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Vishnupurana 4.19.13

Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) 4.19.13

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4.19.13

ugrāyudhāt kṣemyaḥ kṣemyāt suvīras tasmād ripuṃjayas tasmāc ca bahuratha ity ete pauravāḥ |
ajamīḍhasya nalinī nāma patnī tasyāṃ nīlasaṃjñaḥ putro 'bhavat |
tasmād api śāntiḥ śānteḥ suśāntiḥ suśānteḥ purujānuḥ |
tataś cakṣus tato haryaśvaḥ |
haryaśvān mudgalasṛñjayabṛhadiṣupravīrakāmpilyāḥ |
pañcānām eteṣāṃ viṣayāṇāṃ rakṣaṇāyālam ete matputrā iti pitrābhihitam |
ataḥ pāñcālāḥ ||

The son of Dwimíd́ha was Yavínara; his son was Dhritimat; his son was Satyadhriti; his son was Drid́hanemi; his son was Supárśwa; his son was Sumati; his son was Sannatimat; his son was Krita, to whom Hirańyanábha taught the philosophy of the Yoga, and he compiled twenty-four Sanhitás (or compendia) for the use of the eastern Brahmans, who study the Sáma-veda. The son of Krita was Ugráyudha, by whose prowess the Nípa race of Kshatriyas was destroyed; his son was Kshemya; his son was Suvíra; his son was Nripanjaya; his son was Bahuratha. These were all called Pauravas.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

Ajamíd́ha had a wife called Níliní, and by her he had a son named Níla; his son was Śánti; his son was Śuśánti; his son was Purujánu; his son was Chakshu; his son was Haryyaśwa, who had five sons, Mudgala, Śrinjaya, Vrihadishu, Pravíra, and Kámpilya. Their father said, "These my five (pancha) sons are able (alam) to protect the countries;" and hence they were termed the Pánchálas. From Mudgala descended the Maudgalya Brahmans: he had also a son named Bahwaśwa, who had two children, twins, a son and daughter, Divodása and Ahalyá. The son of Śaradwat or Gautama by Ahalyá was Śatánanda; his son was Satyadhriti, who was a proficient in military science. Being enamoured of the nymph Urvaśí, Satyadhriti was the parent of two children, a boy and a girl. Śántanu, a Raja, whilst hunting, found these children exposed in a clump of long Śara grass; and, compassionating their condition, took them, and brought them up. As they were nurtured through pity (kripá), they were called Kripa and Kripí. The latter became the wife of Drońa, and the mother of Aswattháman.

Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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