Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2643

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2643

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c4.2643

BRHADRATHA II. A king of the Aṅga family. It is stated in Agnipurāṇa, chapter 277 that he was the son of Jayadratha and that Viśvajit was the son of Bṛhadratha. The Lamsuras, a forest tribe of the mountain of Gṛddhakūṭa, saved this King from the attempt of extermination of the Kṣatriyas by Paraśurāma. (Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 49; Droṇa Parva, Chapters 57 and 62).

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Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit