Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2115

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ŚREṆIMĀN. A Rājarṣi. Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 51 says that he was the rebirth of the fourth Kālakeya. The following pieces of information about this Rājarṣi are gathered from Mahābhārata :-
(i) Śreṇimān was present at the Svayaṃvara of Pāñcāli. (M.B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 185, Verse 11).
(ii) He ruled over Kumāradeśa. Bhīmasena, in the triumphal march of the eastern lands, defeated Śreṇimān. (M. B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 1).
(iii) Sahadeva, in his conquest of Southern lands defeated him. (M. B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 31, Verse 5).
(iv) In the course of the Bhārata Yuddha, Śreṇimān was killed by Droṇa. (M. B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 6, Verse 35).