Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.12

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.12

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c4.12

ABHIMANYU II jaya who performed Sarpasatra. (A yāga) Śatānīka was the son of Janamejaya. Śatānīka had a son named Sahasrānīka. King Udayana, the jewel of the Candra Vamśa (Lunar dynasty) was born to Sahasrānīka by the goddess Mṛgāvatī (See ‘Udayana’, stories about this Udayana are very famous. Kālidāsa has mentioned in his “Meghadūta” about the old rustics who thronged the country-sides to tell and listen to Udayana stories). (Kathāsaritsāgara, Madana Kañcukalambaka, 4th Taraṅga).

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Kathāsaritsāgara — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit