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# Matsyapurana 49.49

Matsyapurāṇa 49.49

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [49.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.49.49)

bṛhaddhanor bṛhadiṣuḥ putrastasya jayadrathaḥ  
aśvajittanayastasya senajit tasya cātmajaḥ //

> Ajmîḍha begot from Keśinî, Kaṇva, who became the father of Mêdhâtithi, the progenitor of the Kâṇvaya clan of Brâhmaṇas; from his wife Dhuminî, Ajmîḍha begot the King Bṛihadanu, who was the father of Bṛihamta, who begot Bṛihanmanâ the father of Bṛihadbhanu, who begot Bṛihadiṣu, the father of Jayadratha, who begot Aśvajit, the father of Senajit, who had four world-famous sons, \*viz.\*, Ruchirâśva, Kâvya, King Dhriḍaratha and Vatsarâja.—47-50.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.49.p13) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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