[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) › c5.505 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.505 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.505 - **Language:** English ### [c5.505](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.505) DHŪMA-VARNA. ‘Smoke coloured.’ A king of the serpents. A legend in the Hari-vansa relates that Yadu, the founder of the Yādava family, went for a trip of pleasure on the sea, where he was carried off by Dhūma-varna to the capital of the serpents. Dhūma-varna married his five daughters to him, and from them sprang seven distinct families of people. - [Previous: c5.504](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.504) - [Next: c5.506](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.506) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.505](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.505) · Pramāṇa