Pṛthu, Son of Anenā
Pṛthu · pṛthu, “the broad one”
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Pṛthu is a king of the Ikshvāku line in the Satya Yuga. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, where Sūta answers Śaunaka, gives him sixth from Ikshvāku. He is the son of Anenā, who ruled 35,600 years, and the father of Vishvagaśva, who ruled 35,400 years. Pṛthu ruled 35,500 years.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 1
Per Brahma Purāṇa, where the Sūta tells the munis the solar line, Pṛthu is the son of Anenas, the grandson of Kakutstha, and the father of Vishṭarāśva. The Purāṇa explains his father’s name: enas is pāpa, and one without it is Anenas. After Vishṭarāśva the line runs Ārdra, Yuvanāśva, Śrāva and Śrāvastaka, who built the city of Śrāvastī, then Bṛhadaśva and Kuvalāśva, who slew Dhundhu and became Dhundhumāra.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 1
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7