HeroRama's devoted ally
Hanuman
Hanuman is Rama’s devoted vanara ally, celebrated for strength, resourcefulness, and devotion. His journeys connect the search for Sita with the campaign in Lanka.
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Characters & Cosmic Entities
Hero
WarriorKuru elder
Bhishma
Kuru elder, son of Shantanu and Ganga, bound by vows and fighting for the Kauravas.
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HeroThe bearer of Gandiva
Arjuna
Arjuna is a central warrior of the Mahabharata and the interlocutor of Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. His divine bow is Gandiva.
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WarriorTeacher of the Kuru princes and major Kaurava commander
Drona
Teacher of the Kuru princes and major Kaurava commander, son of Bharadvaja.
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WarriorWarrior born to Kunti through Surya
Karna
Warrior born to Kunti through Surya, raised by Adhiratha and Radha, and allied with Duryodhana.
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WarriorDrona's son and Kaurava warrior
Ashwatthama
Drona's son and Kaurava warrior, central to the nocturnal massacre and terminal astra conflict.
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WarriorPandava of exceptional strength
Bhima
Bhima — Pandava of exceptional strength, born to Kunti through Vayu.
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HeroKishkindha's vanara king and Sugriva's brother
Vali
Kishkindha's vanara king and Sugriva's brother, killed by Rama.
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HeroBear-associated elder and adviser who encourages Hanuman
Jambavan
Bear-associated elder and adviser who encourages Hanuman; Krishna traditions connect him with the Syamantaka jewel.
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HeroKrishna and Rukmini's son
Pradyumna
Krishna and Rukmini's son, associated with Kama's reappearance in a Puranic account.
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HeroArjuna and Subhadra's son
Abhimanyu
Arjuna and Subhadra's son, killed after entering the Chakravyuha.
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HeroYadava warrior supporting the Pandavas
Satyaki
Yadava warrior supporting the Pandavas, associated with the Vrishni lineage.
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HeroKuru teacher and warrior
Kripa
Kuru teacher and warrior, brother of Kripi, surviving the war.
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HeroDrupada's fire-born son and Pandava commander
Dhrishtadyumna
Drupada's fire-born son and Pandava commander, destined in narrative to oppose Drona.
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HeroPragjyotisha ruler and Kaurava ally known for elephant warfare
Bhagadatta
Pragjyotisha ruler and Kaurava ally known for elephant warfare.
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HeroMadra king and Madri's brother
Shalya
Madra king and Madri's brother, Kaurava ally and Karna's charioteer.
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HeroDhritarashtra and Gandhari's eldest son and principal Kaurava claimant
Duryodhana
Dhritarashtra and Gandhari's eldest son and principal Kaurava claimant.
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HeroSindhu ruler and Duhsala's consort
Jayadratha
Sindhu ruler and Duhsala's consort, key to Abhimanyu's isolation.
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HeroSomadatta's son and Kaurava warrior
Bhurishrava
Somadatta's son and Kaurava warrior, killed during the Satyaki conflict.
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HeroYadava warrior allied with the Kauravas
Kritavarma
Yadava warrior allied with the Kauravas, implicated in the night raid and later Yadava conflict.
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HeroRama's brother and companion in exile
Lakshmana
Lakshmana — Rama's brother and companion in exile, son of Dasharatha and Sumitra.
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HeroVanara ruler allied with Rama after Vali's death
Sugriva
Vanara ruler allied with Rama after Vali's death.
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Hero
Hero
HeroEldest Pandava
Yudhishthira
Eldest Pandava, born to Kunti through Dharma, central to ethical and royal dilemmas.
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HeroSon of Arjuna and Chitrangada
Babruvahana
Babruvahana — Son of Arjuna and Chitrangada, associated with Arjuna's horse-sacrifice journey.
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HeroPandava born to Madri through the Ashvins
Nakula
Nakula — Pandava born to Madri through the Ashvins, associated with swordsmanship and horse knowledge.
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HeroPandava born to Madri through the Ashvins
Sahadeva
Sahadeva — Pandava born to Madri through the Ashvins; distinguish the Magadha namesake.
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HeroRama's brother
Bharata
Bharata — Rama's brother, son of Dasharatha and Kaikeyi, who governs in Rama's absence.
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HeroRama's brother
Shatrughna
Shatrughna — Rama's brother, son of Dasharatha and Sumitra, associated with Lavana's defeat.
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HeroRama and Sita's son
Lava
Lava — Rama and Sita's son, raised in Valmiki's hermitage with Kusha.
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HeroRama and Sita's son
Kusha
Kusha — Rama and Sita's son, paired with Lava in later royal and recitation narratives.
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HeroPanchala ruler
Drupada
Panchala ruler, father of Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna, and rival of Drona.
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HeroPowerful Matsya commander and Sudeshna's brother
Kichaka
Powerful Matsya commander and Sudeshna's brother, killed by Bhima after threatening Draupadi.
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Hero
HeroDrona and the thumb
Ekalavya
Nishada archer whose self-training and thumb sacrifice expose tensions in access to martial instruction.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Kuvalayashva
Kuvalayashva
Kuvalayashva is the Ikshvaku king who destroys the Asura Dhundhu and gains the title Dhundhumara. His victory protects the sage Uttanka, but the battle costs the lives of nearly all his sons.
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KingSolar Lineage
Purukutsa
Purukutsa is a son of Mandhata who journeys beneath the earth with Narmada and defeats the Gandharvas who have seized the Nagas’ kingdom. The Vishnu Purana presents Vishnu’s power as the source of his victory.
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KingYadava House · Shashavindu
Shashavindu
Shashavindu is an eminent Yadava king and the son of Chitraratha. Celebrated as an unconquered world emperor and a great yogi, he also connects important royal families through his son Prithushravas and his daughter Bindumati.
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KingChedi King · Father of Brihadratha
Uparichara Vasu
Uparichara Vasu is a human king of Chedi who becomes Indra’s friend and travels through the sky in a divine chariot. His story combines royal duty, gifts from the gods and an unusual family history that links him to Magadha, Satyavati and the Kuru house.
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KingKuru Lineage
Samvarana
Samvarana is the Paurava king who becomes Tapati’s husband and the father of Kuru. His story combines royal exile and restoration with a marriage linking the human dynasty to the Sun’s family.
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WarriorKuru Warrior King and Brother of Vichitravirya
Chitrangada
Chitrangada is the elder son of Shantanu and Satyavati and a Kuru king before the generation of Pandu and Dhritarashtra. His reign ends when a powerful Gandharva of the same name kills him in a prolonged battle.
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HeroElder Kuru-linked king
Bahlika
Elder Kuru-linked king, associated with Shantanu's family and Somadatta's ancestry.
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HeroFather of Bhurishrava and Kuru-aligned warrior
Somadatta
Father of Bhurishrava and Kuru-aligned warrior.
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HeroChedi ruler
Dhrishtaketu
Chedi ruler, son of Shishupala in epic genealogy, fighting for the Pandavas.
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HeroWarrior whose divinely granted weapon is subject to a fatal restriction
Shrutayudha
Warrior whose divinely granted weapon is subject to a fatal restriction.
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HeroMatsya ruler sheltering the disguised Pandavas
Virata
Matsya ruler sheltering the disguised Pandavas.
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HeroSon of Arjuna and Ulupi
Iravan
Iravan — Son of Arjuna and Ulupi, whose war role expands in southern ritual traditions.
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HeroVanara leader involved in Rama's bridge and war traditions
Nila
Vanara leader involved in Rama's bridge and war traditions.
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HeroVanara associated with the Ashvins in divine-origin accounts
Mainda
Vanara associated with the Ashvins in divine-origin accounts.
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HeroVanara associated with Mainda and the Ashvins
Dvivida
Vanara associated with Mainda and the Ashvins; later Balarama-antagonist identification needs contextual review.
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HeroVanara associated with Hanuman's earthly/social parentage through Anjana
Kesari
Vanara associated with Hanuman's earthly/social parentage through Anjana.
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HeroVali-Sugriva origin accounts
Riksharaja
Bear/vanara progenitor figure associated with Vali and Sugriva's origins in particular traditions.
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HeroRukmini's brother and ruler associated with Bhojakataka
Rukmi
Rukmini's brother and ruler associated with Bhojakataka, opposed to her marriage to Krishna.
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HeroYadava ancestor associated with Satyaki's lineage and rivalry with Somadatta
Shini
Yadava ancestor associated with Satyaki's lineage and rivalry with Somadatta.
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HeroDrupada's child linked with Amba's rebirth and Bhishma's fall
Shikhandi
Drupada's child linked with Amba's rebirth and Bhishma's fall; sex-transformation narrative requires respectful precision.
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HeroKaurava brother central to Draupadi's humiliation and Bhima's vengeance
Dushasana
Kaurava brother central to Draupadi's humiliation and Bhima's vengeance.
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HeroPanchala warrior guarding Arjuna's chariot on the Pandava side
Yudhamanyu
Panchala warrior guarding Arjuna's chariot on the Pandava side.
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HeroPanchala warrior paired with Yudhamanyu in Arjuna's protection
Uttamaujas
Panchala warrior paired with Yudhamanyu in Arjuna's protection.
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HeroAvanti ruler allied with the Kauravas
Vinda
Avanti ruler allied with the Kauravas, paired with Anuvinda.
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HeroAvanti ruler allied with the Kauravas
Anuvinda
Avanti ruler allied with the Kauravas, paired with Vinda.
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HeroNila identified by Mahishmati
Nila
Nila identified by Mahishmati, distinct from the vanara Nila; specific battlefield identity needs checking.
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KingBhagiratha’s Line · Saudasa
Saudasa
Saudasa, also called Mitrasaha and Kalmashapada, is a king in the Ikshvaku dynasty whose encounter with a vengeful Rakshasa leads to a curse and a period of cannibalism. His queen Madayanti helps prevent a further curse against Vasistha.
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HeroWarrior on the Pandava side
Chekitana
Warrior on the Pandava side, named among major allies.
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Hero
HeroSolar-dynasty ruler killed by Abhimanyu in the war
Brihadbala
Brihadbala — Solar-dynasty ruler killed by Abhimanyu in the war.
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HeroTrigarta ruler whose forces repeatedly challenge Arjuna
Susharma
Trigarta ruler whose forces repeatedly challenge Arjuna.
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HeroVanara bridge-builder
Nala
Vanara bridge-builder, linked with Vishvakarma in epic genealogy; distinguish King Nala.
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HeroVanara commander serving in Rama's campaign
Gavaksha
Vanara commander serving in Rama's campaign.
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HeroVanara warrior named in the search and army lists
Gavaya
Vanara warrior named in the search and army lists.
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Hero
HeroVanara associated with healing and military service in Rama narratives
Sushena
Vanara associated with healing and military service in Rama narratives; details differ by retelling.
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HeroVanara elder guarding Madhuvana
Dadhimukha
Vanara elder guarding Madhuvana, reporting the returning search party's disturbance.
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HeroVanara leader in Rama's search and army lists
Kumuda
Vanara leader in Rama's search and army lists.
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HeroVanara named Gaja
Gaja
Vanara named Gaja; distinguish elephant and other personal-name usages.
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Hero
HeroVanara named Rishabha
Rishabha
Vanara named Rishabha; distinguish avatar and other namesakes.
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HeroVanara commander in Rama's search and army lists
Shatabali
Vanara commander in Rama's search and army lists.
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HeroKrishna and Jambavati's son
Samba
Krishna and Jambavati's son, associated with family conflict and the Yadava curse.
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HeroKaurava brother who questions the treatment of Draupadi in the assembly
Vikarna
Kaurava brother who questions the treatment of Draupadi in the assembly.
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HeroDhritarashtra's son through a Vaishya woman
Yuyutsu
Dhritarashtra's son through a Vaishya woman, who joins the Pandava side and survives.
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HeroVirata's son who accompanies disguised Arjuna in the cattle-rescue episode
Uttara Kumar
Virata's son who accompanies disguised Arjuna in the cattle-rescue episode; distinguish Princess Uttara.
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HeroMatsya warrior commonly identified as Virata's son
Shveta
Matsya warrior commonly identified as Virata's son; killed early in the war.
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HeroMatsya prince/warrior associated with Virata's family
Shankha
Matsya prince/warrior associated with Virata's family; distinguish the Naga Shankha.
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HeroWarrior supporting the Pandavas
Brihatkshatra
Warrior supporting the Pandavas; precise lineage requires selected passage checking.
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HeroMagadha ruler after Jarasandha in epic accounts
Sahadeva
Magadha ruler after Jarasandha in epic accounts; distinct from the Pandava Sahadeva.
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HeroDraupadi and Yudhishthira's son
Prativindhya
Draupadi and Yudhishthira's son, one of the Upapandavas.
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Hero
HeroDraupadi's son commonly associated with Arjuna in this naming system
Shrutakarma
Draupadi's son commonly associated with Arjuna in this naming system; variants interchange names.
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HeroDraupadi and Nakula's son in a common Upapandava list
Shatanika
Draupadi and Nakula's son in a common Upapandava list; distinguish other Shatanikas.
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HeroDraupadi's son commonly associated with Sahadeva in this naming system
Shrutasena
Draupadi's son commonly associated with Sahadeva in this naming system; genealogy names vary.
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HeroKrishna and Rukmini's son in Bhagavata genealogy
Charudeshna
Krishna and Rukmini's son in Bhagavata genealogy.
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HeroSon of Balarama and Revati in common Puranic genealogy
Nishatha
Nishatha — Son of Balarama and Revati in common Puranic genealogy; naming variants need edition review.
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HeroSon of Balarama and Revati in common Puranic genealogy
Ulmuka
Ulmuka — Son of Balarama and Revati in common Puranic genealogy.
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HeroPandava ally
Purujit
Purujit — Pandava ally, associated with Kuntibhoja in the Gita's army enumeration.
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HeroKing who fosters Kunti
Kuntibhoja
Kuntibhoja — King who fosters Kunti; appears in allied-army context, with age/genealogy questions requiring care.
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HeroPandava-allied ruler-name in the Gita's army enumeration
Shaibya
Shaibya — Pandava-allied ruler-name in the Gita's army enumeration; distinguish multiple Shaibya/Shibi figures.
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HeroKing-of-Kashi entry from epic army context
Kashiraja
Kashiraja — King-of-Kashi entry from epic army context; a title, not necessarily every Kashi ruler.
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HeroDuryodhana's son
Lakshmana Kumara
Duryodhana's son, killed by Abhimanyu in the war; distinguish Rama's brother.
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HeroA Warrior Name in the Epic
Durmasena
Durmasena is an unresolved warrior name in this collection. Similar spellings and later identifications point towards different Mahabharata figures, so his family and deeds cannot yet be presented as one certain biography.
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HeroWarriors of the Mahabharata
Srutayus
Srutayus is a name borne by more than one warrior in the Mahabharata. The epic’s Kalinga battle and its account of Arjuna’s advance describe different contexts, which should not be combined into one life.
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HeroGandhara-linked warrior paired with Vrishaka in a common epic account
Achala
Gandhara-linked warrior paired with Vrishaka in a common epic account.
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HeroGandhara-linked warrior paired with Achala
Vrishaka
Gandhara-linked warrior paired with Achala; precise lineage needs edition checking.
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HeroKaurava Chitrasena
Chitrasena
Kaurava Chitrasena; distinguish the Gandharva teacher and other warriors of this name.
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HeroKaurava named Durjaya
Durjaya
Kaurava named Durjaya; distinguish similarly named princes in other dynasties.
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Hero
HeroKaurava warrior-name associated with Dhritarashtra's sons
Durmarshana
Kaurava warrior-name associated with Dhritarashtra's sons.
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HeroKaurava warrior-name associated with Dhritarashtra's sons
Durdharsha
Kaurava warrior-name associated with Dhritarashtra's sons.
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HeroKaurava named in Dhritarashtra’s son list
Jalasandha
Kaurava named in Dhritarashtra’s son list; distinguish the homonymous elephant-riding ruler.
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KingChild of Vaivasvata Manu and Parent of Pururavas
Ila
Ila is the child of Vaivasvata Manu whose life is also told under the male name Sudyumna. As Budha’s partner and the parent of Pururavas, Ila connects Manu’s solar ancestry with the royal beginnings of Chandra Vansh.
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KingKuru King and Son of Shantanu
Vichitravirya
Vichitravirya is the younger son of Shantanu and Satyavati and the Kuru king who succeeds his brother Chitrangada. His childless death creates the succession crisis that leads Satyavati to call Vyasa to continue the royal line.
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KingBhagiratha’s Line · Ayutashva
Ayutashva
Ayutashva is a king of Surya Vansh, the son of Sindhudvipa and father of Rituparna. He belongs to the generations between Bhagiratha’s descent of Ganga and the later royal family of Saudasa.
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KingBhagiratha’s Line · Sarvakama
Sarvakama
Sarvakama is a king of Surya Vansh, the son of Rituparna, father of Sudasa and grandfather of Saudasa. He links the family of Nala’s royal friend Rituparna with the household later affected by Saudasa’s curses.
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KingBhagiratha’s Line · Sudasa
Sudasa
Sudasa is an Ikshvaku king of Surya Vansh, the son of Sarvakama and father of Saudasa. He belongs to the royal succession descending from Bhagiratha and Rituparna.
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QueenQueen of Saudasa
Madayanti
Madayanti is the queen of Saudasa who restrains her husband from cursing Vasistha and later becomes the mother of Asmaka through the sage’s intervention. Her counsel protects both the king and the continuation of his house.
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KingSolar Lineage
Asmaka
Asmaka is the son born to Queen Madayanti through Vasistha’s intervention after curses leave Saudasa unable to resume marital life. He continues the Ikshvaku royal house and becomes the father of Mulaka.
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KingCalled Narikavacha
Mulaka
Mulaka is the son of Asmaka who survives a destruction of the warrior class because women shelter and conceal him. The episode gives him the title Narikavacha, meaning protected by women.
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KingEarlier Solar Ancestor · Not Rama’s Father
Dasharatha
Dasharatha is an earlier king of Surya Vansh, the son of Mulaka and father of Ilavila. He appears several generations before the later Dasharatha who becomes Rama’s father.
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KingSolar Ancestor
Ilavila
Ilavila is a king of Surya Vansh, the son of the earlier Dasharatha and father of Vishvasaha. His grandson is Khatvanga, the king remembered for helping the gods and turning toward liberation at the end of his life.
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KingSolar Ancestor
Vishvasaha
Vishvasaha is a king of Surya Vansh, the son of Ilavila and father of Khatvanga. His family belongs to the succession from Mulaka toward Dirghabahu, Raghu and the ancestors of Rama.
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KingFather of Raghu in This Account
Dirghabahu
Dirghabahu is a king of Surya Vansh, the son of Khatvanga and father of Raghu in the Puranic genealogy. He stands between Khatvanga’s final spiritual turning and the royal line that continues through Raghu and Aja to Rama’s father.
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KingSon of Lakshmana
Angada
Angada is a son of Lakshmana, one of Rama’s brothers. The Vishnu Purana names him together with his brother Chandraketu when describing the next generation of the Ikshvaku family.
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KingSon of Lakshmana
Chandraketu
Chandraketu is a son of Lakshmana, one of Rama’s brothers. The Vishnu Purana names him together with his brother Angada when describing the next generation of the Ikshvaku family.
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KingSon of Shatrughna
Subahu
Subahu is a son of Shatrughna, one of Rama’s brothers. The Vishnu Purana names him together with his brother Shurasena when describing the next generation of the Ikshvaku family.
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KingSon of Shatrughna
Shurasena
Shurasena is a son of Shatrughna, one of Rama’s brothers. The Vishnu Purana names him together with his brother Subahu when describing the next generation of the Ikshvaku family.
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KingSon of Pururavas and Urvashi
Ayus
Ayus is the eldest son of Pururavas and Urvashi and an important branching ancestor of Chandra Vansh. His sons begin several royal lines rather than a single undivided succession.
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KingMagadha House · Brihadratha
Brihadratha
Brihadratha is a king of Magadha and the father of Jarasandha. A son of Uparichara Vasu, he belongs to the royal family that connects Chedi with one of the Mahabharata’s most important eastern kingdoms.
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KingMagadha House · Somapi
Somapi
Somapi is a king in the Magadha succession after Jarasandha. He is the son of the Magadha ruler Sahadeva and the father of Shrutashravas.
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KingMagadha House · Shrutashravas
Shrutashravas
Shrutashravas is a king of Magadha and the son of Somapi. He belongs to the later generations of Jarasandha’s royal family.
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KingPanchala Ancestor · Not the Vanara Nila
Nila
Nila is a human royal ancestor of the Panchala families. He is the son of Ajamidha and Nilini, and his descendants form a separate branch of the wider Paurava house.
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KingPanchala House · Shanti
Shanti
Shanti is the son of Nila and the father of Sushanti in the older ancestry of Panchala. He belongs to the human royal line descending from Ajamidha and Nilini.
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KingPanchala House · Sushanti
Sushanti
Sushanti is a royal ancestor of the Panchala house, the son of Shanti and the father of Purujanu. His family descends from Ajamidha through Nila.
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KingPanchala House · Purujanu
Purujanu
Purujanu is a royal ancestor of Panchala, the son of Sushanti and the father of Chakshu. He belongs to the Paurava family descended from Ajamidha.
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KingPanchala House · Chakshu
Chakshu
Chakshu is the father of Haryashva in the older royal ancestry of Panchala. His father is Purujanu, and his family belongs to the Paurava line descending from Ajamidha.
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KingPanchala House · Haryashva
Haryashva
Haryashva is the father of the five brothers associated with the Panchala name in the Vishnu Purana. He belongs to the Paurava royal line descending from Ajamidha through Nila.
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KingPanchala House · Mudgala
Mudgala
Mudgala is one of the five brothers associated with the Panchala name and an ancestor of the Maudgalya Brahmins. The Vishnu Purana also traces a royal branch from him through Bahvashva and Divodasa.
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KingPanchala House · Bahvashva
Bahvashva
Bahvashva is the father of the twins Divodasa and Ahalya in the Vishnu Purana’s Panchala genealogy. His household connects an older royal line with Ahalya’s family.
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KingPanchala King · Not the Kashi Divodasa
Divodasa
Divodasa is a king in the Panchala branch of the Paurava family and the twin brother of Ahalya. The Vishnu Purana names Bahvashva as his father and Mitrayu as his son.
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KingPanchala House · Mitrayu
Mitrayu
Mitrayu is a royal ancestor of Panchala, the son of Divodasa and the father of Chyavana in the Vishnu Purana. His descendants lead toward Somaka and the later house of Drupada.
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KingPanchala King · Not the Sage Chyavana
Chyavana
Chyavana is a royal ancestor of Panchala, the son of Mitrayu and the father of Sudasa in the Vishnu Purana. He belongs to the older family that later reaches Somaka and Drupada.
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KingPanchala House · Sudasa
Sudasa
Sudasa is a royal ancestor of Panchala, named between Chyavana and Saudasa in the Vishnu Purana. He belongs to the family of Divodasa and Mitrayu.
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KingPanchala House · Saudasa
Saudasa
Saudasa, also called Sahadeva, is the father of Somaka in the Vishnu Purana’s Panchala genealogy. He is the son of Sudasa and belongs to the older ancestry of Drupada’s royal house.
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KingPanchala House · Somaka
Somaka
Somaka is a king in the Panchala ancestry whose desire for heirs leads to the sacrifice of his son Jantu. The Mahabharata follows the story beyond the birth of a hundred sons to Somaka’s acceptance of responsibility for the harm done in his name.
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KingEarly Yadava Ancestor · Shakuni
Shakuni
Shakuni is an early Yadava ancestor, the son of Dasharatha and the father of Karambhi. He belongs to the royal family descended from Kratha and Vidarbha, distinct from Gandhari’s brother Shakuni of Gandhara.
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KingYadava House · Karambhi
Karambhi
Karambhi is the son of the early Yadava Shakuni and the father of Devarata. He appears in the succession connecting the descendants of Vidarbha and Kratha with the royal Madhu and the later Satvata family.
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KingYadava House · Devarata
Devarata
Devarata is a Yadava ancestor, the son of Karambhi and the father of Devakshatra. He belongs to the Kroshtu branch of Yadu’s descendants, in the succession before the royal Madhu and Satvata.
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KingYadava House · Devakshatra
Devakshatra
Devakshatra is the son of Devarata and the father of Madhu in the Yadava royal succession. His line connects the earlier descendants of Kratha with the ancestors leading toward Satvata.
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KingYadava House · Madhu
Madhu
Madhu is a Yadava king, son of Devakshatra and father of Anavaratha. He belongs to the succession leading from Vidarbha’s family toward Satvata, and is distinct from the primordial Asura paired with Kaitabha.
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KingYadava House · Anavaratha
Anavaratha
Anavaratha is the son of the royal Madhu and the father of Kuruvatsa in the Yadava genealogy. He belongs to the final stretch of ancestors between Madhu’s generation and Satvata.
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KingYadava House · Kuruvatsa
Kuruvatsa
Kuruvatsa is a Yadava ancestor, son of Anavaratha and father of Anuratha. He appears in the succession after Madhu and before the generations that reach Satvata.
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KingYadava House · Anuratha
Anuratha
Anuratha is the son of Kuruvatsa and the father of Puruhotra in the Yadava succession. He belongs to the ancestry immediately preceding Anshu and Satvata in the line descended from Kratha.
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KingYadava House · Puruhotra
Puruhotra
Puruhotra is a Yadava ancestor, son of Anuratha and father of Anshu. He is the grandfather of Satvata, whose sons lead into several important branches of the later Yadava family.
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KingYadava House · Anshu
Anshu
Anshu is the father of Satvata and the son of Puruhotra in the Yadava genealogy. He provides the immediate connection between the long succession from Kratha and the ancestor after whom the Satvata family is named.
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KingYadava House · Satvata
Satvata
Satvata is the son of Anshu and the ancestor after whom the Satvata family is named. His sons open several Yadava branches, including the Andhaka and Vrishni lines that become prominent in the families surrounding Krishna.
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KingSatvata’s Son · Not the Shaiva Asura
Andhaka
Andhaka is one of Satvata’s sons and the ancestor of a major Yadava branch. His sons include Kukkura and Bhajamana, whose descendants lead into the households of Ugrasena, Devaka, Vasudeva and Pritha.
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KingSatvata’s Son · Vrishni House
Vrishni
Vrishni is a son of Satvata and a royal ancestor in the Yadava family. His branch is followed through Sumitra and Yudhajit, connecting the Satvata household with later families involved in the Syamantaka jewel narrative.
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KingYadava House · Kukkura
Kukkura
Kukkura is a son of Andhaka and an ancestor of the Yadava line that reaches Ahuka, Devaka and Ugrasena. His son Vrishta continues the succession through Kapotaroman and Viloman.
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KingYadava House · Vrishta
Vrishta
Vrishta is the son of Kukkura and the father of Kapotaroman in the Yadava genealogy. He belongs to Andhaka’s branch of Satvata’s descendants, in the line leading toward Ahuka and his sons Devaka and Ugrasena.
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KingYadava House · Kapotaroman
Kapotaroman
Kapotaroman is a Yadava ancestor, the son of Vrishta and the father of Viloman in the selected succession. His family continues Kukkura’s branch of Andhaka’s descendants toward Bhava, Punarvasu and Ahuka.
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KingYadava House · Viloman
Viloman
Viloman is the son of Kapotaroman and the father of Bhava in the Kukkura branch of the Yadava family. The succession after him leads through Abhijit and Punarvasu to Ahuka, Devaka and Ugrasena.
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KingYadava House · Bhava
Bhava
Bhava is a Yadava king, son of Viloman and father of Abhijit, also named Chandanodakadundubhi. The account remembers him as a friend of the Gandharva Tumburu. He is distinct from Bhava as a divine name of Shiva.
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KingPanchala House · Prishata
Prishata
Prishata is a king of Panchala and the father of Drupada. His friendship with the sage Bharadvaja forms the earlier family connection behind Drupada and Drona’s childhood companionship.
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KingYadava House · Abhijit
Abhijit
Abhijit is a royal ancestor in the Kukkura branch of the Yadava family. He is Bhava’s son and Punarvasu’s father, placing him above the generations of Ahuka, Devaka and Ugrasena.
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KingYadava House · Punarvasu
Punarvasu
Punarvasu is a Yadava royal ancestor, the son of Abhijit and the father of Ahuka and Ahuki. Through Ahuka he is the grandfather of Devaka and Ugrasena.
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KingYadava House · Ahuka
Ahuka
Ahuka is a Yadava king and the father of Devaka and Ugrasena. He is the shared grandfather of Devaki and Kamsa, whose families are central to the story of Krishna’s birth.
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KingDevaki’s Father · Brother of Ugrasena
Devaka
Devaka is Ahuka’s son, Ugrasena’s brother and Devaki’s father. The marriages of his daughters to Vasudeva connect his family directly with Krishna’s parents.
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KingYadava House · Bhajamana
Bhajamana
Bhajamana is Andhaka’s son and Viduratha’s father in this Yadava ancestry. His descendants include Hridika, Devamidhusha and the later Shura, father of Vasudeva and Pritha.
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KingYadava House · Viduratha
Viduratha
Viduratha is Bhajamana’s son and the father of an early Yadava ancestor named Shura. His descendants eventually include the parents of Vasudeva and Pritha.
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KingYadava House · Shura
Shura
Shura is an early Yadava ancestor, the son of Viduratha and father of Shamin. He belongs to an older generation than the Shura who marries Marisha and fathers Vasudeva and Pritha.
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KingYadava House · Shamin
Shamin
Shamin is the son of the earlier Shura and the father of Pratikshatra. He belongs to the Yadava succession descended through Viduratha and Bhajamana from Andhaka.
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KingYadava House · Pratikshatra
Pratikshatra
Pratikshatra is a Yadava royal ancestor, the son of Shamin and father of Svayambhoja. He belongs to Andhaka’s branch before the generations of Hridika and Devamidhusha.
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KingYadava House · Svayambhoja
Svayambhoja
Svayambhoja is Pratikshatra’s son and Hridika’s father in the Yadava family. His descendants include Kritavarman and the line leading through Devamidhusha to Vasudeva.
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KingYadava House · Hridika
Hridika
Hridika is a Yadava ancestor and the father of Kritavarman, Shatadhanu, Devamidhusha and other sons. Through Devamidhusha he is the grandfather of Shura, the father of Vasudeva and Pritha.
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KingYadava House · Devamidhusha
Devamidhusha
Devamidhusha is Hridika’s son and the father of Shura, whose children include Vasudeva and Pritha. He belongs to the Yadava ancestry descending through Bhajamana from Andhaka.
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KingFather of Vasudeva and Pritha · Shurasena
Shura
Shura is the Yadava king who marries Marisha and fathers Vasudeva, Pritha and their siblings. He is Krishna’s grandfather through Vasudeva and a maternal ancestor of the Pandavas through Pritha, later known as Kunti.
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QueenShura’s Queen · Not Daksha’s Mother
Marisha
Marisha is Shura’s wife and the mother of Vasudeva, Pritha and their siblings. Her children connect Krishna’s family with the Pandavas’ maternal ancestry and several other royal houses.
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KingAlso Called Shashada
Vikukshi
Vikukshi is an early king of the Ikshvaku dynasty, remembered for eating a hare intended for an ancestral offering and receiving the name Shashada. He later succeeded Ikshvaku and became the father of Puranjaya, also called Kakutstha.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Anenas
Anenas
Anenas is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Kakutstha and the father of Prithu.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Prithu
Prithu
Prithu is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Anenas and the father of Vishvagashva.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Vishvagashva
Vishvagashva
Vishvagashva is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Prithu and the father of Ardra.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Ardra
Ardra
Ardra is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Vishvagashva and the father of Yuvanashva.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Yuvanashva I
Yuvanashva
Yuvanashva is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Ardra and the father of Shravasta.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Shravasta
Shravasta
Shravasta is the solar-dynasty king credited with founding Shravasti. In the Vishnu Purana’s succession, he is the son of an earlier Yuvanashva and the father of Brihadashva.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Brihadashva
Brihadashva
Brihadashva is an early king in the Ikshvaku line, placed between Shravasta and Kuvalayashva. His family connects the founding of Shravasti with the later defeat of the Asura Dhundhu.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Dridhashva
Dridhashva
Dridhashva is one of the three sons of Kuvalayashva who survive the battle against Dhundhu. The continuing Ikshvaku succession is traced through him and his son Haryashva.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Haryashva I
Haryashva
Haryashva is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Dridhashva and the father of Nikumbha.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Nikumbha
Nikumbha
Nikumbha is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Haryashva and the father of Sanhatashva.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Sanhatashva
Sanhatashva
Sanhatashva is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Nikumbha and the father of Krishashva.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Krishashva
Krishashva
Krishashva is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Sanhatashva and the father of Prasenajit.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Prasenajit
Prasenajit
Prasenajit is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Krishashva and the father of Yuvanashva.
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KingIkshvaku Line · Yuvanashva Ii
Yuvanashva
Yuvanashva is the solar king who unexpectedly carries and gives birth to Mandhata after drinking consecrated water intended to bring his household a son. He is the later Yuvanashva, the son of Prasenajit.
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KingSolar Lineage
Trasadasyu
Trasadasyu is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Purukutsa and the father of Sambhuta.
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KingSolar Lineage
Sambhuta
Sambhuta is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Trasadasyu and the father of Anaranya.
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KingSolar Lineage
Anaranya
Anaranya is a solar-dynasty king whom the Vishnu Purana identifies as a victim of Ravana’s conquering progress. He is placed between Sambhuta and Prishadashva in the line descending from Purukutsa.
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KingSolar Lineage
Prishadashva
Prishadashva is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Anaranya and the father of Haryashva.
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KingSolar Lineage
Haryashva
Haryashva is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Prishadashva and the father of Sumanas.
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KingSolar Lineage
Sumanas
Sumanas is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Haryashva and the father of Tridhanvan.
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KingSolar Lineage
Tridhanvan
Tridhanvan is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Sumanas and the father of Trayyaruna.
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KingSolar Lineage
Trayyaruna
Trayyaruna is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Tridhanvan and the father of Trishanku.
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KingSolar Lineage
Harita
Harita is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Rohitashva and the father of Chunchu.
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KingSolar Lineage
Chunchu
Chunchu is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Harita and the father of Vijaya.
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KingSolar Lineage
Vijaya
Vijaya is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Chunchu and the father of Ruruka.
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KingSolar Lineage
Ruruka
Ruruka is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Vijaya and the father of Vrika.
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KingSolar Lineage
Vrika
Vrika is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Ruruka and the father of Bahu.
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KingSolar Lineage
Bahu
Bahu is the solar king driven from his kingdom by the Haihayas and Talajanghas. He dies in exile before the birth of his son Sagara, whose later recovery of the kingdom answers the disaster that overtook his father.
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KingFounder of the Videha Line
Nimi
Nimi is a son of Ikshvaku associated with the beginnings of the Videha royal house. A conflict over his sacrifice leads him to abandon bodily life; the later birth of Janaka-Mithi from his preserved body continues the dynasty.
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KingMithi · Founder, Distinct from Sita’s Father
Janaka
Janaka, also called Mithi and Vaideha, is the founding ruler produced from Nimi’s preserved body in the Vishnu Purana’s origin story of the Videha dynasty. He is an early ancestor, not Sita’s father.
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KingVideha Line · Udavasu
Udavasu
Udavasu is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Janaka and the father of Nandivardhana.
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KingVideha Line · Nandivardhana
Nandivardhana
Nandivardhana is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Udavasu and the father of Suketu.
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KingVideha Line · Suketu
Suketu
Suketu is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Nandivardhana and the father of Devarata.
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KingEarly Paurava King · Not Parikshit’s Son
Janamejaya
Janamejaya is an early ancestor of the Paurava royal house, appearing immediately after Puru in the Vishnu Purana’s genealogy. He belongs long before the better-known Janamejaya who succeeds Parikshit.
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KingLunar House · Prachinvat
Prachinvat
Prachinvat is an early Paurava ancestor in the line that leads from Puru toward Dushyanta and Bharata. His identity is preserved through a precise place between two named generations.
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KingLunar House · Pravira
Pravira
Pravira belongs to the early Paurava royal ancestry that precedes Dushyanta and Bharata. The Vishnu Purana places him within the first generations descending from Puru.
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KingLunar House · Manasyu
Manasyu
Manasyu is an early Paurava king whose descendants belong to the ancestry of Dushyanta and Bharata. His position follows Pravira in the dynastic accounts.
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KingLunar House · Bhayada
Bhayada
Bhayada is an ancestor in the early Paurava line before Dushyanta and Bharata. The Vishnu Purana identifies him through the royal succession following Manasyu.
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KingPaurava King · Not Ila / Sudyumna
Sudyumna
Sudyumna is an early Paurava ancestor in the royal sequence between Manasyu’s descendants and Dushyanta. He is a different figure from Ila, whose male form is also called Sudyumna.
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KingLunar House · Bahugava
Bahugava
Bahugava is an early Paurava ancestor in the lineage leading toward Dushyanta and Bharata. He stands in the middle of the generations between Manasyu and Raudrashva.
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KingLunar House · Samyati
Samyati
Samyati is an early ancestor of the Paurava royal house. His descendants form part of the line that reaches Dushyanta, Shakuntala and their son Bharata.
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KingLunar House · Ahamyati
Ahamyati
Ahamyati is a Paurava ancestor and the father of Raudrashva in the early lunar royal genealogy. He belongs before the generations leading to Dushyanta and Bharata.
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KingLunar House · Raudrashva
Raudrashva
Raudrashva is a Paurava king remembered as the father of ten sons. The line through his son Riteyu eventually reaches Dushyanta and Bharata.
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KingLunar House · Riteyu
Riteyu
Riteyu is the Paurava ancestor through whom the line of Raudrashva continues toward Rantinara and Dushyanta. He is one of ten brothers in the royal genealogy.
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KingLunar House · Rantinara
Rantinara
Rantinara is a Paurava ancestor whose sons form several branches of the early royal family. The line through Tansu leads toward Dushyanta and Bharata.
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KingLunar House · Tansu
Tansu
Tansu is the Paurava ancestor whose branch reaches Dushyanta through Anila. He belongs to the family generation following Rantinara and before the birth of Bharata.
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KingLunar House · Anila
Anila
Anila is the Paurava king identified as Dushyanta’s father in the Vishnu Purana. His place links Tansu’s family with the story of Shakuntala and Bharata.
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KingSon of Vitatha in the Vishnu Purana
Bhavanmanyu
Bhavanmanyu is the descendant through whom Vitatha’s family branches toward Hastinapura and several learned lineages in the Vishnu Purana. He appears after Bharata’s succession crisis.
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KingKuru House · Brihatkshatra
Brihatkshatra
Brihatkshatra is an ancestor of Hastinapura’s royal house in the Paurava genealogy. His branch leads from Bhavanmanyu toward Suhotra and Hastin.
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KingKuru House · Suhotra
Suhotra
Suhotra is the Paurava ancestor who becomes the father of Hastin in the Vishnu Purana. His family belongs to the royal branch leading toward Hastinapura.
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KingKuru House · Hastin
Hastin
Hastin is the royal founder of Hastinapura in the Paurava genealogy. His descendants form several branches that later connect to the Kuru kings and the Panchalas.
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KingHaihaya House · Sahasrajit
Sahasrajit
Sahasrajit is a son of Yadu and the ancestor through whom the Haihaya royal branch is traced. His son Shatajit becomes the father of Haihaya, Venu and Haya, placing Sahasrajit near the beginning of a major division within Chandra Vansh.
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KingHaihaya House · Shatajit
Shatajit
Shatajit is the son of Sahasrajit and the father of Haihaya, Venu and Haya. He belongs to the early Yadava ancestry from which the Haihaya rulers are descended, several generations before Kartavirya Arjuna.
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KingHaihaya House · Haihaya
Haihaya
Haihaya is a son of Shatajit and the ancestor whose name identifies the Haihaya royal family. His son Dharmanetra continues the succession that eventually reaches Kritavirya and Kartavirya Arjuna.
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KingHaihaya House · Dharmanetra
Dharmanetra
Dharmanetra is the son of Haihaya and the father of Kunti in the early Haihaya succession. He connects the dynasty’s eponymous ancestor with the later line of kings leading toward Kartavirya Arjuna.
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KingHaihaya King · Not the Pandavas’ Mother
Kunti
Kunti is a male king in the Haihaya line, the son of Dharmanetra and the father of Sahanji. He belongs to an early branch of Yadu’s descendants and is distinct from Pritha, the Pandavas’ mother.
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KingHaihaya House · Sahanji
Sahanji
Sahanji is a Haihaya king, the son of Kunti and the father of Mahishmat. He appears in the succession that connects Haihaya’s early descendants with the later royal house of Kritavirya.
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KingHaihaya House · Mahishmat
Mahishmat
Mahishmat is a king in the Haihaya succession, the son of Sahanji and the father of Bhadrasena. His family belongs to the descendants of Yadu followed through Sahasrajit rather than through Kroshtu.
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KingHaihaya House · Bhadrasena
Bhadrasena
Bhadrasena is the son of Mahishmat and the father of Durdama in the Haihaya royal line. His descendants include Dhanaka, Kritavirya and the thousand-armed Kartavirya Arjuna.
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KingHaihaya House · Durdama
Durdama
Durdama is the Haihaya king placed between Bhadrasena and Dhanaka. He is the father of Dhanaka and a near ancestor of Kritavirya and Kartavirya Arjuna in the succession descended from Yadu.
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KingHaihaya House · Dhanaka
Dhanaka
Dhanaka is a Haihaya king and the father of Kritavirya, Kritagni, Kritavarman and Kritaujas. Through Kritavirya he is the grandfather of Kartavirya Arjuna, the dynasty’s celebrated thousand-armed ruler.
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KingHaihaya House · Kritavirya
Kritavirya
Kritavirya is the father of Kartavirya Arjuna and a son of the Haihaya king Dhanaka. His son’s familiar name means Arjuna of Kritavirya’s family, distinguishing the thousand-armed king from the Pandava Arjuna.
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KingSon of Yadu
Kroshtu
Kroshtu is a son of Yadu and the ancestor of a major Yadava branch followed through Vrijinivat. His descendants include the royal family of Jyamagha and Vidarbha and, much later in the succession, Satvata and the houses associated with Krishna.
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KingYadava House · Vrijinivat
Vrijinivat
Vrijinivat is the son of Kroshtu and the father of Svahi in the Yadava genealogy. He stands near the beginning of the branch that leads from Yadu toward Shashavindu, Jyamagha and the later Satvata family.
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KingYadava House · Svahi
Svahi
Svahi is an early Yadava ancestor, the son of Vrijinivat and the father of Rushadru. His family belongs to Kroshtu’s branch of Yadu’s descendants, before the generations of Chitraratha and Shashavindu.
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KingYadava House · Rushadru
Rushadru
Rushadru is the son of Svahi and the father of Chitraratha in the early Yadava succession. Through Chitraratha, his line reaches Shashavindu, whose extensive royal household becomes an important point in the genealogy.
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KingEarly Yadava Ancestor · Chitraratha
Chitraratha
Chitraratha is an early Yadava king, the son of Rushadru and the father of Shashavindu. His family belongs to the Kroshtu branch of Yadu’s descendants, rather than to the Gandharva household of the similarly named celestial figure.
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KingYadava House · Prithushravas
Prithushravas
Prithushravas is one of the distinguished sons of Shashavindu and the father of Tamas. The Yadava genealogy follows his branch from his father’s extensive household toward Ushanas and the later Vidarbha family.
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KingVideha Line · Devarata
Devarata
Devarata is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Suketu and the father of Brihaduktha.
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KingVideha Line · Brihaduktha
Brihaduktha
Brihaduktha is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Devarata and the father of Mahavirya.
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KingVideha Line · Mahavirya
Mahavirya
Mahavirya is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Brihaduktha and the father of Satyadhriti.
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KingVideha Line · Satyadhriti
Satyadhriti
Satyadhriti is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Mahavirya and the father of Dhrishtaketu.
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KingVideha Line · Dhrishtaketu
Dhrishtaketu
Dhrishtaketu is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Satyadhriti and the father of Haryashva.
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KingVideha Line · Haryashva
Haryashva
Haryashva is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Dhrishtaketu and the father of Maru.
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KingVideha Line · Maru
Maru
Maru is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Haryashva and the father of Pratibandhaka.
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KingVideha Line · Pratibandhaka
Pratibandhaka
Pratibandhaka is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Maru and the father of Kritaratha.
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KingVideha Line · Kritaratha
Kritaratha
Kritaratha is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Pratibandhaka and the father of Krita.
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KingVideha Line · Krita
Krita
Krita is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Kritaratha and the father of Vibudha.
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KingVideha Line · Vibudha
Vibudha
Vibudha is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Krita and the father of Mahadhriti.
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KingVideha Line · Mahadhriti
Mahadhriti
Mahadhriti is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Vibudha and the father of Kritirata.
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KingVideha Line · Kritirata
Kritirata
Kritirata is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Mahadhriti and the father of Maharoman.
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KingVideha Line · Maharoman
Maharoman
Maharoman is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Kritirata and the father of Suvarnaroman.
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KingVideha Line · Suvarnaroman
Suvarnaroman
Suvarnaroman is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Maharoman and the father of Hrasvaroman.
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KingKuru House · Ajamidha
Ajamidha
Ajamidha is a Paurava ancestor whose descendants include branches leading to the Kuru house and Panchala. He is one of Hastin’s sons in the Vishnu Purana.
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KingAjamidha’s Son · Father of Samvarana
Riksha
Riksha is Ajamidha’s son and Samvarana’s father in the ancestry of the Kuru royal house. He belongs to the Paurava branch that reaches Kuru through Samvarana.
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KingEponymous Ancestor of the Kuru House
Kuru
Kuru is the king whose name is attached to Kurukshetra and the Kuru royal house. He is the son of Samvarana and Tapati, the daughter of Surya.
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KingKuru’s Son · Distinct from the Sage Jahnu
Jahnu
Jahnu is Kuru’s son in the royal branch that leads toward Pratipa and Shantanu. He is distinct from the sage Jahnu associated with the river Ganga.
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KingKuru House · Suratha
Suratha
Suratha is an ancestor of the Kuru royal family in the branch descending from Jahnu. His line continues toward Pratipa and Shantanu through several named generations.
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KingKuru House · Viduratha
Viduratha
Viduratha is a Kuru ancestor in the line leading from Jahnu and Suratha toward Pratipa. He belongs to an earlier royal generation than Shantanu’s immediate household.
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KingKuru House · Sarvabhauma
Sarvabhauma
Sarvabhauma is a royal ancestor in the Kuru line between Viduratha and Jayasena. His descendants lead toward Pratipa and the family of Shantanu.
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KingKuru House · Jayasena Aravin
Jayasena
Jayasena is a Kuru royal ancestor in the succession leading toward Pratipa. He follows Sarvabhauma in the family descending from Kuru’s son Jahnu.
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KingKuru House · Ayutayus
Ayutayus
Ayutayus is a Kuru ancestor whose son Akrodhana belongs to the line leading toward Pratipa. His family stands between the earlier descendants of Jahnu and the generation before Shantanu.
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KingKuru House · Akrodhana
Akrodhana
Akrodhana is a Kuru ancestor in the succession before Dilipa and Pratipa. The adjoining place of Devatithi and Riksha differs between the Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata accounts.
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KingSon of Akrodhana · Distinct from Ajamidha’s Son
Riksha
Riksha is the Kuru ancestor who becomes the father of Dilipa and grandfather of Pratipa. He is a later namesake of the Riksha who fathers Samvarana.
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KingYadava House · Tamas
Tamas
Tamas is an early Yadava king, the son of Prithushravas and the father of Ushanas. He belongs to the branch selected from Shashavindu’s many descendants and continued toward Jyamagha and Vidarbha.
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KingEarly Yadava Ancestor · Ushanas
Ushanas
Ushanas is a Yadava king, son of Tamas, credited with celebrating a hundred horse sacrifices. His son Shiteyus continues the royal line that later reaches Jyamagha and Vidarbha.
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KingYadava House · Shiteyus
Shiteyus
Shiteyus is the son of Ushanas and the father of Rukmakavacha in the Yadava succession. He follows the king credited with a hundred horse sacrifices and precedes the family in which Jyamagha is born.
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KingYadava House · Rukmakavacha
Rukmakavacha
Rukmakavacha is a Yadava ancestor, the son of Shiteyus and the father of Paravrit. Through Paravrit he is the grandfather of Jyamagha, whose family story explains the birth of Vidarbha.
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KingYadava House · Paravrit
Paravrit
Paravrit is a Yadava king, the son of Rukmakavacha and the father of five named sons. Jyamagha, one of those sons, becomes the father of Vidarbha and the focus of the next royal-family narrative.
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KingYadava House · Jyamagha
Jyamagha
Jyamagha is a Yadava king whose marriage to Shaivya produces Vidarbha after an awkward promise made on his return from battle. The story connects a royal household’s lack of an heir with the beginnings of several later Yadava families.
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KingYadava House · Vidarbha
Vidarbha
Vidarbha is the son of Jyamagha and Shaivya, born after his father promises that a young woman brought home from battle will become their future son’s wife. Vidarbha later marries her and becomes the father of Kratha, Kaishika and Romapada.
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KingYadava House · Kratha
Kratha
Kratha is one of Vidarbha’s three sons and the father of Kunti in the Yadava genealogy. His branch is the one followed through successive rulers toward Satvata and the later Satvata houses.
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KingEarly Yadava Ancestor · Kunti
Kunti
Kunti is the son of Kratha and the father of an early Vrishni in the Yadava succession. He belongs to Vidarbha’s family and is distinct both from the Haihaya king Kunti and from Pritha, the Pandavas’ mother.
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KingEarly Yadava Ancestor · Vrishni
Vrishni
Vrishni is an early Yadava king, son of Kunti and father of Nirvriti. He belongs to the line descending from Kratha and Vidarbha, before the later generations that reach Satvata.
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KingYadava House · Nirvriti
Nirvriti
Nirvriti is the son of the early Vrishni and the father of Dasarha in the Yadava genealogy. His family continues the branch of Kratha, one of Vidarbha’s three sons.
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KingYadava House · Dasarha
Dasarha
Dasarha is the son of Nirvriti and the father of Vyoman in the Yadava succession. His ancestry belongs to Kratha’s branch of Vidarbha’s family, followed through Kunti and the early Vrishni.
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KingYadava House · Vyoman
Vyoman
Vyoman is a Yadava ancestor, the son of Dasarha and the father of Jimuta. He occurs in the succession connecting the descendants of Vidarbha and Kratha with the later Satvata family.
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KingYadava House · Jimuta
Jimuta
Jimuta is the son of Vyoman and the father of Vikriti in the Yadava royal succession. His family is traced through Dasarha and Nirvriti to the early Vrishni in Vidarbha’s line.
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KingYadava House · Vikriti
Vikriti
Vikriti is the Yadava king placed between Jimuta and Bhimaratha. He belongs to the line descended from Kratha and Vidarbha, before the later succession reaches Madhu and Satvata.
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KingFather of Bhagiratha
Dilipa
Dilipa is a king of Surya Vansh, the son of Anshuman and father of Bhagiratha. He belongs to the generations whose concern for Sagara’s sons leads to the descent of Ganga.
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KingVideha Line · Hrasvaroman
Hrasvaroman
Hrasvaroman is a king of the Videha royal house of Mithila, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Suvarnaroman and the father of Janaka.
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KingBhagiratha’s Line · Shruta
Shruta
Shruta is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Bhagiratha and the father of Nabhaga.
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KingBhagiratha’s Line · Sindhudvipa
Sindhudvipa
Sindhudvipa is a king of the solar dynasty of Ikshvaku, named in the Vishnu Purana as the son of Ambarisha and the father of Ayutashva.
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KingKuru Ancestor · Father of Pratipa
Dilipa
Dilipa is the Kuru ancestor who becomes Pratipa’s father and Shantanu’s grandfather. He belongs to the lunar royal family, distinct from the solar kings who share his name.
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KingFather of Riksha in the Bhagavata Genealogy
Devatithi
Devatithi is a Kuru ancestor whose relationship to Riksha differs between two Puranic genealogies. He belongs to Akrodhana’s branch before the generation of Dilipa and Pratipa.
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KingMagadha House · Sudhanush
Sudhanush
Sudhanush is Kuru’s son in the royal branch that leads toward Uparichara Vasu and the rulers of Magadha. He belongs to the older Paurava family.
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KingMagadha House · Suhotra
Suhotra
Suhotra is a Kuru descendant in the branch that reaches Uparichara Vasu and Magadha. He is a different royal namesake from the earlier father of Hastin.
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KingKuru Ancestor · Not the Sage Chyavana
Chyavana
Chyavana is a royal ancestor in the Kuru branch leading to Uparichara Vasu and Magadha. He is not the sage Chyavana associated with Sukanya and the Ashvins.
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KingMagadha House · Kritaka
Kritaka
Kritaka is the royal ancestor named as Uparichara Vasu’s father in the Vishnu Purana. He belongs to the branch descending from Kuru through Sudhanush.
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KingYadava House · Bhimaratha
Bhimaratha
Bhimaratha is the son of Vikriti and the father of Navaratha in the Yadava genealogy. His family belongs to the succession through Kratha and Vidarbha, several generations before Satvata.
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KingYadava House · Navaratha
Navaratha
Navaratha is a Yadava ancestor, the son of Bhimaratha and the father of Dasharatha. He belongs to the line continued from Vidarbha through Kratha toward Madhu and Satvata.
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KingEarly Yadava Ancestor · Dasharatha
Dasharatha
Dasharatha is a Yadava king, son of Navaratha and father of Shakuni. He belongs to the succession leading from Vidarbha and Kratha toward Madhu and Satvata, and is distinct from Rama’s father of the same name.
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HeroYadava Bhanu
Bhanu
Yadava Bhanu, provisionally Krishna and Satyabhama's son; distinguish other Bhanus.
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HeroYadava named Babhru in the destruction and aftermath narrative
Babhru
Yadava named Babhru in the destruction and aftermath narrative; precise lineage requires review.
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HeroYadava Gada associated with Krishna's family
Gada
Yadava Gada associated with Krishna's family; distinguish a mace and other namesakes.
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