Ānanda (son of Medhātithi)

Ānanda · ā-nanda, “bliss”

Ānanda is one of the sons of Medhātithi, the lord of Plaksha-dvīpa. Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis, in the Brahma Purāṇa, that Plaksha-dvīpa is twice the extent of Jambūdvīpa, and that Medhātithi has seven sons who ruled this dvīpa: Śāntamaya, the eldest, Śiśira, Sukhodaya, Ānanda, Śiva, Kshemaka and Dhruva. By their names there are seven boundary mountains.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20