Ārtaparṇi

Ārtaparṇi · ārta-parṇi, “the son of Ṛtuparṇa”

Ārtaparṇi is a king of the Ikshvāku line, of great fame. Sūta tells the munis, in the Brahma Purāṇa, that King Ṛtuparṇa, skilled, strong, knower of the secret of dice and the friend of Nala, had a son Ārtaparṇi. Ārtaparṇi’s son was Sudāsa, the friend of Indra, and Sudāsa’s son was Saudāsa, also called Kalmāshapāda and Mitrasaha.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 8

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 8