Abhijit (son of Punarvasu)

Abhijit · abhi-jit, “the victorious”

Abhijit is a king of the line of Andhaka, in the house of Kukura. He is the son of Punarvasu, and the father of the twin sons Āhuka and Śrāhuka. The Brahma Purāṇa names him in its account of the line of Vṛshṇi.

In the line of Andhaka

The daughter of Kāśyapa bore four sons to Andhaka: Kukura, Bhajamāna, Sanaka and Balabarhisha. Kukura’s son was Vṛshṇi; his son was Kapotaroma; his son was Tiviri; and his son was Punarvasu.

Punarvasu’s son was Abhijit. Abhijit had twin sons, famous as Āhuka and Śrāhuka. Āhuka, in Kāśyapī, had two sons like sons of the devas, Devaka and Ugrasena.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15