Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.667

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.667

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HARYAŚVA II. A King of the solar dynasty. The following information about him is culled from the Mahābhārata.
(1) He was king of Ayodhyā. A Powerful ruler, he had a fully equipped army. (Udyoga Parva, Chapter 115. Verse 18).
(2) He took Mādhavī, daughter of Yayāti as his wife and thus solved the problem of gurudakṣiṇā for Gālava. (See under Gālava).

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Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit