Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c14.s3.15

c14.s3.15

Moreover the Brahma, Harivaṃśa and Padma misread his name as Kroṣṭu or Kroṣṭṛ, and appear to confuse him with his ancestor, Yadu’s son Kroṣṭu or Kroṣṭṛ, and that this is a mistake is shown by their reading Vṛṣṇi correctly in the first line about the family of the Śainyas.¹ There were three lines of descent of the Vṛṣṇis from Vṛṣṇi’s three sons Anamitra, Yudhājit and Devamīḍhuṣa;² and Anamitra there means the eldest son (by Gāndhārī), who was also called Sumitra. But there was also a fourth line from his youngest son Anamitra (by Mādrī) as will appear, whose descendants were called Śainyas. Vṛṣṇi’s lineage, so far as it can be made out from a collation of the important texts, is shown in the next table, and a comparison of its length with that of the Kukuras and Andhakas shows that it must omit several generations.