Pañcāla (Son of Vishvaksena)

Pañcāla

Dhṛtarāshṭra has other meanings too: see all meanings of Dhṛtarāshṭra.

Pañcāla is one of the sons of Vishvaksena, whom his father gave in adoption to the sonless Gaṇḍūsha, a son of Śūra of the Yādava line.

His adoption

The Sūta tells the munis the sons of Śūra: Vasudeva, called Ānakadundubhi, and Devabhāga, Devaśravas, Anādhṛshṭi, Kanavaka, Vatsavān, Gṛñjama, Śyāma, Śamīka and Gaṇḍūsha. Because Vatsavān had no sons, Vasudeva gave him his son Kauśika. To the sonless Gaṇḍūsha, Vishvaksena gave in adoption his sons Cārudeshṇa, Sudeshṇa, Pañcāla and Kṛtalakshaṇa.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14