, although Kshatriyas by birth, became Brahmans 20. The son of Mahvryya was Urukshaya 21, who had three sons, Trayyruna, Pushkarin, and Kapi 22; the last of whom became a Brahman. The son of Vrihatkshatra was Suhotra 23, whose son was Hastin, who founded the city of

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[paragraph continues] Hastinpur 24. The sons of Hastin were Ajamdha 25, Dwimdha, and Purumdha. One son of Ajamdha was Kanwa, whose son was Medhtithi 26; his other son was Vrihadishu, whose son was Vrihadvasu 27; his son was Vrihatkarman 28; his son was Jayadratha 29; his son was Viwajit 30; his son was Senajit, whose sons were Ruchirwa, Kya, Dridhadhanush, and Vasahanu 31. The son of Ruchirwa was Prithusena; his son was Pra; his son was Npa; he had a hundred sons, of whom Samara, the principal, was the ruler of Kmpilya 32. Samara had three sons, Pra, Sampra, Sadawa. The son of Pra was Prithu; his son was Sukriti; his son was Vibhrtra 33; his son was Anuha, who married Kritw, the daughter of uka (the son of Vysa), and had by her Brahmadatta 34;

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his son was Viwaksena; his son was Udaksena 35; and his son was Bhallta 36.

The son of Dwimdha 37 was Yavnara; his son was Dhritimat 38; his son was Satyadhriti; his son was Dridhanemi; his son was Suprwa 39; his son was Sumati; his son was Sannatimat; his son was Krita, to whom Hiranyanbha taught the philosophy of the Yoga, and he compiled twenty-four Sanhits (or compendia) for the use of the eastern Brahmans, who study the Sma-veda 40. The son of Krita was Ugryudha, by whose prowess the Npa race of Kshatriyas was destroyed 41; his son was Kshemya; his son was Suvra; his son was Nripanjaya 42; his son was Bahuratha. These were all called Pauravas.

Ajamdha had a wife called Nlin, and by her he had a son named Nla; his son was nti; his son was unti; his son was Purujnu 43; his son was Chakshu 44; his son was Haryyawa 45, who had five sons,

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[paragraph continues] Mudgala, rinjaya 46, Vrihadishu, Pravra 47, and Kmpilya 48. Their father said, "These my five (pancha) sons are able (alam) to protect the countries;" and hence they were termed the Pnchlas 49. From Mudgala descended the Maudgalya Brahmans 50: he had also a son named Bahwawa 51, who had two children, twins, a son and daughter, Divodsa and Ahaly. The son of aradwat or Gautama by Ahaly was atnanda 52; his son was Satyadhriti, who was a proficient in military science. Being enamoured of the nymph Urva, Satyadhriti was the parent of two children, a boy and a girl. ntanu, a Raja, whilst hunting, found these children exposed in a clump of long ara grass; and, compassionating their condition, took them, and brought them up. As they were nurtured through pity (krip), they were called Kripa and Krip. The latter became the wife of Drona, and the mother of Aswatthman.

The son of Divodsa was Mitryu 53; his son was Chyavana; his son

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was Sudsa; his son was Saudsa, also called Sahadeva; his son was Somaka; he had a hundred sons, of whom Jantu was the eldest, and Prishata the youngest. The son of Prishata was Drupada; his son was Dhrishtadyumna; his son was Drishtaketu.

Another son of Ajamdha was named Riksha 54; his son was Samvarana; his son was Kuru, who gave his name to the holy district Kurukshetra; his sons were Sudhanush, Jahnu, Parkshit, and many others 55. The son of Sudhanush was Suhotra; his son was Chyavana; his son was Krtaka 56; his son was Uparichara the Vasu 57, who had seven children, Vrihadratha, Pratyagra, Kumba, Mvella, Matsya, and others. The son of Vrihadratha was Kugra; his son was Rishabha 58; his son was Pushpavat; his son was Satyadhrita 59; his son was Sudhanwan; and his son was Jantu. Vrihadratha had another son, who being born in two

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parts, which were put together (sandhita) by a female fiend named Jar, he was denominated Jarsandha 60; his son was Sahadeva; his son was Sompi 61; his son was Srutaravas 62. These were kings of Magadh.

Footnotes

447:1
Abhayada: Vyu. Vtamaya: Agni. Vtyudha: Matsya. Chrupda: Bhgavata. The Mahbhrata, di P., p. 136, 138, has two accounts of the descendants of Puru, differing materially in the beginning from each other, and from the lists of the Purnas. In the first, Pravra is made the son of Puru; his son is Manasyu, who has three sons, akta, Sanhanana, and Vgmin; and there the line stops. Another son of Puru is Raudrwa, whose sons are Richeyu and the rest, as in our text; making them the second in descent, instead of the eleventh. In the second list, the son of Puru is Janamejaya, whose successors are Prchinvat, Samyti, Ahamyti, arvabhauma, Jayatsena, Avchna, Ariha, Mahbhauma, Ayutanyin, Akrodhana, Devtithi, Ariha, Riksha, Matinra, who is therefore the fifteenth from Puru, instead of the fourth as in the first account, or the twelfth as in the text.

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Dhundu: Vyu. ambhu: Agni. Sudhanwan: Brhma.

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Bahuvidha: Agni and Matsya.

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Sampti: Agni.

447:5
Omitted: Vyu. Bahuvdin: Matsya.

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Bhadrwa: Matsya.

447:7
Rjeyu: Vyu. Richeyu: Agni. They were the sons of the Apsaras Ghritch: or of Misrake: Mahbhrata. The Brhma P. and Hari V. have very unaccountably, and in opposition to all other authorities, transferred the whole of the descendants of Anu to this family; substituting for Anu the second name in our text, Kaksheyu. (p. 444.)

447:8
The Vyu names also ten daughters, Rudr, dr, Madr, Subhg, Amalaj, Tal, Khal, Gopajl, Tmraras, and Ratnakt; and adds that they were married to Prabhkara, a Rishi of the race of Atri. The Brhma P. and Hari V. have a legend of the birth of Soma, the moon, from him and one of these ten; who succeeded to the power and prerogatives of Atri. The sons of the other wives were less distinguished, but they formed families eminent amongst holy Brahmans, called Swastytreyas.

447:9
Atimra or Atibhra: Bhgavata. p. 448 Antinra: Matsya. Matinra: Mahbhrata, Agni and Brhma. According to the Matsya and Hari V. (not in the Brhma P.), Gaur, the daughter of this prince, was the mother of Mndhtri, of the family of Ikshwku.

448:10
In place of these the Matsya has Amrttirayas and Nrichandra, and there are several varieties in the nomenclature. In place of the first we have Vasu or Trasu, Vyu; Tansurogha, Agni; Tansurodha, Brhma; and Sumati, Bhgavata. Pratiratha is read for the second in the Agni and Brahm; and for the third, Suratha, Agni; Subhu, Hari V.

448:11
Medhtithi is the author of many hymns in the Rig-veda, and we have therefore Brahmans and religious teachers descended from Kshatriyas.

448:12
Malina: Vyu. Raibhya: Bhgavata. Dharmanetra: Brhma P. The Hari V. omits him, making sad blundering work of the whole passage. Thus the construction is such as to intimate that Tansu or Tansurodha had a wife named Il, the daughter of Medhtithi; that is, his brother's great-granddaughter: but this, as the commentator observes, is contrary to common sense, and he would read it therefore, 'The daughter of him who was named Ilin;' a Raja so called: but in the Vyu and Matsya we have Ilin, the daughter of Yama, married to Tansu, and mother of Malina or Anila; more correctly perhaps Ailina. The blunder of the Hari V. therefore arises from the compiler's reading Yasya, 'of whom,' instead of Yamasya, 'Yama.' It is not an error of transcription, for the metre requires Yasya, and the remark of the commentator proves the correctness of the reading. The name occurs lina, the son of Tansu, in the Mahbhrata, agreeably to the Anuvana loka, which is there quoted. 'Saraswat bore Tansu to Matinra, and Tansu begot a son, lina, by Kling.'

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The Vyu, Matsya, and Bhgavata agree with our text in making these the grandsons of Tansu: even the Brhma P. concurs, but the Hari V. makes them his sons, having apparently transformed Tansosuta, the son of Tansu, into a synonyme of Tansu, or Tansurodha; as in these parallel passages: 'The son of Tansu was the illustrious sage Dharmanetra: Upadnav had from him four excellent sons.' Brhma P. 'Tansurodha was a royal sage, the illustrious institutor of laws. Upadnav had four sons from Tansurodha.' Hari V. The commentator explains Dharmanetra to be 'institutor p. 449 of laws.' We have Upadnav before, as the daughter of Vrishaparvan the Daitya, married to Hiranyksha. Hamilton (Buchanan) calls her the wife of Sughora. The four sons are named in other authorities, with some variations: Dushyanta, Sushyanta or Rishyanta or Sumanta, Pravra and Anagha or Naya. The Mahbhrata enumerates five, Dushyanta, ra, Bhma, Vasu, and Pravasu, but makes them the sons of lina and grandsons of Tansu.

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These two lokas are taken from the Mahbhrata, di Parvan, p. 112, and are part of the testimony borne by a heavenly messenger to the birth of Bharata. They are repeated in the same book, in the account of the family of Puru, p. 139. They occur, with a slight variation of the order, in other Purnas, as the Vyu, &c., and shew the greater antiquity of the story of akuntal, although they do not narrate it. The meaning of the name Bharata is differently explained in akuntal; he is said to be so called from supporting' the world: he is also there named arvadamana, 'the conqueror of all.'

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The Brhma P. and Hari V., the latter especially, appear to have modified this legend, with the view perhaps of reconciling those circumstances which are related of Bharadwja as a sage with his p. 450 history as a king. Whilst therefore they state that Bharadwja was brought by the winds to Bharata, they state that he was so brought to perform a sacrifice, by which a son was born, whom Bharadwja also inaugurated. In the Vyu, Matsya, and Agni, however, the story is much more consistently narrated; and Bharadwja, being abandoned by his natural parent, is brought by the winds, as a child, not as a sage; and being adopted by Bharata, is one and the same with Vitatha, as our text relates. Thus in the Vyu, the Maruts bring to Bharata, already sacrificing for progeny, Bharadwja, the son of Vrihaspati; and Bharata receiving him, says, "This Bharadwja shall be Vitatha." The Matsya also says, the Maruts in compassion took the child, and being pleased with Bharata's worship, gave it to him, and he was named Vitatha. And the Agni tells the whole story in one verse: 'Then the son of Vrihaspati, being taken by the winds; Bharadwja was transferred with sacrifice, and was Vitatha.' The account given in the Bhgavata is to the same purpose. The commentator on the text also makes the matter clear enough: 'The name of Bharadwja in the condition of son of Bharata was Vitatha.' It is clear that a new-born infant could not be the officiating priest at a sacrifice for his own adoption, whatever the compiler of the Hari Vana may please to assert. From Bharadwja, a Brahman by birth, and king by adoption, descended Brahmans and Kshatriyas, the children of two fathers: The Mahbhrata, in the di Parvan, tells the story very simply. In one place, p. 136. v. 3710, it says that Bharata, on the birth of his children proving vain, obtained from Bharadwja, by great sacrifices, a son, Bhmanyu; and in another passage it makes Bhmanyu the son of Bharata by Sunand, daughter of arvasena, king of K; p. 139. v. 3785. The two are not incompatible.

450:16
Manyu: Bhgavata. Suketu: Agni. But the Brhma and Hari V. omit this and the next generation, and make Suhotra, Anuhotra, Gaya, Garga, and Kapila the sons of Vitatha: they then assign to Suhotra two sons, Kka and Ghritsamati, and identify them and their descendants with the progeny of yu, who were kings of K (see p. 409. n. 15); a piece of confusion unwarranted by any other authority except the Agni.

450:17
Vrihat, Ahrya, Nara, Garga: Matsya.

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Guruvrya and Trideva: Vyu. The first is called Gurudh, Matsya; and Guru, p. 451 Bhgavata: they agree in Rantideva. The Bhgavata describes the great liberality of this prince, and his practice of Yoga. According to a legend preserved in the Megha Duta, his sacrifices of kine were so numerous, that their blood formed the river Charmanvat, the modern Chambal.

451:19
ivi: Matsya.

451:20
The other authorities concur in this statement; thus furnishing an additional instance of one caste proceeding from another. No reason is assigned: the commentator says it was from some cause.

451:21
Durbhakshaya: Vyu. Urukshat: Matsya. Duritakshaya: Bhgavata.

451:22
Trayyruni, Pushkarruni, Kavi; all became Brahmans: ### Matsya: and there were three chief branches of the Kvyas, or descendants of Kavi; ### Gargas, Sankritis, and Kvyas. Ibid.

451:23
In the Mahbhrata, Suhotra is the son of Bhmanyu; and in one place the father of Ajamdha, &c., and in another of Hastin. The Brhma P. in some degree, and the Hari Vana in a still greater, have made most extraordinary confusion in the instance of this name. In our text and in all the best authorities we have three Suhotras, perfectly distinct: 1. Suhotra great-grandson of Amvasu, father of Jahnu, and ancestor of Viswmitra and the Kauikas (see p. 308); 2. Suhotra son of Kshatravriddha, and grandson of Ayus, and progenitor of the race of K kings (p. 406); and 3. Suhotra the son of Vrihatkshatra, grandson of Vitatha, and parent of Hastin. In the two blundering compilations mentioned, we have, first (Hari V. c. 20), a Suhotra son of Vrihatkshatra, of the race of Puru; his descent is not given, but, from the names which follow Suhotra, the dynasty is that of our present text: secondly (Hari V. c. 27), Suhotra son of Knchana, of the line of Amvasu, and father of Jahnu, &c.: thirdly (Hari V. c. 29), Suhotra the son of Kshatravriddha, and progenitor of the K kings: fourthly (Hari V. 32), we have the first and third of these personages confounded; Suhotra is made the son of Vitatha, and progenitor of the K kings, the dynasty of whom is repeated; thus connecting them with the line of Puru instead of yus, in opposition to all authority. Again, we have a notable piece of confusion, and Suhotra the son of Vitatha is made the father of Vrihat, the father of the three princes who in our text and in the Hari V. (c. 20) are the sons of Hastin; and amongst whom Ajamdha is made the father of Jahnu, and ancestor of the Kauikas, instead of being, as in c. 27, and as every where else, of the family of Amvasu. The source of all this confusion is obvious. The compilers extracted all the authentic traditions accurately enough, but, puzzled by the identity of name, they have also p. 452 mixed the different accounts together, and caused very absurd and needless perplexity. It is quite clear also that the Hari Vanua does not deserve the pains taken, and taken fruitlessly, by Mr. Hamilton and M. Langlois to reduce it to consistency. It is of no weight whatever as an authority for the dynasties of kings, although it furnishes some particular details, which it has picked up possibly from authentic sources not now available.

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It was finally ruined by the encroachments of the Ganges, but vestiges of it were, at least until lately, to be traced along the river, nearly in a line with Delhi, about sixty miles to the east.

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In one place, son of Suhotra; in another, grandson of Hastin: Mahbhrata.

452:26
The copies agree in this reading, yet it can scarcely be correct. Kanwa has already been noticed as the son of Apratiratha. According to the Bhgavata, the elder son of Ajamdha was Priyamedhas, from whom a tribe of Brahmans descended. The Matsya has Vrihaddhanush, and names the wife of Ajamdha, Dhmin. It also however, along with the Vyu, makes Kanwa the son of Ajamdha by his wife Kesin.

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Vrihaddhanush: Bhgavata. Also called Vrihaddharman: Hari V.

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Vrihatkaya: Bhgavata.

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Satyajit: Hari V.

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Awajit: Matsya. Viada: Bhgavata.

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Bhgavata.

Matsya.

Hari V.

Ruchirwa

Ruchirwa

Ruchira

Kya

Kya

wetaketu

Dridhahanu

Dridhwa

Mahimnra

Vatsa

Vatsa k. of Avanti.

Vatsa k. of Avanti.

452:32
Kmpilya appears to be the Kampil of the Mohammedans, situated in the Doab. It was included in southern Pnchla. The Matsya makes Samara the son of Kya.

452:33
Vibhrja in MSS., also in the Vyu.

452:34
The Bhgavata omits the descents subsequent to Npa, and makes Brahmadatta the son of Npa by Sukriti. In the Hari V. is a curious legend of the different transmigrations of Brahmadatta and his six companions, who were successively as many Brahmans, then foresters, then p. 453 deer, then water-fowl, then swans, and finally Brahmans again, when with the king they obtained liberation. According to the Bhgavata, Brahmadatta composed a treatise on the Yoga, a Yoga tantra.

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Dandasena: Hari V.

453:36
Bhallka: Vyu. Bhallda: Bhgavata. The Vyu makes him the last of the race. The Hari V. adds that he was killed by Karna. The Matsya names his successor Janamejaya, when the race of the Npas was exterminated by Ugryudha; as noticed below.

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So the Vyu and Bhgavata. The Matsya and Hari V., with less consistency, derive this family also from Ajamdha.

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Kritimat: Bhgavata.

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Between these two the Vyu inserts Mahat and Rukmaratha. The Matsya, Sudhanwan, arvabhauma, Mahpaurava, and Rukmadhara. The Brhma P., Sudharman, arvabhauma, Mahat, and Rukmaratha.

453:40
The Bhgavata says he was the author of six Sanhits of the Sma-veda. (See p. 282.)

453:41
The Hari V. says he killed Npa, the grandfather of Prishata, but it had previously stated that it was the son of Bhallta, several descents after Npa, who was killed by Ugryudha: and again (c. 32), Prishata, conformably to other authorities, appears as the father of Drupada, in the family of rinjaya. The Hari V. relates the destruction of Ugryudha by Bhshma, in consequence of his demanding in marriage the widow of ntanu: after which, Prishata, it is said, recovered possession of Kmpilya.

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Puranjaya: Bhgavata.

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Purujti: Vyu. Puruja: Bhgavata. The Brhma P. and Hari V. omit Nla and nti.

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Riksha: Vyu. Prithu: Matsya. Arka: Bhgavata. Omitted: Brhma.

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Bhyswa: Agni. Bhadrwa: Mats. Bharmyaswa: Bhgavata.

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Jaya: Matsya. Sanjaya: Bhgavata.

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Yavnara: Agni and Bhgavata. Javnara: Matsya.

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Kapila: Mats. Krimilwa: Brhma.

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Pnchla was at first the country north and west of Delhi, between the foot of the Himlaya and the Chambal. It was afterwards divided into northern and southern Pnchla, separated by the Ganges. Mkandi on the Ganges and Kmpilya were the chief cities of the latter; Ahikshetra in the former. The Pnchlas, according to the Mahbhrata, expelled Samvarana from Hastinpur, but it was recovered by Kuru. The purport of the term Pnchla is similarly explained in other Purnas. In the Mahbhrata they are the grandsons of Ajamdha.

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The Matsya says that they, as well as the Knwas, were all followers or partisans of Angiras: ###. The Hari V. has nearly the same words.

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Badhrywa: Vyu. Panchwa: Agni. Bandhywa: Matsya. Bhrmya: Bhgavata. But there is some indistinctness as to his descent. The Matsya and Hari V. give the son of Mudgala only his patronymic Maudgalya. According to the first, his son was Indrasena; and his son, Bandhywa. The second makes Badhrywa the son of Maudgalya by Indrasena. The Bhgavata makes Bhrmya, the patronymic of Mudgala, the son of Bharmywa, and who is the father of Divodsa and Ahaly: ###. The commentator has, ###.

454:52
In the Rmayana, atnanda appears as the family priest of Janaka, the father of t.

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From whom the Maitreya Brahmans were descended: Hari V. In the Matsya and Agni the son of Mitryu is called Maitreya (see p. 3). The Brhma P. and Hari V. here close the lineage of p. 455 Divodsa: the Agni adds but one name, Sompi. They then proceed with the descendants of rinjaya, one of the Pnchlas, or Panchadhanush, Somadatta, Sahadeva, and then as in our text. The Vyu and Bhgavata agree with the latter in making the line continuous from Divodsa. According to the Matsya and Brhma P. the race of Ajamdha became extinct in the person of Sahadeva, but Ajamdha himself was reborn as Somaka, in order to continue his lineage, which was thence called the Somaka family. It was in the reign of Drupada that the possessions of the Pnchlas were divided; Drona, assisted by the Pndavas, conquering the country, and ceding the southern portion again to Drupada, as related in the Mahbhrata. The two princes last named in the list figure in the great war.

455:54
The Hari V. gives him two brothers, Dhmravarna and Sudarana. In the Mahbhrata one list agrees with the text; the other calls Samvarana the son of Ajamdha by his wife Riksh.

455:55
One other is named in the Bhgavata, Matsya, Brhma, and Agni; Animejaya, Arimarddana, and Nishadhwa. The Hari V. has Sudhanwat in place of Jahnu; having also Sudhanush.

455:56
Krita: Vyu. Kritayajna: Brhma. Krimi: Matsya. Kriti: Bhgavata.

455:57
The story of Uparichara, or a Vasu who by command of Indra became king of Chedi, is told in the Mahbhrata, di Parvan (vol. I. p. 85). He is there said to have at first five sons, Vrihadratha, king of Magadh, Pratyagra, Kumba, also called Manivhana, Mvella, and Yadu, by his wife Girik; afterwards he has, by Adrik, an Apsaras condemned to the form of a fish, Matsya a son, and Satyavat or Kl a daughter: the latter was the mother of Vysa. The same legend is referred to in the accounts of Uparichara and his family in the Bhgavata, Matsya, Hari V., &c.

455:58
Vrishabha: Matsya.

455:59
Satyahita: Vyu. Satyahita: Bhgavata. Satyadhrita or Pushya: Matsya.

456:60
This story is told in the 16th section of the Sabh Parvan of the Mahbhrata, where also he is called the son of Vrihadratha. In the Vyu he is the son of Satyahita. The Agni has Satyahita, Urjja, Sambhava, Jarsandha; and the Matsya, Satyadhrita, Dhanusha, arva, Sambhava, Jarsandha.

456:61
Somdhi: Vyu. Udpi: Agni. Udyus: Brhma. Somavit: Matsya.

456:62 rutakarman: Agni. rutaarman Brhma.

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