[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) › c4.1444 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1444 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1444 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1444](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1444) Jayantī, Ṛṣabha’s wife bore to him twenty children who were : Bharata, Kuśāvarta, Ilāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Āryāvarta, Malaya, Ketu, Bhadrasena, Indrasprk, Vidarbha, Kikaṭa, Kavi, Hari, Antarikṣa, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, Dramiḍa, Camasa and Karabhājana. The eldest of them, Bharata, became the ruler of India. From him this country came to be called "BHĀRATA". All the younger brothers ruled over the different parts of this country. - [Previous: c4.1443](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1443) - [Next: c4.1445](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1445) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1444](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1444) · Pramāṇa