Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.3167

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.3167

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c7.3167

1) Genealogy. Descended from Mahāviṣṇu thus; Brahmā - Atri - Candra - Budha - Purūravas - Āyus - Nahuṣa - Yayāti - Puru - Janamejaya - Prācinvān - Pravīra - Namasyu - Vitabhaya - Śuṇḍu - Bahuvidha-Samyāti - Rahovādī - Raudrāśva - Matināra - Santurodha - Duṣyanta - Bharata - Suhotra - Bṛhatputra - Ajamīḍha - Jahnu - Balākāśva - Kuśika.
2) Indra as son. Kuśika began tapas for a son who would be equal to Indra and could not be killed by others. Pleased with his tapas Indra voluntarily took birth as Kuśika's son. Gādhi was that son; in fact he was an incarnation of Indra. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 49).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit