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Vishnupurana 4.19.16

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.19.16

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4.19.16

tataḥ sa kumāraḥ kṛpaḥ kanyā cāśvatthāmno jananī kṛpī droṇasya patny abhavat |
divodāsasyāpi mitrāyuḥ putro mitrāyoś cyavano nāma rājā cyavanāt sudāsaḥ |
tataḥ saudāsaḥ sahadevas tasyāpi somakaḥ |
tato jantuḥ putraśatajyeṣṭho 'bhavat |
teṣāṃ yavīyān pṛṣataḥ pṛṣatād drupadas tasmād dhṛṣṭadyumnas tato dhṛṣṭaketuḥ |
ajamīḍhasyānya ṛkṣanāmā putro 'bhūt |
ṛkṣāt saṃvaraṇaḥ saṃvaraṇāc ca kuruḥ |
ya idaṃ dharmakṣetraṃ kurukṣetraṃ cakāra ||

The son of Divodása was Mitráyu; his son was Chyavana; his son was Sudása; his son was Saudása, also called Sahadeva; his son was Somaka; he had a hundred sons, of whom Jantu was the eldest, and Prishata the youngest. The son of Prishata was Drupada; his son was Dhrisht́adyumna; his son was Drisht́aketu.

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

Another son of Ajamíd́ha was named Riksha; his son was Samvarańa; his son was Kuru, who gave his name to the holy district Kurukshetra; his sons were Sudhanush, Jahnu, Paríkshit, and many others. The son of Sudhanush was Suhotra; his son was Chyavana; his son was Krítaka; his son was Uparichara the Vasu, who had seven children, Vrihadratha, Pratyagra, Kuśámba, Mávella, Matsya, and others. The son of Vrihadratha was Kuśágra; his son was Rishabha; his son was Pushpavat; his son was Satyadhrita; his son was Sudhanwan; and his son was Jantu. Vrihadratha had another son, who being born in two parts, which were put together (sandhita) by a female fiend named Jará, he was denominated Jarásandha; his son was Sahadeva; his son was Somápi; his son was Srutaśravas. These were kings of Magadhá.

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

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