[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) › c4.1279 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1279 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1279 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1279) ĀGNEYĪ. Wife of Kuru, son of Manu. Śambhu wife of Dhruva gave birth to two sons, Śiṣṭi and Bhavya. Succhāyā wife of Śiṣṭi gave birth to five sinless sons Ripu, Ripuṃjaya, Vipra, Vṛkala and Vṛkatejas. Cākṣuṣa was born of Bṛhatī, wife of Ripu. Manu was born to Cākṣuṣa of his wife Puṣkariṇī, daughter of the great Viraṇaprajāpati. Puṣkariṇī hailed from the dynasty of Marutta. To Manu were born of Naḍvalā ten sons, Kuru, Pūru, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavān, Śuci, Agniṣṭoma, Atirātra, Sudyumna, and Abhimanyu. Of these, Kuru got of his wife Āgneyī six sons: Aṅga, Sumanas, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgiras and Śibi. Vena was born to Aṅga of his wife Sunīthā. (Chapter 13, Aṃśam 1, Viṣṇu Purāṇa). - [Previous: c4.1278](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1278) - [Next: c4.1280](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1280) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1279](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1279) · Pramāṇa