[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1068 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1068 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1068 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1068](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1068) AŚVAVĀN. The first child of King Kuru. (See under genealogy of Kuru). His mother was Vāhinī. He is known as Avikṣit also. He got eight sons : Parīkṣit, Śabalāśva, Ādirāja, Virāja, Śālmalī, Uccaiḥśravas, Bhayaṅkara and Jitāri. (Ślokas 50 to 53, Chapter 94, Ādi Parva, M.B.) - [Previous: c4.1067](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1067) - [Next: c4.1069](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1069) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1068](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1068) · Pramāṇa