Kshatravṛddha
Kshatravṛddha · kshatra-vṛddha, “the one great in kshatra-valour”
Sahadeva has other meanings too: see all meanings of Sahadeva. Jaya has other meanings too: see all meanings of Jaya. Kāśa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Kāśa. Anenas has other meanings too: see all meanings of Anenas.
Kshatravṛddha is a king of the lunar line, devoted to dharma and famous. He was the son of Saṅkṛti in the line of Anenas, son of Āyu, and from his son Sunahotra descends the line of the kings of Kāśī.
His line
The Brahma Purāṇa tells the line of Anenas, through Pratikshatra, Sañjaya, Jaya, Vijaya, Kṛti, Haryatvata, Sahadeva, Adīna and Jayatsena, whose son was Saṅkṛti. Saṅkṛti’s son was Kshatravṛddha, devoted to dharma and famous; with him the line of Anenas closes.
His descendants, the Kāśī kings
Kshatravṛddha’s son was Sunahotra, whose famous and supremely dhārmic sons were Kāśa, Śala and Gṛtsamada. From Gṛtsamada came Śunaka and Śaunaka. In Śala’s line came Ārshṭisena, Kāśa, Dīrghatapas and Dhanva, to whom Dhanvantari was born in old age after great tapas. Dhanvantari became the great king of Kāśī, learned Āyurveda from Bharadvāja, removed all diseases and divided that śāstra into eight parts.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11