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Book Iv. Chapter Xvii

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

p. 443

Chap. Xvii.

Descendants of Druhyu.

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son of Druhyu was Babhru; his son was Setu; his son was radwat 1; his son was Gndhra 2; his son was Dharma 3; his son was Dhrita 4; his son was Duryman 5; his son was Prachetas, who had a hundred sons, and they were the princes of the lawless Mlechchhas or barbarians of the north 6.

Footnotes

443:1
Also raddha in MSS., and ratta, Matsya, which last seems to be the preferable reading. The Vyu has ruddha; the Brhma, Angrasetu; but ratta is a northern country, contiguous to, or synonymous with, Gndhra.

443:2
Of Gndhra it is said in the Vyu that it is a large country named after him, and is famous for its breed of horses: ###. The Matsya reads the beginning of the second line ###, shewing that ratta and Gndhra are much the same. See p. 191. n. 83.

443:3
The Brhma P. and Hari V., in opposition to all the rest, make Dharma and his successors the descendants of Anu.

443:4
Ghrita: Agni.

443:5
Durdama: Vyu and Bhgavata. The Matsya, Brhma, and Agni insert a Vidupa, Duduha, or Vidula, before Prachetas.

443:6
So the Bhgavata and Matsya. The Mahbhrata says the descendants of Druhya are the Vaibhojas, a people unacquainted with the use of cars or beasts of burden, and who travel on rafts: they have no kings.
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