Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2891

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2891

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c7.2891

KṢUPA II. A King who was the son of Prasandhi, and the grandson of Vaivasvata Manu. He was the father of Ikṣvāku. In Mahābhārata, Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, it is mentioned that Kṣupa stayed in the Palace of Yama after his death. In Mahābhārata, Śānti Parva, Chapter 166 it is stated that this King had received a sword directly from Vaivasvata Manu. Kṣupa was not in the habit of eating flesh. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 159, Stanza 67).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit