Arishṭanemi (son of Citraka)
Arishṭanemi · arishṭa-nemi, “whose wheel-rim is unharmed”
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Arishṭanemi is a Yādava of the Vṛshṇi line, a son of Citraka. Sūta tells the munis, in the Brahma Purāṇa, that Śvaphalka and Citraka were the sons of Vṛshṇi, and that Citraka had these sons: Pṛthu, Vipṛthu, Aśvagrīva, Aśvabāhu, Svapārśva, Gaveshaṇa, Arishṭanemi, Aśva, Sudharman, Subāhu and Bahubāhu; and two daughters, Śravishṭhā and Śravaṇā.
In the account of the Syamantaka the Purāṇa names Citraka’s sons again: Pṛthu, Vipṛthu, Aśvagrīva, Aśvabāhu, Supārśvaka, Gaveshaṇa, Arishṭanemi, Dharma, Dharmabhṛt, Subāhu and Bahubāhu, with the daughters Śravishṭhā and Śravaṇā.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16