Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana
by Chaitali Kadia | 2021 | 91,183 words
This page relates ‘Some King’s dynasty in Kaliyuga: Dynasty of Ikshvaku� of the study on the historical elements of the Matsya-purana: one of the eighteen Mahapuranas which are Sanskrit texts that have preserved the cultural heritage, philosophy, religion, geography, etc of ancient India. This Matsyapurana was originally written in 20,000 verses and deals with topics such as architecture, ancient history, polity, religion and philosophy.
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Some King’s dynasty in Kaliyuga: Dynasty of ṣv
The son of Sūryavaṃś� king ṛh’s son Bṛhatkṣaya became the king. Bṛhatkṣaya’s son was Uruksaya and ܰṣaⲹ’s son was ܰṣaⲹ and ܰṣaⲹ’s son was ղٲū. Prativyoma was the son of ղٲū. His son was پ첹. His capital would be a beautiful city called Ayodhya in the middle country. پ첹’s son was Sahadeva and Sahadeva’s son was Ѳ峾 ṛh岹ś. That ṛh岹ś’s son was Գܰٳ and Գܰٳ’s son was Pratipaśva. Pratipāśva’s son ws ܱī첹 and ܱī첹’s son was Marudeva. Marudeva gaves birth a son named ܲԲṣaٰ. ܲԲṣaٰ had a son named ԲԲś who satiated the enemies. His son was Գٲṣa. Գٲṣa had a son named ṣeṇa and ṣeṇa’s son was (First) Sumitra. Then Sumitra’s son was ṛhᲹ and from ṛhᲹ, Dharmi was born. Dharmi’s son was Krtañjaya and his son was Raṇañjay. 鲹ṇañᲹⲹ’s son was ñᲹⲹ and ñᲹⲹ’s son was Śⲹ. He had a son named Śuddhodana. His son was ٳ and Rahul was the sonof ٳ. From him Prasenjita originated and from Prasenjita Śudraka was born. Śudraka’s son was Kulaka and his son was Suratha. From Suratha, Sumitra (Second) was born. Sumitra (Second) was the last king of this ṣv dynaty.[1]
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Matsya Purāṇa, Ch.�271/4�14