[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 4.2.8-9 # Vishnupurana 4.2.8-9 Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.2.8-9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.8) kṣuvataś ca manor ikṣvākur ghrāṇataḥ putro jajñe || > Ikshwáku was born from the nostril of the Manu, as he happened to sneeze. He had a hundred sons, of whom the three most distinguished were Vikukshi, Nimi, and Dańd́a. Fifty of the rest, under Sakuni, were the protectors of the northern countries. Forty-eight were the princes of the south. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [4.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.9) tasya putraśatapravarā vikukṣinimidaṇḍākhyās trayaḥ putrā | śakunipramukhāḥ pañcāśat putrāḥ uttarāpatharakṣitāro babhūvuḥ | catvāriṃśad aṣṭau ca dakṣiṇāpathabhūpālāḥ || > Ikshwáku was born from the nostril of the Manu, as he happened to sneeze. He had a hundred sons, of whom the three most distinguished were Vikukshi, Nimi, and Dańd́a. Fifty of the rest, under Sakuni, were the protectors of the northern countries. Forty-eight were the princes of the south. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.2.4) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.2.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.4.2.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.8-9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.2.8-9) · Pramāṇa