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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1459

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1459

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ŚARYĀTI I. A son of Vaivasvata Manu.
1) General. Ikṣvāku, Nābhāga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Prāmśu, Nṛga, Diṣṭa, Karūṣa and Pṛṣadhra were sons of Vaivasvata Manu. Śaryāti had a son called Ānarta and a daughter called Sukanyā, and was married by the aged and blind Cyavana, and a son named Pramati was born to the couple. (See under Cyavana).
2) Other information.
(i) Śaryāti lives in Yama's court worshipping him. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 14).
(ii) Cyavana performed for Śaryāti his yajña at which the Aśvinikumāras, in disobedience of Indra, drank Somarasa. (Vana Parva, Chapter 124).
(iii) Two famous Kings, Haihaya and Tālajaṅgha were born in Śaryāti's dynasty. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 6).

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