Kaksheyu
Kaksheyu
Janamejaya has other meanings too: see all meanings of Janamejaya. Purañjaya has other meanings too: see all meanings of Purañjaya. Sṛñjaya has other meanings too: see all meanings of Sṛñjaya.
Kaksheyu is a king of the line of Pūru, one of the ten sons of Raudrāśva and the father of three mahārathas, Sabhānara, Cākshusha and Paramanyu. Through Sabhānara his line runs down to Uśīnara and Titikshu.
His line
The Sūta tells the munis the line of Pūru. Pūru’s son was Suvīra, and the line runs through Manasyu, Abhayada, Sudhanvan and Subāhu to Raudrāśva. Raudrāśva had ten sons, Daśārṇeyu, Kṛkaṇeyu, Kaksheyu, Sthaṇḍileyu, Sannateyu, Ṛceyu, Jaleyu, Sthaleyu the strong, Dhaneyu and Vaneyu, and ten daughters, all of whom married Prabhākara of the line of Atri.
Kaksheyu had three sons, mahārathas (great chariot-warriors): Sabhānara, Cākshusha and Paramanyu. Sabhānara’s son was the learned Kālānala; his son Sṛñjaya, knower of dharma; his son the great king Purañjaya; his son Janamejaya; his son Mahāśāla, famous among the devas; his son Mahāmanas, honoured by the devas; and Mahāmanas’s sons were Uśīnara, knower of dharma, and Titikshu, of great strength.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13