Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1048
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1048
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SAMHLĀDA (SAMHRĀDA) I. A son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. Two sons called Hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaśipu and a daughter called Siṃhikā were born to Kaśyapa-prajāpati by his wife Diti, and Hiraṇyakaśipu had four sons called Anuhlāda, Hrāda, Prahlāda and Saṃhrāda. Saṃhrāda had three sons named Āyuṣmān, Śibi, and Bāṣkala. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 19). According to verse 17, Chapter 65 of Ādi Parva, Prahlāda, Saṃhlāda, Anuhlāda, Śibi and Bāṣkala were the sons of Hiraṇyakaśipu. This Saṃhlāda, in his next life, was born as Śalya, the Bālhika king.
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit