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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana

by Chaitali Kadia | 2021 | 91,183 words

This page relates ‘Dynasty of Vrishni� 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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ṛṣṇi had two wives named Իī and ī. Իī gave birth to two sons named Sumitra and Mitranandana. ī gave birth to five sons named ۳ܻᾱ, Devamīduṣa, Anamitra, Ś and ṛtṣaṇa. Nighna was the son of Anamitra. Nighna’s son were Prasena and ŚپԲ. Prasen had a valuable Syamantaka gem.[1] Satrajita had ten beautiful wives who were the daughter of Kekayarāja. From their womb hundred sons were born of ٰᾱٲ. They were all very powerful, world famous and great warrior. Among them Bhangakāra was eldest. By the Bhangakāra, Vratavratī gave birth to three beautiful daughters named ٲⲹ峾, հپī and ʲ峾屹ī. Bhangakār dedicated his three daughters to Śīṛṣṇa as his wife. The last son of ṛṣṇi, Anamitra had a son named ŚԾ. ŚԾ’s son was Satyaka and his son was ٲⲹ쾱. ٲⲹ and ۳ܻܲԲ were grandsons of ŚԾ. Yuyudhān’s son was Asanga and Asanga’s son was Dyumni. Dyumni gave birth to a son named Yugandhara. From the womb of ṛtī, Anamitra’s second wife, ۳ܻᾱa was born. He had two sons named ṛṣ and ṣaٰ. ṛṣ accepted Jayanti, daughter of śᲹ . From the womb of Jayanti he gave birth to a son named Jayanta, who always remained constant in the ۲ñ, great king, knight, scholar and lover of guests. He gave birth to a son named Akrura. He also became ever-vigilant and richly gifted. Ś king had a girl named. 鲹ٲ, who received Akrura as her husband and gave birth to eleven sons from her womb. Their names were as follows�Upalambha, , ṛk, īⲹ, , Sadāpaksa, ŚٰܲԲ, Ჹⲹ, Dharmabhṛd, Dharmavarmā and Dhṛṣṭmāna. All the sons born from 鲹ٲ’s womb, were performing auspicious deeds. The two sons named ٱ𱹲 and Upadeva were born from the womb of by the Akrura. From his second wife śī’s womb, he gave birth to thirteen sons named�ṛt, վṛt, śٳٳ峾, ܲ, Supāvaka, Ҳṣaṇa, ṛṣṭiԱ𳾾, ܻ󲹰, Śaryati, ū, ղᲹū, Śramiṣṭha and ṇa.[2]

ṣvī (ī) gave birth to a wonderful son named Śܰ (Śܰsena), who later became known as Īduṣa (Devamīduṣa). Ten sons and five beautiful girls originated from ’s womb with the contact of Śܰ. The first born of sons was Mahāvāhu Vasudeva, who also became famous as ĀԲ첹ܲԻܲ. After that ٱ𱹲岵 (ٱ𱹲) was born. After that Devaśravā, ṛṣṭi, ŚԾ, Nanda, Sṛnjaya, Ś峾, Śī첹 and Sanyūpa were born again. Names of girls were Śrutakirti, ṛt, Śܳī, Śrutasravā and 󾱻ī. They were the mothers of the five valiant sons. ṛt’s wife Śܳٲī gave birth to a son named Sugriva. Anuvrata was born from the womb of the royal highness of Kekaya state, Śܳٲīپ. Wife of Cedi king, Śrutasravā gave birth to a son named ܲīٳ, who practiced many kinds of religions and was the destroyer of enemies. After that, Śܰ gave his daughter ṛt as a daughter to the old king Kuntibhoja in a friendly manner. For this reason, Vasudeva’s sister, ṛt came to be known as ܲԳī. Vasudeva gave her as a wife to Pāndu. That beautiful Pandu’s wife ܲԳī gave birth to the Ѳٳī Devaputras for the family order of Pāndu’s family. In them, Yudhisthira was born by the contact of Dharma, Vṛkodar (Bhīmasen) was born from the connection of and the mighty Dhananjaya (Arjuna)–l Indra was born from the Indra. Along with the connection of Aśvinikumars, ī (ī) gave birth to two sons named Nakula and Sahadeva.

By the contact of ĀԲ첹ܲԻܲ (Vasudeva), dzṇ�, the first wife of Vasudeva’s twenty-four wives gave birth to the world famous son (eldest) Rām (), followed by the beloved son ṇa, Durdama, Damana, Subhra, ʾṇḍ첹 and Ѳ󲹲Գ. His second wife, ʲܰī gave birth to also two sons named Bhadra and Subhadādi. At the same time, two daughters, Citra and ṣ� were also born from dzṇī’s womb. From ܻ𱹲’s contact, ٱ𱹲ī gave birth to six sons named ṣeԲ, īپ, , Bhadrasena, Bhadravāsa and Bhadravideha, who were killed by Kansa. Then at the sometime ٱ𱹲ī gave birth to Śīṛṣṇa. After Śīṛṣṇa, his younger sistern Śubhabhāṣiṇi ܲ󲹻 was born. Subsequently, ٱ𱹲ī’s womb gave birth to a son named Mahāyaśasvī Śūrī. gave birth to a son named Sahadeva, who raised the Śourikula. ٱ𱹲ṣi produced a son named Upāsangadhara and a beautiful girl, who were killed by Kansa. Vijaya, dzԲ, ղ󲹳Բ and Devala–all of them were born from the great Upadevi’s womb. Ѳٳ was born from Vṛkadevi’s womb. Another sonnamed Nandana was born from Vṛkadevi’s womb. ٱ𱹲ī gave birth to her seventh son, Madana and the invisible and great Ҳṣaṇa. Earlier while wandering in the forest on the occasion of Shrine with Śī, Śܰnandana. Vasudeva made pregnant a ղśⲹ daughter. From her an eldest son named ś첹 was born. Vasudeva had too two wives named (ninth) Sutanu and (tenth) 鲹ٳ󲹰ī. From their womb were born two sons named ʳṇḍ and Kapila of Vasudeva and two sons named Saubhadra and Bhava, who were blessed with great power. The eldest among them became ṣād named , who was a great archer. ٱ𱹲岵’s son was famous as Uddhava. The first son of Devaśravā was called as Pandita. ṣvī gave birth to a son named Nidhūtasatra by the contact with ṛṣṭi. Ś was originated from Nidhutasatva. Being pleased at childless Krūṣa Śīṛṣṇa gave him a son named Sucandra, who was great, fortunate and mighty. ܻṣṇ and of 峾ī these two sons were powerful, mighty and great-minded with excellent traits. Nandana had two sons named ղԳپ and Tanti. The four sons of Ś첹 were վᲹ, Dhanu, Śyama and Sṛnjaya, who were very mighty. Among them Śyama became childless and Ś첹 went into the forest, condemning the ethics and behavior of the Bhoja dynasty.[3]

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[1]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 45/ 1�

[2]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 45/19�33

[3]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 46 Chapter

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