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Vishnupurana 4.5.11

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.5.11

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4.5.11

abhūd videho 'sya piteti vaideho mathanān mithir abhūt |
tasyodāvasuḥ putro 'bhavat |
udāvasor nandivardhanas tataḥ suketuḥ tasmāc ca devarātas tataś ca bṛhadukthas tasya ca mahāvīryas tasyāpi satyadhṛtis dhṛtiḥ tataś ca dhṛṣṭaketur ajāyata dhṛṣṭaketor haryaśvas tasya ca marur maroḥ pratibandhakas tasmāt kṛtarathas tasmāt kṛtis tasya vibudhaḥ tasyāpi mahādhṛtis tataś ca kṛtirātas tato mahāromā |
tasya suvarṇaromā tasyāpi hrasvaromā tataḥ sīradhvajo 'bhūt |
tasya putrārthaṃ yajanabhuvaṃ kṛṣataḥ sīre sītā duhitā samutpannā |
sīradhvajasya bhrātā sāṃkāśyādhipatiḥ kuśadhvajanāmā |
sīradhvajasyāpatyaṃ bhānumān bhānumataḥ śatadyumnaḥ tasya śucis tasmād ūrjavaho putro jajñe ||

his son was Nandivarddhana; his son was Suketu; his son was Devaráta; his son was Vrihaduktha; his son was Mahávírya; his son was Satyadhriti; his son was Dhrisht́aketu; his son was Haryyaśwa; his son was Maru; his son was Pratibandhaka; his son was Kritaratha; his son was Krita; his son was Vibudha; his son was Mahádhriti; his son was Kritiráta; his son was Mahároman; his son was Suvarńaroman; his son was Hraswaroman; his son was Síradhwaja.

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

Síradhwaja ploughing the ground, to prepare it for a sacrifice which he instituted in order to obtain progeny, there sprang up in the furrow a damsel, who became his daughter Sítá. The brother of Síradhwaja was Kuśadhwaja, who was king of Káśí; he had a son also, named Bhánumat. The son of Bhánumat was Satadyumna; his son was Śuchi; his son was Úrjjaváha; his son was Śatyadhwaja; his son was Kuni; his son was Anjana; his son was Ritujit; his son was Arisht́anemi; his son was Śrutáyus; his son was Supárśwa; his son was Sanjaya; his son was Kshemári; his son was Anenas; his son was Mínaratha; his son was Satyaratha; his son was Sátyarathi; his son was Upagu; his son was Śruta; his son was Sáswata; his son was Sudhanwan; his son was Subhása; his son was Suśruta; his son was Jaya; his son was Vijaya; his son was Rita; his son was Sunaya; his son was Vítahavya;

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

As Nimi left no successor, the Munis, apprehensive of the consequences of the earth being without a ruler, agitated the body of the prince, and produced from it a prince who was called Janaka, from being born without a progenitor. In consequence of his father being without a body (videha), he was termed also Vaideha, 'the son of the bodiless;' and the further received the name of Mithi, from having been produced by agitation (mathana). The son of Janaka was Udávasu;

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

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