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Vishnupurana 4.2.9

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.2.9

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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

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