kura,* Bhajamána, Śuchi.1 Kambalabarhisha.† The son of Kukura was Vrishta;2: his son was Kapotaroman; his son was Viloman;3 § his son was Bhava,* who was also called Chandanodakadundubhi;||-he was a

Samin: Váyu. Sasi: Matsya. Śini: Agni.** This last makes them the sons of Babhru, and calls the first Sundara. 2 Vrishni: Bhagavata, †† Váyu, Matsya, &c. ++ Dhrishta: Agni. Dhŕishnu: Brahma, §§ Hari Vamsa.

3 The Bhagavata puts Viloman first. The Linga makes it an epithet of Kapotaroman; saying he was Vilomaja, irregularly begotten.' In place of Viloman, we have Raivata, Váyu;|||| Taittiri, Matsya; Tittiri, Agni. ¶¶

* Nava: Agni. Bala: Linga. *** Nala: Matsya. Tamas: Kúrma. Anu: Bhagavata.

*

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The Matsya, Váyu, and Agni agree with our text. The

Corrected, here and below, from "Kukkura", which I find nowhere. The Váyu-puráňa has Kakuda.

+ Corrected from "Kambalavarhish".

In one MS. is Dhŕishťá; in another, Vŕishti.

§ One MS. here inserts Taittiri; another, Taitiri.

The ordinary reading, that followed by the Translator, is: सखा भवसंज्ञश्चन्दनोदकदुन्दुभिः ; and the scholiast has : भवसंज्ञस्यैवोपनाम चन्दनोदकदुन्दुभिः । But I find, in one MS., तुम्बरुसखा भवसंज्ञः। तस्माच्चन्दनानकदुन्दुभि:, which makes Chandanánakadundubhi son of Bhava; and another MS. has, by corruption, at an

| The Vayu-purána exhibits Chandanodakadundubhi, making him son of Revata; and the Linga-purána gives Chandanánakadundubhi. ¶ Corrected from “Śami”.

** Sama, in my MS. of the Brahma-purána. The Harivaṁsa has, in different MSS., Śama and Śami.

Revata, in my MSS. Vilomaka: Linga-purána.

¶¶ Also the Brahma-puráňa.

*** Nala is the name, in all my MSS.

friend of the Gandharva Tumburu;*-his son was Abhijit; his son was Punarvasu; his son Áhuka; § and he had, also, a daughter, named Áhukí. The sons of Áhuka were Devaka and Ugrasena. || The former had four sons, Devavat, Upadeva, ¶ Sudeva, and Devarakshita; ** and seven daughters, Vŕikadevá, Upadevá, # Devarakshitá, Śrídevá, Sántidevá, Sahadevá, §§ and Devakí: all the daughters were married to Vasudeva. The sons of Ugrasena were Kamsa, Nyagrodha, Sunáman, Kanka, Sanku,+++

++

++

***

Linga, Padma, and Kúrma read Ánakadundubhi as a synonym of Bala. The Brahma and Hari Vamsa have no such name, but here insert Punarvasu, son of Taittiri. # The Bhagavata has a

+++

* Variant: Tumbaru. See Vol. II., pp. 284-293.

The Vayu-purána has Abhijita.

One of my MSS. inverts the order of Abhijit and Punarvasu; and

so do the Brahma-purána and the Harivamsa.

§ The Vayu-purána gives him two brothers, Báhuvat and Ajita. In the Vayu-purána, Áhuka has a third son, Dhŕiti.

++

One of my MSS. has Upadevi; also, for some of the names that follow, Śridevi, Santidevi, and Sahadevi.

§§ Mahadevá, in one copy.

In the Bhagavata-purána they are Dhritadeva, Śántidevá, Upadevá, Śridevá, Devarakshitá, Sahadevá, Devaki. See, further, the Harivansa, sl. 2026, 2027.

Here ends the genealogical portion of the Linga-purána, - Prior Section, LXIX., 42,-with these words:

नवोग्रसेनस्य सुतास्तेषां कंसस्तु पूर्वजः ।

तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥

*** Variant: Sunabha.

+++ Four MSS. have Sanku; one, Sanka. The Brahma-purána has Subhúshana.

Subhúmi,* Ráshtrapála,† Yuddhamushti, and Tushtimat; § and his daughters were Kamsá, Kamsavatí, Sutanu, ¶ Ráshtrapálí, and Kankí. **

The son of Bhajamána1 was Vidúratha; ++ his son was Śúra; his son was Samin;2§§ his son was Pratikshattra; his son was Swayambhoja; his son was Hridika, ||| who had Kritavarman, Satadhanus, ¶¶ Deva

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different series, or: Anu, Andhaka, Dundubhi, Arijit, *** PuÁhuka.

narvasu,

1 This Bhajamána is the son of Andhaka, according to all the best authorities: so the Padma calls this branch the Ándhakas. The Agni makes him the son of Babhru.

2 Váta, Niváta, Šamin: Váyu. +++

3 Sonáśwa: Matsya. Sonaksha: Padma. Šini: Bhagavata. 4 Bhojaka: Agni. Bhoja: Padma.

Swabhúmi, the reading of Professor Wilson's Bengal translation, occurs in three MSS.; Kusumi, in one. Suhú: Bhagavata-purána. Here the Vayu-purána inserts Sutanu.

Corrected from "Yuddhamushthi". One MS. has Yuddhasrishti, Srishti: Bhagavata-purána.

§ Instead of these last two names, the Vayu-purána has Yuddha, Tushta, and Pushtimat.

They are called, in the Vayu-puráňa, Karmavatí, Dharmavati, Satánkrú (?), Ráshtrapálá, and Kahlá (?).

**

Súrabhú: Bhagavata-purána.

Kanka, in two MSS., as in the Bhagavata-purána.

For these sons and daughters, see the Harivamsa, śl. 2028, 2029.

+ See Vol. III., p. 268, note; also, infra, Chapter XX., near the

beginning.

++

# The Vayu-purána gives him a brother, Ráshťrádhideva or Rájyȧdhideva.

§§ Bhajamána: Bhagavata-purána.

|||| Hŕidika: Bhagavata-puráňa.

*** I find Aridyota.

¶¶ Satadhanwan: Váyu-purána.

I there find six other brothers: Soni, Śwetaváhana, Gadavarman, Nitána, Śakru, and Śakrajit.

mídhusha,* and others.1 Śúra, the son of Devamídhusha, was married to Márishá, † and had, by her,

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Ten sons: Matsya, &c.+

* Devárha: § Váyu, Padma, Agni, and Matsya; and a different series follows, or: Kambalabarhisha, ¶ Asamaujas, Samaujas, Sudamshtra, ** Suvaśa, Dhrishta, Anamitra,†† Nighna, Sattrájit. They all make Vasudeva the son of Śúra, however; but the three first leave it doubtful whether that Śúra was the son of Bhajamána, or not. The Bhagavata and Brahma agree with the text, which is, probably, correct. The Brahma has Šúra, son of Devamídhusha; §§ although it does not specify the latter amongst the sons of Hridika.

* In one MS., Devárhaúa, and with Devamidha just below: the latter is the name in the Bhagavata-puráňa. Another MS. has Devamídha, and then Devamídhaka.

In the Vayu-purána we read, according to my MSS.:

माष्यां तु जनयामास शूरो वै देवमीढुषम् ।

It is, thus, stated, that Devamidhusha was son of Súra and Máshí. This Súra seems to be the one named a little above.

By Asmaki, Sura had Devamídhushá, it is stated just before the line quoted.

As the Váyu-puráňa, my MSS. of which are, here, so incorrect, that I scruple to conjecture their readings. Ten sons are named in the Harivamsa, sl. 2036, 2037.

§ Mention is made of this reading, as a variant, by the commentator on the Vishnu-puráňa.

|| See note *, above.

Corrected from "Kambalavarhish".

**Corrected from "Sudanstra".

++

I find Anumitra.

In the Vayu-puráňa, at least according to my MSS., there are undeniable traces, through a haze of misscription, of several names quite different from those here given. Also see the Harivamsa, sl. 2038, et seq. For the name Sattrájit, vide supra, p. 74, note .

§§ Corrected from "Devamidhush". In the Harivaṁśa, śl. 1922, 1923, Śúra is son of Devamidhusha and Asmaki, and Vasudeva is son of Śúra and Bhojyȧ.

ten sons. On the birth of Vasudeva, who was one of these sons, the gods, to whom the future is manifest, foresaw that the divine being† would take a human form in his family; and, thereupon, they sounded, with joy, the drums of heaven: from this circumstance, Vasudeva was also called Ánakadundubhi.1 His: brothers were Devabhága, Devaśravas, § Anádhŕishti,|| Karundhaka, Vatsabálaka, ¶ Sŕinjaya, Śyáma,++ Samíka, # and Gańdúsha; §§ and his sisters were Prithá, Śrutadevá, Śrutakírtti, Śrutaśravas, and Rájádhideví. Śúra had a friend named Kuntibhoja, ¶¶ to whom, as he had no children, he presented, in due form, his daughter Pritha. *** She was married to Páńdu, and

1

**

Ánaka, a larger, and Dundubhi, a smaller, drum.

One MS. has Anávŕishti; another, Adhŕishta. Anádŕishi (?): Váyupuráňa.

**

In one MS. the name is Vatsandhamaka; in another, Vámśavánaka. The last three names are, in the Váyu-puráňa, Kada, Nandana, and Bhrinjin, as best I can read them.

+ Equivalent variant: Śyȧmaka.

++

++

The Vayu-purána seems to give Śaníka.

§§ Devabhága, Devaśravas, Ánaka, Sŕinjaya, Śyȧmaka, Kanka, Śamika, Vatsaka, Vŕika: Bhagavata-purána.

1926-1928.

See, further, the Harivamsa, sl.

¶¶ Kunti, in two MSS.: and this is the name in the Bhagavatapurána, &c.

***The following is taken from the Bhagavata-puráňa, IX., XXIV.,