Arimejaya (son of Kuru)

Arimejaya · ari-mejaya, “the one who makes enemies tremble”

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

Arimejaya is a son of King Kuru of the line of Puru. Sūta tells the munis, in the Brahma Purāṇa, that Ajamīḍha‘s queen Dhūminī, a pativratā, performed hard tapas for ten thousand years for a son, and bore Ṛksha. From Ṛksha came Saṃvaraṇa, and from him Kuru, who went from Prayāga and made Kurukshetra, pure and lovely, frequented by men of puṇya; his descendants are the Kauravas.

Kuru had four sons: Sudhanvan, Sudhanus, Parīkshit and the mighty Arimejaya. The line went on through Parīkshit, whose sons were Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Agrasena and Bhīmasena.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13