Matsya Purana (critical study)
by Kushal Kalita | 2018 | 74,766 words | ISBN-13: 9788171103058
This page relates 鈥榁rishni Dynasty鈥� of the English study on the Matsya-purana: a Sanskrit text preserving ancient Indian traditions and legends written in over 14,000 metrical verses. In this study, the background and content of the Matsyapurana is outlined against the cultural history of ancient India in terms of religion, politics, geography and architectural aspects. It shows how the encyclopedic character causes the text to deal with almost all the aspects of human civilization.
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Part 2.1i - The 痴峁涐梗峁噄 Dynasty
痴峁涐梗峁噄, the son of 厂腻迟惫补迟补 had two wives 骋腻苍诲丑腻谤墨 and 惭腻诲谤墨. From 骋腻苍诲丑腻谤墨 痴峁涐梗峁噄 begot a son named Sumitra. 惭腻诲谤墨 on the other hand had five sons named 驰耻诲丑腻箩颈迟, 顿别惫补尘墨岣峢耻峁, Anamitra, 艢颈产颈, 碍峁泃补濒补办峁峁嘺.[1] Anamitra had a son named Nighna. Nighna had two sons-Prasena and 艢补办迟颈蝉别苍补. Satrajita had one hundred one sons from his ten wives who were all daughters of king Kaikeya.[2] 叠丑补峁単补办补谤补 was the eldest son of Satrajita.
Anamitra, the youngest son of 痴峁涐梗峁噄 was succeeded by his son 艢颈苍颈. 艢颈苍颈 had a son named Satyaka. Satyaka had a son named 厂腻迟测补办颈. Satyav膩na and 驰耻测耻诲丑腻苍补 are the sons of 厂腻迟测补办颈. 础蝉补峁単补 was the son of 驰耻测耻诲丑腻苍补. 础蝉补峁単补 begot a son named Dyuyi. Dyuyi was blessed with a son named Yugandhara.[3]
From his wife 笔峁泃丑惫墨, Anamitra begot sons like 驰耻诲丑腻箩颈迟, 痴峁涐梗补产丑补 and 碍峁迟谤补. Among these three 痴峁涐梗补产丑补 was the father of Jayanta. Jayanta begot a son 础办谤奴谤补 by name. He married to 搁补迟苍腻 from whom he begot eleven sons. The eleven sons were Upalambha, 厂补诲腻濒补尘产丑补, 痴峁沰补濒补, V墨ryya, Sav墨tara (艢颈苍颈), 厂补诲腻辫补办峁, 艢补迟谤耻驳丑苍补, 痴腻谤颈尘别箩补测补, Dharmabit, Dharmavarm膩 and 顿丑峁涐梗峁璦尘腻苍补.[4] He had other two sons Devav膩na and Upadeva from another wife 鲍驳谤补蝉别苍腻. From wife 础艣惫颈苍墨, he begot the sons 础办谤奴谤补, 笔峁泃丑耻, 痴颈辫峁泃丑耻, 础艣惫补迟迟丑腻尘腻, 厂耻产腻丑耻, 厂耻辫腻谤艣惫补办补, 骋补惫别峁峁嘺, 痴峁涐梗峁璱苍别尘颈, 厂耻诲丑补谤尘腻, 艢补谤测腻迟颈, 础产丑奴尘颈, Vajrabh奴mi, 艢rami峁ａ弓ha and 艢谤补惫补峁嘺.[5]
顿别惫补尘墨岣峢耻峁 married 础颈办峁腻办墨 and from her he begot a son named 艢奴谤补. 艢奴谤补 had ten sons viz., Vasudeva (膧苍补办补诲补苍诲耻产丑颈), 顿别惫补尘腻谤驳补, Dev膩艣rav膩, 础苍腻诲丑峁涐梗峁璱, 艢颈苍颈, Nanda, 厂峁浢眏补测补, 艢测腻尘补, 艢补尘墨办补, 厂补峁儁奴辫补.[6]
Vasudeva from his wife 搁辞丑颈峁嚹� begot sons by name 搁腻尘补, 厂腻谤补峁嘺, Durddama, Damanam, Subhru, 笔颈峁囜笉腻谤补办补 and 惭补丑腻丑补苍耻.[7] Vasudeva from his wife 顿别惫补办墨 begot sons viz., 艢aur墨, 厂耻峁峁嘺, K墨rtim膩na, 鲍诲腻蝉墨, Bhadrase峁嘺, 峁氠梗颈惫腻蝉补 and Bhadravideha.[8] They all were killed by the King 碍补峁僺补. From Devaki鈥檚 womb 艢rik峁涐梗峁嘺 took birth.[9] After 碍峁涐梗峁嘺, 顿别惫补办墨 gave birth to 艢ubhadr膩. Sahadeva, Up膩sangadhara are also the sons of Vasudeva from his wife Tamra. From Up膩dev墨, Vasudeva begot 搁辞肠补尘腻苍补, Vijaya and Devala.[10] Again Vasudeva from his wife V峁沰峁dev墨 begot Mahatm膩, 础惫补驳腻丑补 and Nandaka. He had also a son named 碍补耻艣颈办补 from his wife who is from Vaisya clan.[11] From his wife Sutanu he begot Pa峁囜笉ra and from 搁补迟丑补谤腻箩墨 he begot Kapila.123
Uddhava was the son of 顿别惫补尘腻谤驳补(son of 艢奴谤补). Anadh峁涐梗峁璱 begot a son named 艢补迟谤耻驳丑苍补.[12] King Karu峁 adopted a son named Sucandra.[13]
King Nandana had two sons 罢补苍迟颈辫腻濒补 and 罢补苍迟墨. 痴颈谤腻箩补, Dhanu, 艢测腻尘补 and 厂峁浢眏补测补 are the four valorous sons of 厂补尘墨办补.[14] It is said that 艢谤墨办峁涐梗峁嘺 had sixteen thousand wives and hundreds of thousands sons. 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 begot sons C膩rude峁Ｃ盿, Pradyumna, 厂耻肠腻谤耻, 叠丑补诲谤补肠腻谤耻, Sude峁Ｃ盿, Bhadra, 笔补谤补艣耻, 颁丑腻谤耻驳耻辫迟补, 颁腻谤耻产丑补诲谤补, 厂耻肠腻谤耻ka, C膩ruhasa and a daughter 颁腻谤耻尘补迟墨.[15] From his wife 厂补迟测补产丑腻尘腻 he begot four sons viz., Rohita, D墨ptim膩na, T膩mracakra and Jalandhama. 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 begot 颁腻谤耻诲别峁ａ箛补 and 厂腻尘产补 from his wife 闯腻尘产补惫补迟墨.128
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Ibid.,45.1-2
[2]:
,45.19
[3]:
Ibid.,45.22-23
[4]:
Ibid.,45.31-33
[5]:
Ibid.,45.33
[6]:
Ibid.,46.2-3
[7]:
Ibid.,46.11
[8]:
Ibid.,46.13
[9]:
Ibid., 46.14
[10]:
Ibid.,46.16-19
[11]:
Ibid.,46.20123 Ibid.,46.21
[12]:
Ibid.,46.23-24
[13]:
Ibid.,46.25
[14]:
Ibid., 46.26-27
[15]:
Ibid., 47.15-16 128Ibid., 46.26