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# Vishnupurana 4.1.40

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.1.40

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.1.40)

tṛṇabindoḥ prasādena sarve vaiśālikā nṛpāḥ  
dīrghāyuṣo mahātmāno vīryavanto 'tidhārmikāḥ //

> The son of the first king of Vaiśálí was Hemachandra; his son was Suchandra; his son was Dhúmráśwa; his son was Srinjaya; his son was Sahadeva; his son was Kriśáśwa; his son was Somadatta, who celebrated ten times the sacrifice of a horse; his son was Janamejaya; and his son was Sumati. These were the kings of Vaiśálí; of whom it is said, "By the favour of Trińavindu all the monarchs of Vaiśálí were long lived, magnanimous, equitable, and valiant."  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.1.6) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.1.p7) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.1.40) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (Baroda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki*crit.1.46.18) — Sanskrit

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