Bhadraratha

Bhadraratha · bhadra-ratha

Bhadraratha was a king of the Aṅga line, the son of Haryaṅga and the father of Bṛhatkarman.

Sūta tells the munis the Aṅga vaṃśa. To Campa, whose capital Campāpurī was named after him, Haryaṅga was born by the grace of Pūrṇabhadra, and Ṛshyaśṛṅga by his mantras brought Airāvata, the vāhana of Indra, down to earth to be Haryaṅga’s elephant. Haryaṅga’s son was King Bhadraratha. His son was Bṛhatkarman, lord of men, and the line ran on through Bṛhaddarbha, Bṛhanmanas, Jayadratha, Dṛḍharatha, Janamejaya, Vaikarṇa and Vikarṇa, whose hundred sons increased the Aṅga vaṃśa.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13