Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2661

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1) Genealogy. Descended from Viṣṇu thus :—Brahmā—Atri—Candra—Budha—Purūravas—Āyus—Nahuṣa—Yayāti—Yadu—Sahasrajit—Śatajit—Hehaya—Dharma—Kunti—Bhadrasena—Dhanaka—Kṛtavīrya—Kārtavīryārjuna—Jayadhvaja—Tālajaṅgha—Vītihotra—Ananta—Durjaya—Yudhājit—Śini—Satyaka—Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)—Jaya—Kuni—Anamitra—Pṛśni—Citraratha—Viḍūratha—Śūra—Śini-bhoja—Hṛdika—Śūrasena—Vasudeva—Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Ten sons called Vasudeva, Devabhāga, Devaśravas, Ānaka, Sṛñjaya, Kākānika, Śyāmaka, Vatsa, Kāvūka and Vasu were born to King Śūrasena by his wife Māriṣā. Of those ten sons Vasudeva married Devakī, the sister of Kaṃsa. He had also a second wife called Rohiṇī and she was the mother of Balabhadrarāma.