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Vishnu Purana 4.24.8-11

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.24.8-11

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4.24.8

puṣyamitraḥ senāpatiḥ svāminaṃ hatvā rājyaṃ kariṣyati ||

The dynasty of the Śungas will next become possessed of the sovereignty; for Pushpamitra, the general of the last Maurya prince, will put his master to death, and ascend the throne: his son will be Agnimitra; his son will be Sujyesht́ha; his son will be Vasumitra; his son will be Árdraka; his son will be Pulindaka; his son will be Ghoshavasu; his son will be Vajramitra; his son will be Bhágavata; his son will be Devabhúti. These are the ten Śungas, who will govern the kingdom for a hundred and twelve years.

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

4.24.9

asyātmajo 'gnimitras tasmāt sujyeṣṭhas tato vasumitras tasmād apy ardrakas tataḥ pulindakas tato ghoṣavasus tasmād api vajramitras tato bhāgavataḥ ||

The dynasty of the Śungas will next become possessed of the sovereignty; for Pushpamitra, the general of the last Maurya prince, will put his master to death, and ascend the throne: his son will be Agnimitra; his son will be Sujyesht́ha; his son will be Vasumitra; his son will be Árdraka; his son will be Pulindaka; his son will be Ghoshavasu; his son will be Vajramitra; his son will be Bhágavata; his son will be Devabhúti. These are the ten Śungas, who will govern the kingdom for a hundred and twelve years.

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

4.24.10

tasmād devabhūtiḥ |
ity ete daśa śuṅgā dvādaśottaraṃ varṣaśataṃ pṛthivīṃ bhokṣyanti |
tataḥ kaṇvān eṣā bhūr yāsyati ||

The dynasty of the Śungas will next become possessed of the sovereignty; for Pushpamitra, the general of the last Maurya prince, will put his master to death, and ascend the throne: his son will be Agnimitra; his son will be Sujyesht́ha; his son will be Vasumitra; his son will be Árdraka; his son will be Pulindaka; his son will be Ghoshavasu; his son will be Vajramitra; his son will be Bhágavata; his son will be Devabhúti. These are the ten Śungas, who will govern the kingdom for a hundred and twelve years.

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

4.24.11

devabhūtiṃ tu śuṅgarājānaṃ vyasaninaṃ tasyaivāmātyaḥ kaṇvo vasudevanāmā nipātya svayam avanīṃ bhokṣyate |
tasya putro bhūmitras tasyāpi nārāyaṇaḥ |
nārāyaṇasyātmajaḥ suśarmā |
ete kāṇvāyanāś catvāraḥ pañcacatvāriṃśad varṣāṇi bhūpatayo bhaviṣyanti |
suśarmāṇaṃ tu kāṇvaṃ svabhṛtyo balāt śiprakanāmā hatvāndhrajātīyo vasudhāṃ bhokṣyati |
tataś ca kṛṣṇanāmā tadbhrātā bhūpatir bhāvī |
tasya putraḥ śrīśātakarṇis tasyāpi pūrṇotsaṅgas tatputraś ca śātakarṇis tasmāc ca lambodaras tasmād divīlakas tato meghasvātis tataḥ paṭumān |
tataś cāriṣṭakarmā tato hālo hālāt pattalakas tataḥ pravilla senas tataḥ sundaraḥ śātakarṇī tasmāc cakoraḥ śātakarṇī tataḥ śivasvātis tataś ca gomatīputras tatputraḥ pulimān |
tasyāpi śātakarṇī tataḥ śivaśrīs tataḥ śivaskandhaḥ |
tasmād yajñaśrīs tato vijayas tataś candraśrīs tasyāpi pulomāviḥ |
evam ete triṃśac catvāry abdaśatāni ṣaṭpañcāśadadhikāni pṛthivīṃ bhokṣyanty āndhrabhṛtyāḥ ||

Devabhúti, the last Śunga prince, being addicted to, immoral indulgences, his minister, the Kańwa named Vasudeva will murder him, and usurp the kingdom: his son will be Bhúmimitra; his son will be Náráyańa; his son will be Suśarman. These four Káńwas will be kings of the earth for forty-five years.

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

Suśarman the Káńwa will be killed by a powerful servant named Śipraka, of the Ándhra tribe, who will become king, and found the Ándhrabhritya dynasty: he will be succeeded by his brother Krishńa; his son will be Śrí Śátakarńi; his son will be Púrnotsanga; his son will be Śátakarńi (2nd); his son will be Lambodara; his son will be Ivílaka; his son will be Meghaswáti; his son will be Patumat; his son will be Arisht́akarman; his son will be Hála; his son will be Tálaka; his son will be Pravilasena; his son will be Sundara, named Śátakarńi; his son will be Chakora Śátakarńi; his son will be Śivaswáti; his son will be Gomatiputra; his son will be Pulimat; his son will be Śivaśrí Śátakarńi; his son will be Śivaskandha; his son will be Yajnaśrí; his son will be Vijaya; his son will be Chandraśrí; his son will be Pulomárchish. These thirty Andhrabhritya kings will reign four hundred and fifty-six years.

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

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