Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1075.2

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According to Vyāsa there are seven winds. While once he was teaching his son Śuka Vedas, a storm blew and the teaching had to be stopped for some time. Then Śuka asked his father about winds, and Vyāsa answered as follows : There are seven vāyus (winds). The first one called Pravaha moves the clouds. The second one, Āvaha, causes thunder while the third vāyu, Udvaha, converts sea-water into vapour and causes rain. The fourth one Samvaha moves clouds in the sky. The clouds are the aeroplanes of the Devas. The fifth is Vivaha, which gives form and shape to the clouds. The sixth Vāyu, Parivaha, keeps Ākāśagaṅgā motionless while due to the action of the seventh Vāyu, Parāvaha, the souls travel. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 329). SAMVARAṆA. A king of the lunar dynasty. 1) Genealogy. Descended from Viṣṇu thus : Brahmā-Atri-Candra - Budha - Purūravas - Āyus - Nahuṣa - Yayāti - Pūru - Janamejaya - Prācinvān - Manasyu - Vitabhaya - Suṇḍu - Bahuvidha - Saṃyāti - Rahovādi - Bhadrāśva - Matināra - Santurodha - Duṣyanta - Bharata - Bṛhatkṣatra - Hasti - Ajamiḍha - Ṛkṣa - Saṃvaraṇa. 2) Marriage. Saṃvaraṇa married Tapatī, daughter of Sūrya. (For details see under Tapatī). 3) Other information. (i) King Pāñcāla once attacked and subjugated him. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 93, Verse 37). (ii) He gave up the throne in fear of the enemy and went and lived on the banks of the river Sindhu. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 9, Verse 39).