Sumanas (son of Puru)

Sumanas · su-manas, “the good-minded one”

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Sumanas is one of the six sons of Puru, the son of Cākshusha Manu, born of Puru’s wife Āgneyī. His eldest brother was Aṅga, the father of Vena.

His line

Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis the line of Svāyambhuva Manu. To Cākshusha Manu ten sons were born of Naḍvalā, the daughter of Vairāja Prajāpati, among them Puru. From Puru, Āgneyī bore six sons: Aṅga, Sumanas, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgiras and Gaya. From Aṅga, the daughter of Sunītha bore a son, Vena.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2