Caturaṅga (son of Lomapāda)
Caturaṅga · catur-aṅga, “the one of four limbs”
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Caturaṅga is a king of the Aṅga line, the son of Daśaratha Lomapāda. He was born by the grace of Ṛshyaśṛṅga, the husband of Lomapāda’s daughter Śāntā, to uphold the line, and he was the father of Pṛthulāksha.
His birth and line
The Sūta tells the munis the line of Aṅga. Aṅga’s son was Dadhivāhana; his son Diviratha; his son Dharmaratha, equal to Indra in valour, who performed a yajña on the mountain Kālañjara and drank soma together with Indra; and his son Citraratha. Citraratha’s son was Daśaratha, famous as Lomapāda, and his daughter was Śāntā.
To this Daśaratha, by the anugraha (grace) of Ṛshyaśṛṅga, Śāntā’s husband, a son named Caturaṅga was born to uphold the line. Caturaṅga’s son was Pṛthulāksha, and Pṛthulāksha’s son was Campa, whose capital, Campāpurī, was before called Mālinī. The Sūta says of all the kings of the Aṅga line that they were true to their vows, great-souled, rich in progeny and mahārathas (great chariot-warriors).
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13