The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c4.s3: Bārhadrathas

The Purāṇa Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c4.s3

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Bārhadrathas

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Text—AMt 271, 17b-30a; AVā 99, 294-309a; Bd iii, 74, 107b-122a.

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Corresp. passages—CVṣ iv, 23; GBh ix, 22, 45b-49; CGr i, 141, 9-11.

The Matsya, Vāyu and Brahmāṇḍa give the whole, and agree except where noted. The Viṣṇu, Bhāgavata and Garuḍa give merely a list of names. There is some confusion in the Matsya in lines 20, 22, and 24 compared with l. 26, and its version and that of the Vāyu and Brahmāṇḍa are both given, the Matsya on the left and the other on the right.

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Scarcely any copies are complete. L. 15 is only in Vā and Bd, and ll. 30, 31 only in jMt. All copies of Mt omit ll. 26-28, except that l. 26 is in dfgkMt and ll. 27, 28 in cdefhjkmMt. Other omissions are: ccMt ll. 8, 9, 13, 20, 21, 23-25, and eMt also ll. 29, 32, 33; jMt ll. 8-12, 17-19, 32, 33; kMt ll. 12, 13, 17-23; lMt ll. 8-12, 21-29; mMt ll. 10-12, 14, 25 and misplaces 18-20 after 23; nMt ll. 19 (second half)-22 (first half): a¹a²Vā ll. 23-25; bVā ll. 16 (second half)-18 (first half); eVā ll. 7-9, 15; fVā l. 25; gVā ll. 21-29; jVā ll. 1 (second half)-2 (first half), 10-12; lVā ll. 8-12; mVā ll. 23-25: hpMt and lVṣ have lost the whole. Vṣ and Bh omit Nirvṛti; rBh also Kṣema, Suvrata, Dharmanetra and Suśrama; and abGr Senājit and all after Dṛdhasena.

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Lines 30, 31 in jMt are perhaps valuable. This dynasty was founded by Bṛhadratha, son of Vasu Caidyōparicara, and he and his 9 successors reigned down to the great battle; see JRAS, 1910, pp. 11, 22, 29. From the battle to Senājit 6 kings are named, excluding Senājit who is spoken of as the then reigning king; and from and including him to the end 16 kings are mentioned. There were thus 32 kings altogether, 10 before the battle and 22 after; or from the standpoint of Senājit's reign 16 past and 16 future. Lines 30-31 in jMt take the standpoint of his reign and speak of him and his successors as the 16 future kings, and say prima facie their total duration was 723 years; see note 98. Lines 32-33, which are not in jMt, reckon (in a way) from the beginning and speak of all the 32 kings as future since most of them were posterior to the battle; and thus they say the whole dynasty lasted 1000 years. These two statements are not contradictory but are hardly compatible, because taken together they assign 723 years to the last 16 kings and only 277 to the first 16. The total of 1000 years for 32 kings is excessive, and that of 723 years for 16 kings is absurd. But if we can read lines 30-31 as two independent sentences, and treat teṣām as applying, not merely to those 16 future kings, but to the Bṛhadrathas generally, their purport stands thus—"These 16 kings are to be known as the future Bṛhadrathas: and¹ their kingdom (that is, the kingdom of the Bṛhadrathas) lasts 723 years." The total duration then, 723 years, would be within possibility, for the average reign would be about 22½ years. This rendering would of course discredit lines 32-33. If we read vayo in jMt with that construction (see note 98), the total period would be 700 years and would give an average reign of just under 22 years, which would be vimś-ādhikam.

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¹ The position of ca does not necessarily discredit this rendering, for cas are often inserted anywhere in these accounts.

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Ata ūrdhvam pravakṣyāmi Māgadhā ye Bṛhadrathāḥ ¹ Jarāsandhasya ye vamśe ² Sahadev-ânvaye ³ nṛpāḥ atītā vartamānāś ca ⁴ bhaviṣyāś ca tathā punaḥ ⁵ prādhānyataḥ pravakṣyāmi gadato me nibodhata ⁶ saṅgrāme Bhārate vṛtte ⁷ Sahadeve nipātite ⁸ Somādhis ⁹ tasya dāyādo ¹⁰ rāj=ābhūt ¹¹ sa Girivraje ¹² pañcāśatam ¹³ tath=āṣṭau ca ¹⁴ samā rājyam akārayat Śrutaśravāś ¹⁵ catuḥ-ṣaṣṭim ¹⁶ samās tasy=ânvaye ¹⁷ 'bhavat ¹⁸ Ayutāyus ¹⁹ tu ²⁰ ṣaḍ-viṃśad ²¹ rājyam varṣāṇy ²² akārayat catvāriṃśat ²³ samās tasya | samāḥ śatam ²⁴ Nirāmitro Niramitro ²⁵ divam gataḥ | mahīm bhuktvā divam gataḥ pañcāśataṃ samāḥ ṣaṭ ca ²⁶ Sukṣatraḥ ²⁷ prāptavān mahīm trayo-viṃśad Bṛhatkarmā ²⁸ rājyaṃ varṣāṇy ²⁹ akārayat Senājit ³⁰ samprayātaś ca ³¹ | Senājit ³⁰ sāmprataṃ ³² cāpi bhuktvā ³³ pañcāśataṃ ³⁴ mahīn etā vai ³⁵ bhokṣyate ³⁶ samāḥ ³⁷ Śrutañjayas ³⁸ tu ³⁹ varṣāṇi ⁴⁰ catvāriṃśad ⁴¹ bhaviṣyati mahā-balo ⁴² mahā-bāhur ⁴³ mahā-buddhi⁴⁴-parākramaḥ aṣṭa-viṃśati ⁴⁵ varṣāṇi mahīm ⁴⁶ prāpsyati vai ⁴⁷ Vibhuḥ ⁴⁸ aṣṭa-pañcāśataṃ ⁴⁹ cābdān ⁵⁰ rājye sthāsyati vai Śuciḥ ⁵¹ aṣṭa-viṃśat ⁵² samā rājā ⁵³ Kṣemo ⁵⁴ bhokṣyati vai mahīm ⁵⁵

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¹ So Mt, a²a⁴bdfghVā; also lVā (reading yo): fkmVā Māgadha (m, ºdhe) ye Bṛhadrathaḥ, Bd Māgadho yo Bº, jMt Māgadhéśo Bº: other Vā Māgadheyān Bṛhadrathān: eVā vamśe ye vai Vrhadrathāt. Bh says— Atha Māgadha-rājāno bhavitāro vadāmi te; which is not Skt but Pali; see Appendix I, § ii. Vṣ says— Māgadhānām Vārhadrathānām bhaviṣyāṇām (kVṣ bhāvinām) anukramaṃ kathayāmi.

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² So Vā, Bd. Mt pūrveṇa ye Jarāsandhāt, which should prob. be pūrve tu ye Jº, cf. jMt sarve ye tu Jº. Vṣ says— atra hi vamśe mahābalā Jarāsandha-pradhānā babhūvuḥ. See JRAS, 1908, p. 316; and 1910, p. 29.

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³ In jMt ºdevās tu ye; dMt crp.

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⁴ Both accus. pl. in cefynMt; both nom. sing. in jMt.

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⁵ So Vā, Bd. Mt ºsyāṃs (bdj, ºsyāś) ca nibodhata (j, nibodha tān).

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⁶ This line only in Vā, Bd: eVā prādhānyas tān.

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⁷ So Mt; jMt matte. Vā, Bd tasmin.

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⁸ So Mt, eVā. Vā, Bd ºdevo nipātitah: ceMt yaiś ca bhuktā mahī drayam (c, duyam).

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⁹ So Mt, Vā genly. Bd, cdefgjVṣ, CGr Somāpi; eVā, bhVṣ ºāvi; bnMt ºādi; Vṣ genly ºāmi; kVṣ ºāri: aVṣ Sīmāvi; jMt, bVā Samādhi, hVā Sāmº. Bh Mārjāri. For Somādhis tasya cMt has Sahadevasya, eMt ºdevo 'sya.

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¹⁰ So Mt. Vā, Bd tanayo.

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¹¹ So Mt: eVā rāj=āsit. Vā, Bd rājarṣiḥ.

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¹² In lMt Giri[sam]vrajan; ceMt samiti-dhvajah.

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¹³ Pañcāśac ca in fyMt; jMt reads this half line, pañcāśat sapta ca tathā.

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¹⁴ Tathā c=aiva in bMt; eVā omits th= aṣṭau ca.

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¹⁵ So Mt, a¹-⁴mVā, Bd. Bh, bkVṣ, CGr agree. CVā ºśruvāś; fBh ºśruva; abGr ºścavās: gBh Śutaśravas, tBh Vyutasº. Vṣ genly Śrutavān; aVṣ †Tuḳṣata.

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¹⁶ So Mt, Ca'Vā: a²-⁴bdfyhijklmVā, Bd sapta-ṣaṣṭi; but dVā repeats the line thus— Śrutaśravā ṣaṣṭi samās tatas tasya suto 'bhavat: so bVā also, crp.

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¹⁷ So Mt genly; bMt ºanvayo; dMt ºantayo; nMt tasya nayo. Vā, Bd tasya suto.

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¹⁸ Bharet in bkMt.

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¹⁹ So Vā, Bd. Vṣ, Bh, CGr agree; gVṣ ºtāyuta, abGr ºtāmus, rBh ºdhāyus; fBh 'dhutaś ca; jVṣ Uyus. Mt genly Apratīpī; a²a³dfgmMt Apratāpī (which would be an easy misreading of Ayutāyī); nMt Anayā-pam; kMt Asutā.

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²⁰ Ca in Mt.

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²¹ So bkMt, Bd; Vā genly ṣaḍ-viṃśam: mVā that or ṣaṭ-triṃśam. Mt genly, a¹a³fajnVā ṣaṭ-triṃśat or ºśam: but dfgMt, bdhVā ṣaḍ-triṃśat or ºśa, where the d suggests the correct reading is ṣaḍ-viṃśat, for v and tr aro often confused.

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²² So Vā, Bd. Mt samā (kMt abdam) rājyam.

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²³ So Mt: kMt ºśati.

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²⁴ So Vā, Bd: eVā omits these words.

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²⁵ So Mt genly; bnMt tasmān Nirº; nMt Nirāmitro: but ceMt samā Mitro bhuktvā c=aiva; kMt Śarmamitro bhogān bhuktvā; dfgMt Nirāmitro (g, ºtitro) bhuktvā c=ēmām.

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Vs, eVā, Bh, Gr Nirāmitro. Bh adds tat-sutaḥ. ²⁶ But fgMt ṣaḍva; nMt ṣaḍga; cMt ṣaṣṭaḥ; eMt hy aṣṭaḥ; eVā tasya. ²⁷ So dfMt, a²eVā, Bd; Vs agrees: kVā Sukṣatrā; a²fgmVā ˚kṣattā. Ca¹a²Vā ˚kṛttaḥ, hVā ˚kṛttā, bVā ˚kṛtā, dVā ˚kṣakṛt; gMt Kṣukṣatraḥ; bMt Sukṣaraḥ. Mt genly Susakṣaḥ; ceMt Sumitraḥ; kMt Nakṣatraḥ; nMt crp. Bh, bVṣ Sunakṣatra; abGr Suhakṣ˚; CGr Svakṣetra. Vs adds tat-tanayaḥ. ²⁸ So Vā, Bd, with ˚śad, ˚śam, or ˚śa. Mt Bṛhatkarmā trayo-viṃśad; ceMt ˚tu dvā-triṃśat. Vs Vṛhatkarman. Bh ˚tsena; hBh Vihaśena. CGr Bahukarmaka; abGr Varukarmana. ²⁹ So Vā, Bd; eVā varṣāṇi ’kār˚. Mt genly abdaṃ rājyam, fgMt abdān˚ : cenMt read this half line, prāptā (n, ˚taś; c, ˚tvā) c-êmāṃ vasundharām. ³⁰ So Mt, Vā genly, Bd: a²bdjMt, a²a³Vā, Vs, CGr Sena˚; nMt Sena˚, mMt Śyena˚; kVā San-jit. Bh genly Karmajit, nBh Kār˚, hkBh Kār˚; rBh Dharmavid : eVā Maniṣi. CGr inverts this king and the next. See the corresponding lines about Adhisimakṛṣṇa (p. 4, l. 6) and Divākara (p. 10, l. 5). ³¹ So Mt genly: bfgnMt sāmprataś c-ḍyam, jMt samprajic ˚. ³² So Vā, Bd: eVā sāmprataś. ³³ Bhoktā in bdfgjnMt. ³⁴ So a²a²bdlMt; fgjMt ˚śatā. Mt genly pañca-śatam. ³⁵ So Vā genly, Bd. CVā etāṃ vai, ‘this (earth)’. But eVā pañcāśad, thus bringing this version into similarity to the corresponding verses, p. 4, l. 6 and p. 10, l. 5. ³⁶ CVā bhujyate; fmVā bhokṣyase. ³⁷ In mVā tava; fVā tave. ³⁸ So all; except jMt Śrutiñj˚; a²kVā Śatañj˚; gMt Śritañj˚; bMt Stutañj˚; dVṣ Kṣatañj˚; bVṣ Ripuñj˚: eVā Śatamyajñas. Bh names him Śṛtañjaya indirectly, Śṛtañjayād Vipraḥ; cBh Mutañj˚. CGr inverts him and Senājit. ³⁹ Ca in cenMt. ⁴⁰ In enMt varṣāṇām; jMt varṣān vai. ⁴¹ Pañca-triṃśad in fgMt, eVā. ⁴² This line is only in Vā, Bd. CVā ˚bāhur. Bd ripuñjayo. ⁴³ CVā ˚buddhir. ⁴⁴ CVā bhīma; gVā bala. ⁴⁵ So Mt; eVā aṣṭa-viṃśat tu: gmVā pañca-viṃśat tu. Vā, Bd pañca-triṃśat tu. ⁴⁶ Masvā in eVā. ⁴⁷ So Mt genly; jMt pāsyati˚; cenMt samprāpsyate. Vā, Bd pālayitā. ⁴⁸ So Mt genly, eVā; bMt vibho; cefyMt Prabhuḥ; lMt prabho: djkMt vīryavān for vai Vibhuḥ. Vs, Bh genly Vipra; pBh Dhipra; jVṣ Pipra; kVṣ Ripu; bVṣ Ripuñjaya. CGr Bhūri; abGr Saṃvi. Vā, Bd urpaḥ, giving no name; mVā [vr]nṛpaḥ. ⁴⁹ Aṣṭau pañcāśatā in eVā. ⁵⁰ So dfgMt, Vā, Bd: cMt c-abdā; nMt, hVā cāṣṭān; eMt cāṣṭā. Mt genly ṣaṭ ca: eVā śuṇho. ⁵¹ So all: except nBh Suci; bMt Muciḥ; eMt Śruciḥ; gBh Śuśi. Vs adds tasya putraḥ. ⁵² In cdeMt aṣṭā-triṃśat (or ˚śa); mMt dvātriṃśaś ca. ⁵³ So Mt. Vā, Bd pūrṇāḥ. ⁵⁴ So all: except eVā Kṣamo; lMt Kṣaimo. Vs genly, CGr Kṣemya: fgMt Pakso or Yakṣo. ⁵⁵ So Mt genly; cefgnMt bhokṣyati (f, bhojyati) medinīm. Vā, Bd rājā bhaviṣyati.

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Suvratas tu ⁵⁶ catuḥ-ṣaṣṭim ⁵⁷ rājyam prāpsyati vīryavān ⁵⁸ pañca-triṃśati ⁵⁹ varṣāṇi pañca varṣāṇi pūrṇāṇi ⁶⁰ Sunetro ⁶¹ bhokṣyate mahīm ⁶² Dharmanetro ⁶³ bhaviṣyati 20 bhokṣyate ⁶⁴ Nirvṛtis ⁶⁵ c=êmām ⁶⁶ aṣṭa-pañcāśatam samāḥ ⁶⁷ aṣṭa-viṃśat ⁶⁸ samā rājyaṃ aṣṭa-triṃśat ⁶⁹ samā rājyam ⁷⁰ Trinetro ⁷¹ bhokṣyate tataḥ ⁷² Suśramasya ⁷³ bhaviṣyati catvāriṃśat tath=âṣṭau ca ⁷⁴ Dṛdhaseno ⁷⁵ bhaviṣyati trayas-triṃśat tu ⁷⁶ varṣāṇi trayas-triṃśat tu varṣāṇi Mahīnetraḥ ⁷⁷ prakāśyate' Sumatiḥ ⁷⁹ prāpsyate tataḥ ⁸⁰ dvā-triṃśat tu ⁸¹ samā rājā ⁸² Sucalas ⁸³ tu bhaviṣyati 25 catvāriṃśat samā rājā ⁸⁵ Sunetro ⁸⁶ bhokṣyate ⁸⁷ tataḥ ⁸⁸ Satyajit ⁸⁹ pṛthivīṃ rājā ⁹⁰ try-aśītim ⁹¹ bhokṣyate ⁹² samāḥ ⁹³ prāpy=emāṃ Viśvajic ⁹⁴ c=āpi pañca-viṃśad ⁹⁵ bhaviṣyati Ripuñjayas ⁹⁶ tu varṣāṇi ⁹⁷ pañcāśat prāpsyate mahīm ṣoḍaś=aite ⁹⁸ nṛpā jñeyā bhavitāro Bṛhadrathāḥ trayo⁹⁹-viṃś-ādhikaṃ teṣāṃ rājyaṃ ca śata-saptakaṃ dvā-triṃśac ¹ ca ² nṛpā hy ete ³ bhavitāro Bṛhadrathāḥ ⁴ pūrṇaṃ varṣa-sahasraṃ ⁵ vai ⁶ teṣāṃ rājyaṃ bhaviṣyati ⁷.

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⁵⁶ So Bḍ. Vṣ, Bh, CGr agree: also eVā Suvratas tha (for Suvrato 'tha); CbfghmVā Suvatas tu. Vā genly Bhuratas tu; jVā, 2 MSS of CVā Yuvatas°; dVā †savatsara; jBh Suvrta; abGr Sujāta. Mt genly Anuvratas, gMt °traś; fMt Anuvṛta: CeMt Kṣemakasyu.

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⁵⁷ So Mt, Vā, Bḍ (°ṭi, °ṭi, °ṭim, °ṭim): cdeMt sutaḥ ṣaṣṭi; dVā tu ṣaṣṭim vai; mMt ṣaṣṭi samā.

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⁵⁸ In CeMt yatnataḥ (for Suvrataḥ? see note ⁵⁶).

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⁵⁹ So CbMt; fgjkmMt °triṃśat tu (m, ca; k omits tu). AlMt °viṃśati; dMt pañcāśac ca (with a syll. short).

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⁶⁰ So Vā, Bḍ: eVā varṣāṇi repented.

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⁶¹ In jMt †Snānātro; lMt pañcāśan.

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⁶² Mahān in jMt.

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⁶³ So Vā, Bḍ; also hVṣ, hjkBh, and v.r. in GBh: hVā °nepro. Bh genly Dharmasūtra; nBh °putra; bqBh °kṣetra. Vṣ, Gr briefly Dharma.

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⁶⁴ Bhojyate in mMt, emVā.

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⁶⁵ So Mt; jMt Ninṛtis; eVā Nṛbhṛtaḥ. Vā, Bḍ nṛpatiś.

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⁶⁶ So Mt. Bḍ c=êmā; a¹a²afkmVā caimā; hVā caibhā; dVā c=ôbhā; other Vā c=aiva: eVā pṛthvīm.

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⁶⁷ In fMt aṣṭam p°: bMt aṣṭa-pañcāśa vai samām.

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⁶⁸ So Mt: cdeMt °viṃśa.

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⁶⁹ So Vā, Bḍ. CVā aṣṭā°.

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⁷⁰ So Vā. Bḍ rāṣṭram.

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⁷¹ So Mt genly; jMt Train°: cdefgMt Sun°.

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⁷² In cefgjMt nṛpaḥ; dMt mahīm.

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⁷³ So Bḍ; Vṣ genly Suśrama: kVṣ Suśruma, eVṣ and abGr Śus°, CGr †Śmas°: dVṣ Śuśuma; tBh Śrama. Bh genly Śama; hknpBh Sama; bVṣ Susava; hVṣ Suvrama. Vā genly Suvratasya, eVā Suśrut°.

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⁷⁴ So Mt; eVā °śatam aṣṭau ca. Vā, Bḍ °śad †daś=ôṣṭau ca.

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⁷⁵ So a²djMt, Vā genly, Bḍ. Vṣ genly, BctBh agree; CGr °senaka; jVṣ °śneva; abGr Daṭhasenaka (Pkt): mMt Dṛdhanetā; fjMt and eVā Vṛhatseno; bMt Mahats°, nMt Mahās°, CVa¹a³a⁴Mt Dyumats°, and so GpBh (altered in p to Dṛdhas°).

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⁷⁶ So Mt genly; djMt °śac ca; fyMt °śati: kMt pañca-triṃśad (omitting tu).

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⁷⁷ So CVa³a⁴knMt: a¹a²bdfyjMt mahīm N°.

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⁷⁸ So Mt genly: a¹bfMt praśāsyate, dyMt °ti; a²kMt praśāsyate, gjnMt °ti. The root praśās appears to be treated as belonging to the ya class, see Various local dynasties, note ⁵⁴, post.

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⁷⁹ So Vā, Bḍ, Vṣ, Bh, CGr: dVṣ Sumanti.

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⁸⁰ In eVā °te mahīm; dVā viṃśatiḥ samāḥ.

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⁸¹ So Mt genly, eVā; dfgkMt °sac ca; nMt °śatam. Vā dvā-viṃśati; jMt °śat tu. Bḍ catvāriṃśat.

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⁸² So Mt; fgMt rājan. Vā, dMt rājyam. AkMt add hy.

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⁸³ Mt genly Acalas; bMt Abalas: a¹a²jlVā Sucalo; CVā Sucālo; a³a⁴bhkVā Sucālo. Vṣ, nMt, Bh, CGr Subalas; hBh Subāla; cBh Surbola: eVā Sudhanvā; rBh Bhūvana or Bhūbala; one CVā Yuvāno. Sucalo seems the best form. Bḍ omits this line: dvā reads it— rājyaṃ Sucālo bhokṣyati atha śatru-jayī tataḥ; which suggests a king Śatrujayin, but no other authority supports this. Bh adds janitā tataḥ, ‘son of the preceding’.

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⁸⁵ As to this line, see p. 13: dfykMt rājyam.

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⁸⁶ So Mt, Vā, Bd. Vṣ genly, frtBh Sunīta, dVṣ °nāta; Bh genly, aVṣ °nitha. CGr Nīta.

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⁸⁷ In kMt bhojyate; eVā bhavitā.

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⁸⁸ In dfgkMt nṛpaḥ.

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⁸⁹ So all (see p. 13); except jkMt Saptajit; cdemMt Sarvajit.

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⁹⁰ So cdefkmMt, eVā; gjMt °vi-rājā. Vā genly °vī-rājyam. Bd °vi-rāṣṭram.

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⁹¹ So Vā, Bd: cefgkmMt aśītim; dMt aśītiḥ: eVā triṃśatam: jMt reads this half line, 'śītim prāpsyati vai samāḥ. Tryaśītim may be a mistake for hy aśītim, or (by metathesis of vowels) for triṃśatam.

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⁹² In eVā bhojyate; cdefgkmMt prāpsyate.

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⁹³ In dfykmMt tataḥ; ceMt nṛpaḥ.

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⁹⁴ So all (see p. 13): but kVā Viṣyajic; Vā genly Vīrajic: cdefgjkmMt read this half line, Viśvajic c=aiva (d, sarba) varṣāṇi.

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⁹⁵ So ekMt, dfmVā, Bd. Vā genly, cdjmMt °triṃśad: gMt tri-pañcaśad, fMt °cād.

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⁹⁶ So Mt, eVā. Vṣ, Bh agree: see Pradyotas, note 1. Vā, Bd synonym. Ariñj°; dVā †Acirañj°; CGr Iṣuñj°: gMt omits this line and repeats l. 24 here. Vṣ adds tasya putraḥ.

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⁹⁷ So Mt, Vā. Bd varṣāṇām.

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⁹⁸ So jMt (see p. 13) with ṣoḍaśaite, which no doubt means ṣoḍaś=aite, because from Senājit to the end there were 16 kings, though its list is imperfect.

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⁹⁹ So jMt (see p. 13) reading vayo, which is no doubt a misreading of trayo, tr and v being often confused. If we keep vayo, the line may perhaps mean, ‘Their periods exceeded 20 years, and their kingdom lasted 700 years’; yet the first of these two statements, if it can be so rendered, seems inept: see p. 13.