Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.78

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RĀJAVĀN. A muni born in the Bhṛgu dynasty. To Bhṛgu were born of his wife Khyāti, Lakṣmī, the wife of Viṣṇu and also two sons called Dhātā and Vidhātā. They married Āyati and Niyati daughters of Meru. Two sons, Prāṇa and Mṛkaṇḍu were born to the couples. From Mṛkaṇḍu was born Mārkaṇḍeya and from him Vedaciras. Prāṇa had a son called Dyutimān and he a son called Rājavān. It was from Rājavān that the Bhṛgu dynasty multiplied. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 1, Chapter 10).