[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) › c4.725 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.725 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.725 - **Language:** English ### [c4.725](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.725) ANVAGBHĀNU. A King of the Pūru dynasty. (For genealogy see Pūru dynasty). Pūru had three sons, Īśvara, Raudrāśva and Pravīra. He had also another son Manasyu by Śūrasenī, another wife. Anvagbhānu is the son born to Manasyu and his apsarā wife, Mitrakeśī. Anvagbhānu is known as Ṛceyu and Anādhṛṣṭi also. (M.B., Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verses 8-12). - [Previous: c4.724](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.724) - [Next: c4.726](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.726) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.725](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.725) · Pramāṇa