Candrāpīḍa

Candrāpīḍa · candra-āpīḍa, “the one crowned with the moon”

Candrāpīḍa is a great king, the son of Janamejaya, the son of Parīkshit, by a princess of Kāśī. His hundred sons were good archers, and their kshatriya line became famous as the Jānamejaya line.

In the line of the Pāṇḍavas

The Sūta tells the munis that Pāṇḍu‘s son was Dhanañjaya, and his son was Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadrā. Abhimanyu’s son was Parīkshit, and Parīkshit’s son was Janamejaya. To Janamejaya, by Kāśī, two sons were born: the great king Candrāpīḍa and Sūryāpīḍa, who knew moksha. Candrāpīḍa had a hundred sons, good archers, and this kshatriya line became famous by the name Jānamejaya. The first of them was Satyakarṇa, who lived in the city of Vārāṇasī: valiant, a yajvan who performed yajñas, and a giver of abundant dakshiṇā.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13