Avāha (son of Śvaphalka)
Avāha
Avāha is a son of Śvaphalka of the Vṛshṇi line and a brother of Akrūra. The Sūta names him among Śvaphalka’s children in the Brahma Purāṇa; in Chapter 16 the name is printed Āvāha.
Son of Śvaphalka
Śvaphalka and Citraka were the sons of Vṛshṇi. Śvaphalka was devoted to dharma, and in his realm there was no disease and no drought. When Indra did not rain for three years in the land of the king of Kāśī, the king brought Śvaphalka to his kingdom, and because he dwelt there the rain came. Śvaphalka married Gāndinī, the daughter of the lord of Kāśī, who gave a cow to a brāhmaṇa every day.
Chapter 14 names Śvaphalka’s children: Akrūra, Upamadgu, Madgu, Mandara, Arimejaya, Avikshita, Andhakaru, Avāha, Prativāha, and a daughter, Sundarī. Chapter 16 names them again: besides Akrūra, Upamadgu, Madgu, Mṛdura, Arimardana, Arikshepa, Upeksha, Arimejaya, Dharma, Gṛdhrabhoja, Andhaka, Āvāha, Prativāha, and a beautiful daughter, Vasundharā.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16