Pramara
Pramara · pramara, “Pramara, king of Ambāvatī”
Pramara, also called Pramara-Paramāra, was a king of the Agnivaṃśa. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells that he was one of the four kshatriyas who arose from the yajña-kuṇḍa by the power of the Veda-mantras. He was a Sāmavedī and very mighty, and he ruled six years in the divine city of Ambāvatī.
His rise and his city
The Pratisarga Parva tells that a brāhmaṇa of the land of Kānyakubja went to Mount Ābū and performed a Brahmahotra according to vidhi. By the power of the Veda-mantras four kshatriyas arose from the yajña-kuṇḍa: Pramara-Paramāra, a Sāmavedī; Capahāni-Cauhāna, a Kṛshṇa Yajurvedī; Trivedī-Gaharavāra, a Śukla Yajurvedī; and Parihāraka, an Atharvavedī. All of them rode elephants born in the Airāvata line. In Avanta he lived in happiness in the city named Ambāvatī, four yojanas wide.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 6
His reign and his line
Sūta tells the ṛshis of Naimishāraṇya that in the southern direction, in the divine city called Ambāvatī, made by Ambā, there was a king named Pramara. He was a Sāmavedī, and the mighty king ruled in Ambāvatī for six years. His son was Mahāmara, who ruled three years, and Mahāmara’s son was Devāpi. With Gaṅgāsiṃha, Sūta says, the holy Pramara line came to its end.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 1
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 6; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 1