Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2355

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2355

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PRACINVĀN. A king who was the son of Janamejaya and grandson of Pūru. His mother's name was Anantā. This king conquered in one day all the countries in the east (prācī) and got his name Prācinvān. He got of his wife Aśmakī a son named Samyāti. (Śloka 12, Chapter 95, Ādi Parva). Prācinvān got a son named Manasyu. (Chapter 278, Agni Purāṇa).

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Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit