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Vishnupurana 4.5.12

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.5.12

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4.5.12

tasyāpi śatadhvajaḥ tataḥ kuṇiḥ kuṇer añjanas tatputra ṛtujit tato 'riṣṭanemis tasmāc chrutāyuḥ śrutāyuṣaḥ supārvas tasmāt saṃjayas tataḥ kṣemāris tasmād anenās tasmād mīnarathas tasya satyarathas tasya sātyarathiḥ sātyarather upagus tasmāc chāśvatas tasmāt sudhanvā tasyāpi subhāṣaḥ tataḥ suśrutas tasmāj jayo jayaputro vijayas tasya ca ṛto nāma suśrutaḥ tasmāt suśrutāj jayaḥ tasya putro
vijayaḥ vijayasya ṛtaḥ ṛtāt sunayas tato vītahavyas tasmād dhṛtir dhṛter bahulāśvas tasya putraḥ kṛtiḥ kṛtau saṃtiṣṭate 'yaṃ janakavaṃśaḥ ||

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

his son was Dhriti; his son was Bahuláśwa; his son was Kriti, with whom terminated the family of Janaka. These are the kings of Mithilá, who for the most part will be proficient in spiritual knowledge.

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

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