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Matsyapurana 50.19

Matsyapurāṇa 50.19

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50.19

tasyāṃ vai dhūmavarṇāyām ajamīḍhaḥ samīyivān
ṛkṣaṃ sā janayāmāsa dhūmavarṇaṃ śatāgrajam //

Ajamîḍha then enjoyed himself with Dhûminî, when she begot smoke colored Ṛikṣa, the valiant. Ṛikṣa begot Saṃvaraṇa, the father of Kuru, who forsaking Prayâga, built up Kurukṣetra. He practised long asceticism to call Indra, who at last appeared before him out of fear and granted him a boon.—15-21.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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