The Vishnu Purana: Book IV: Chapter XVIII | Internet Sacred Text Archive

CHAP. XVIII.

Descendants of Anu. Countries and towns named after some of them, as Anga, Banga, and others.

ANU 1, the fourth son of Yayáti, had three sons, Sabhánara, Chákshusha, and Paramekshu 2. The son of the first was Kálánara 3; his son was Śrinjaya; his son was Puranjaya; his son was Janamejaya; his son was Mahámani 4; his son was Mahámanas, who had two sons, Uśínara and Titikshu. Uśínara had five sons, Śivi, Trińa 5, Gara 6, Krimi, Dárvan 7. Śivi had four sons, Vrishadarbha, Suvíra, Kaikeya, and Madra 8. Titikshu had one son, Ushadratha 9; his son was Hema 10; his son was Sutapas; his son was Bali, on whose wife five sons were begotten by Dírghatamas, or Anga, Banga, Kalinga, Suhma, and Puńd́ra 11; and their descendants, and the five countries they inhabited, were known by the same names 12.

The son of Anga was Pára 13; his son was Divaratha; his son was Dharmaratha 14; his son was Chitraratha; his son was Romapáda 15, also called Daśaratha, to whom, being childless, Daśaratha, the son of Aja, gave his daughter Śántá to be adopted 16. After this, Romapáda had a son named Chaturanga; his son was Prithuláksha; his son was Champa, who founded the city of Champá 17. The son of Champa was Haryyanga; his son was Bhadraratha, who had two sons, Vrihatkarman and Vrihadratha. The son of the first was Vrihadbhánu 18; his son was Vrihanmanas; his son was Jayadratha, who, by a wife who was the daughter of a Kshatriya father and Brahmani mother, had a son named Vijaya 19;

his son was Dhriti; his son was Dhritavrata; his son was Satyakarman; his son was Adhiratha 20, who found Karna in a basket on the banks of the Ganges, where he had been exposed by his mother, Pritha. The son of Karńa was Vrishasena 21. These were the Anga kings. You shall next hear who were the descendants of Puru.

Footnotes

444:1 By some unaccountable caprice the Bráhma P. and Hari V., unsupported by any other authority, here substitute for Anu the name of Kaksheyu, a descendant of Puru, and transfer the whole series of his posterity to the house of Puru.

444:2 Paksha and Parapaksha: Váyu. Parameshu: Matsya. Paroksha: Bhágavata.

444:3 Kálánala: Váyu. Koláhala: Matsya.

444:4 Maháśála: Agni. Maháśíla: Bhágav.

444:5 Nriga: Agni. Vana: Bhágavata.

444:6 Nava: Matsya. Śama: Bhágavata.

444:7 Vrata: Agni. Suvrata: Matsya. Daksha: Bhágavata. According to the Bráhma P. and Hari V. the five sons of Uśínara were the ancestors of different tribes. Śivi was the progenitor of the Śaivas; Nriga of the Yaudheyas; Nava of the Navarásht́ras; Vrata of the Ámbasht́has; and Krimi founded the city Krimilá.

444:8 Bhadra and Bhadraka: Matsya, Agni. These sons of Śivi give name to different provinces and tribes in the west and north-west of India.

444:9 Rushadratha: Agni. Tushadratha: Matsya.