[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) › c8.134 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.134 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.134 - **Language:** English ### [c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.134) MAHĀPADMA I. The first King of the Nanda dynasty. According to Vāyu Purāṇa and Matsya Purāṇa, Mahāpadma was the son of Mahānandī, the last King of the Śiśunāga dynasty. He was the son of Mahānandī by a Śūdra woman. He killed his father and founded the Nanda dynasty. - [Previous: c8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.133) - [Next: c8.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.135) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.134) · Pramāṇa