[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) › c8.31 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.31 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.31 - **Language:** English ### [c8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.31) MADIRĀKṢA II (MADIRĀŚVA). A king of the dynasty of Ikṣvāku. He was the son of King Daśāśva. Madirāśva was a saintly king well-versed in archery. He was a very righteous person also. (27-8, Anuśāsana Parva). Madirāśva had a son named Dyutimān and a daughter named Sumadhyā. (2, 8, Anuśāsana Parva.) After giving Sumadhyā in marriage to a sage, named Hiraṇyahasta Madirāśva attained Svarga. (226: 34 Śānti Parva, and 137 : 24 Anuśāsana Parva). - [Previous: c8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.30) - [Next: c8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.32) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.31) · Pramāṇa