[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.2172 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2172 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2172 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2172) YADU. Son of King Yayāti of the Lunar race, and founder of the line of the Yādavas in which Krishna was born. He refused to bear the curse of decrepitude passed upon his father by the sage Sukra, and in consequence he incurred the paternal curse, “Your posterity shall not possess dominion.” Still he received from his father the southern districts of his kingdom, and his posterity prospered. - [Previous: c5.2171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2171) - [Next: c5.2173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2173) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2172) · Pramāṇa