Adīna

Adīna · a-dīna, “the one who is never downcast”

Adīna is a king of the line of Anenas, the son of Sahadeva and the father of Jayatsena. The Brahma Purāṇa calls him dharmaśīla, one whose nature is dharma.

His line

The Sūta tells the munis the line of Anenas. Anenas’s son was the famous king Pratikshatra; his son was Sañjaya; his son Jaya; his son Vijaya; his son Kṛti; his son Haryatvata; and Haryatvata’s son was Sahadeva, of great valour. Sahadeva’s son was Adīna, dharma-natured. Adīna’s son was Jayatsena, and Jayatsena’s own son was Saṅkṛti.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11

Sources

  • Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11