[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) › c9.1598 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1598 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1598 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1598) 2) His relation to other prominent Yādavas. The dynasty of Anamitra, first son of Yudhājit, became famous through Prasena, Satrājit, Śvaphalka and Akrūra. Of the four sons of Andhaka, predecessor of Kṛṣṇa, Kukura and Bhajamāna deserve special mention. Āhuka, in the dynasty of Kukura had two sons named Devaka and Ugrasena. Devaki, daughter of Devaka, became wife of Vasudeva and mother of Kṛṣṇa. Kaṁsa was the son of Ugrasena. Śūra, seventh in the line of Bhajamāna, son of Andhaka had twelve children. His first son Vasudeva was Kṛṣṇa's father. Śrutakīrti, Śrutaśravas, Śrutadevī and Rājādhidevī the four daughters of Śūra were married respectively by Dhṛṣṭaketu, king of Kekaya, Damaghoṣa, king of Cedi, Vṛddhaśarman, king of Karūṣa and Jayasena, king of Avanti. Dhṛṣṭaketu was a great ally of the Pāṇḍavas. Śiśupāla was the son of Damaghoṣa, and Dantavaktra the third human incarnation of Jaya and Vijaya were the son of Vṛddhaśarman. Śiśupāla and Dantavaktra, the war-crazy and haughty persons. Vinda and Anuvinda, sons of Jayasena, were great friends of the Pāṇḍavas. As Kuntī, daughter of Śūra became the adopted daughter of Ugrasena, she became also the niece of Vasudeva and Kṛṣṇa's father's sister. Kuntī married Pāṇḍu and she delivered four sons, Karṇa, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena and Arjuna. - [Previous: c9.1597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1597) - [Next: c9.1599](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1599) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1598) · Pramāṇa