[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) › c7.3167 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c7.3167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.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). - [Previous: c7.3166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3166) - [Next: c7.3168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3168) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.3167) · Pramāṇa