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Agni Purana

by N. Gangadharan | 1954 | 360,691 words | ISBN-10: 8120803590 | ISBN-13: 9788120803596

This page describes The description of the Solar Race (suryavamsha) which is chapter 273 of the English translation of the Agni Purana, one of the eighteen major puranas dealing with all topics concerning ancient Indian culture, tradition and sciences. Containing roughly 15,000 Sanskrit metrical verses, subjects contained in the Agni-Purana include cosmology, philosophy, architecture, iconography, economics, diplomacy, pilgrimage guides, ancient geography, gemology, ayurveda, etc.

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Chapter 273 - The description of the Solar Race (ūⲹṃśa)

[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]

Fire-god said:

1-4. I shall describe to you the genealogies of the solar [i.e., ūⲹṃśa] and lunar races and of other kings. (Lord) was born from the (navel) lotus of (Lord) Hari (վṣṇ). (Sage) Ѳī was the son of (Lord) . (Sage) śⲹ貹 was born from Ѳī and Sun from śⲹ貹. He (Sun) had three wives�ṃjñ, ñī and ʰ. ñī was the daughter of Raivata. She gave birth to a son (called) Revanta. ʰ (gave birth) to ʰta through the Sun. ṃjñ, the daughter of ձṣṭ� (վś첹) (gave birth) to a son (called) Manu. The twins ۲ܲ and Yama were born (to ñī). gave birth to 屹ṇi, ŚԾ, ղ貹ī and վṣṭ. ṃjñ gave birth to Vaivasvata Manu and again the śԲ[1].

5-6. Vaivasvata Manu had eight sons best of all but not equal to him�ṣv, , ٳṛṣṭa, Śپ, ṣyԳٲ, Prāṃsu, ṣa and ṛṣ. They were of great prowess and lived in ǻ.

7. Ilā was the daughter (of Manu). ʳܰū (was born) to her through Budha. That Ilā (again) became Sudyumna (a male) after delivering ʳܰū.

8-10a. The three kings Utkala, Gaya and վԲś were from Sudyumna. The country of Utkala was given to U tkala, the western part (of the earth) to վԲś and all the quarters to the foremost king Gaya (with his capital at) Gayāpurī. Sudyumna obtained ʰپṣṭԲ by the words of ղṣṭ. After getting the kingdom, Sudyumna gave it away to Purāravas.

10b-11. Sakas (were) the sons of ṣyԳٲ. īṣa, a devotee of (Lord) վṣṇ (was the son) of 岵 and a protector of the people. The race of ٳṣṭ첹 (was) from ٳṛṣṭa. Sukanya and ĀԲٲ (were the sons) of Śپ. King Vairohya (was the son) of ĀԲٲ.

12-16. śٳ󲹱ī became the domain of ĀԲٲ. The virtuous Raivata, known as Kakudmin was the eldest among the hundred sons of Reva. He got the kingdom of śٳ󲹱ī. He heard the science of music from in the company of his daughter. In moment of the god passed ages of the world of mortals. He returned to his city hurriedly surrounded by the . He made the beautiful Dvāravati (ٱ) having many doors (as his capital) guarded by the Bhojas, ṛṣṇi and Andhakas led by ܻ𱹲 and others. He gave away (his daughter) 𱹲ī of spotless beauty in marriage to Baladeva. Then he performed penance on the peak of the Sumeru mountain and reached the abode of (Lord) վṣṇ.

17. 岵 had two sons, that were ղśⲹ, who became brahmins (later on). ūṣa (were born) from ūṣa, who were of the warrior caste that were invincible.

18. Prṣadhra became a śū on account of killing the cow of his preceptor. վܰṣi, the divine ruler, was born from ṣv, the son of Manu.

19-20. Kakutstha was born from վܰṣi and Suyodhana was his son. ṛt was his son. Viśvagāśva was the son of ṛt. His son was Āܲ. ۳ܱś was his son. Śrāvanta was born from ۳ܱś. The city of Śrāvantikā in the east (was his capital).

21. ṛh岹ś was born from Śrāvanta. ܱś was the next king. He got the name ٳܲԻܳ (as he killed a demon) named Dhundhu[2] in olden days.

22. The three kings ṛḍś, ٲṇḍ and Kapila (were the sons) of ٳܲԻܳ. Ჹⲹś and Pramodaka (were born) from ṛḍś.

23. Nikumbha (was born) from Ჹⲹś and ṃhś from Nikumbha. Akṛśāśva and 鲹ṇāśv were the two sons of ṃhś.

24. ۳ܱś (was the son) of 鲹ṇāśv. Ի� (was born) from ۳ܱś. Purukutsa was (born) from Ի�. Mucukunda (was his) second (son).

25. Trasadasyu and ūٲ[3] (were born) from Purukutsa through . ܻ󲹲Ա was (born) from ūٲ. Then հ󲹲Ա (was born) from ܻ󲹲Ա.

26. ղṇa (was born) from հ󲹲Ա and Satyavrata (was) his son. Satyaratha (was born) from Satyavrata. ᲹśԻ (was) his son.

27-29. dz󾱳ś (was born) from ᲹśԻ. ṛk was (born) from dz󾱳ś[4]. (was born) from ṛk and Sagara from . His dear (wife) ʰ was the mother of sixty thousand sons. (His other wife) Գܳī{GL_NOTE::} (gave birth) to ñᲹ from that king by the grace of the pleased (sage) Aurva. The sons of Sagara were burnt by վṣṇ (Lord վṣṇ in the form of sage Kapila) as they were digging up the earth. ṃśu (was born) from ñᲹ. پī貹 was (born) from ṃśu.

30. 󲹲īٳ (was born) from پī貹. He brought down the Ganges (from the heaven). 岵 (was born) from 󲹲īٳ and īṣa from 岵.

31. Իܻ屹ī貹 (was born) from īṣa. Śܳ is known to be his son. Ṛtܱ貹ṇa was (born) from Śܳ. ṣa岹 (was) his son.

32. (was born) from ṣa岹. Բṇy was (born) from him. Nighna (was born) from Բṇy, Anamitra (from Բṇy) and Raghu (from Anamitra).

33. پī貹 was (born) from Raghu. Aja (was) the (next) king (born) from پī貹. ī󲹲 (was born) from Aja and and were (born in order).

34-35. Then ٲśٳ was born. He had four sons who were all partial manifestations of (Lord) ⲹṇa (վṣṇ). was the eldest among his (sons). That foremost of the Raghus was the ruler at ǻ and the Killer of (the demon) 屹ṇa. (Sage) ī쾱 composed his life accounts after hearing that from (sage) .

36. ś and Lava, the furtherers of the family, (were) the sons of 峾 through ī. Atithi was born from ś. ṣa (was) his son.

37. Nala was born from ṣa. Nabha was born from Nala. ʳṇḍī첹 was (born) from Nabha. Then ܻ󲹲Ա was born.

38. ٱī첹 (was born) from ܻ󲹲Ա and Ahīnāśva was his son. 󲹲ś (was born) from Ahīnāśva and 䲹Իǰ첹 was born then.

39. īḍa (was born) from 䲹Իǰ첹. Candraparvata (was born) from him. Գܰٳ (was born) from Candragiri (parvata). Śܳ was his son. These are known to be the descendants of the ṣv family that bore (the name of) the Solar race.

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

See Vi. P. IV. 2 40.

[2]:

Differs from Vi. P. IV. 3. 17 Բṇy was born from Trasadasyu.

[3]:

The list here omits certain names. See Vi. P. IV. 3. 25.

[4]:

The names of the wives of Sagara differ from Vi. P. IV. 4. 1.

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