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Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.363

Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s4.363

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v2.c8.s4.363

1. Vaṇhi ( Vṛṣṇi ) A Yādava king in Bāravai.¹ Perhaps he was blind, and that is why he was called Amdhaga-Vaṇhi. His wife was Dhāriṇī(5).² He had ten sons : Samudda(3), Sāgara(7), Gambhīra(2), Thimiya(2), Ayala(4), Kampilla(2), Akkhobha(2), Pasenai(2), Viṇhu(4) and Goyama(4).³ Elsewhere it is mentioned that he had eight sons.⁴ They were : Akkhobha, Sāgara, Samudda, Ayala, Himavaṃta(4), Dharaṇa(4), Puraṇa(3) and Abhicaṃda(3). Vasudeva, father of Baladeva (2), Rāma(1) and Vāsudeva(1) Kaṇha(1), is also regarded as his son.⁵
1. AntA. p. 2. | 4. Ibid. 3.
2. Ant. 1. | 5. KalpSam. p. 171.
3. Ibid. 2.

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