Ketumanta (Son of Kshema)

Ketumanta · ketu-manta

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Ketumanta is a king of the line of Kāśī, the son of Kshema and the father of Suketu. He is not Ketumanta the son of Dhanvantari.

In the Kāśī line, Vatsa’s son was Alarka, a brahmajñānī true to his vow, who for sixty-six thousand years received the grace of Lopāmudrā and at the end of the śāpa killed the rākshasa Kshemaka and rebuilt Vārāṇasī. Alarka’s son was Sannati; Sannati’s son Sunītha; from Sunītha came Kshema; Kshema’s son was Ketumanta; Ketumanta’s son Suketu; Suketu’s son Dharmaketu; and Dharmaketu’s son the mahāratha Satyaketu.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 11