Mandara (son of Śvaphalka)
Mandara, “the firm one (the name of the great mountain)”
Mandara has other meanings too: see all meanings of Mandara.
Mandara was a son of Śvaphalka, of the Vṛshṇi line of the Yādavas, and a brother of Akrūra. He is not the great mountain Mandara.
His family
Sūta tells the munis the line of Kroshṭu, son of Yadu. Vṛshṇi had two sons, Śvaphalka and Citraka. Śvaphalka was devoted to dharma: in his realm there was no fear of disease and no distress from drought. Once Indra sent no rain for three years in the land of the king of Kāśī. The king brought Śvaphalka to his kingdom, and because Śvaphalka dwelt there, Indra sent rain. Śvaphalka then married Gāndinī, daughter of the lord of Kāśī, who gave a cow to a brāhmaṇa every day.
The children of Śvaphalka, in the order the Purāṇa gives them, were Akrūra, a giver, a performer of yajñas, a hero, learned, fond of guests and a giver of abundant dakshiṇā; Upamadgu; Madgu; Mandara; Arimejaya; Avikshita; Andhakaru; Avāha; Prativāha; and a daughter, Sundarī. Akrūra’s sons by Ugrasenā were Prasena and Upadeva.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 14