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Puranic encyclopaedia

by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222

This page describes the Story of Kushamba included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana�).

Story of ś峾

General.

A son of ś. The city he built was called ś峾ī. (See under ś).

Other information.

(i) ś峾 had a daughter called Cārvaṅgī, who was married by 󲹻śṇy, the solar King. (ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, Chapter 2).

(ii) Two sons, Ś and were born to ś峾 and to was born a daughter, ٲⲹī. վś峾ٰ was ’s son. (ṇḍ ʳܰṇa, Chapter 57).

This statement is not quite correct. Certain other ʳܰṇas maintain that , the father of վś峾ٰ was the son of śnābha, who was the son of ś첹 and brother of ś峾. (See under śnābha).

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