Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.381

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Genealogy. Descended from Viṣṇu thus:—Atri—Candra—Budha—Purūravas—Āyus—Nahuṣa—Yayāti—Pūru—Janame jaya—Prācinvān—Pravira—Namasyu—Vitabhaya—Śuṇḍu—Bahuvidha—Saṃyāti—Rahovādi—Raudrāśva—Matināra—Santurodha—Duṣyanta—Bharata—Suhotra—Suhota—Gala—Garda—Suketu—Bṛhatkṣetra—Hasti—Ajamīḍha—Ṛkṣa—Saṃvaraṇa—Kuru—Jahnu—Suratha—Viḍūratha—Śārvabhauma—Jayatsena—Avyaya—Bhāvuka—Cakroddhata—Devātithi—Ṛkṣa—Bhīma—Pratīca—Pratīpa—Devāpi. Pratīpa had three sons named Devāpi, Śantanu and Bālhīka. Śantanu succeeded Pratīpa as king as his elder brother had taken to sannyāsa as a boy. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 94, Verse 61).