Mūrtimanta

Mūrtimanta · mūrti-manta, “the embodied one”

Kuśa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Kuśa.

Mūrtimanta is a son of King Kuśa in the line of Jahnu Maharshi, and a brother of Kuśika.

His line

The Brahma Purāṇa tells that Jahnu Maharshi married Kāverī, the daughter of Yuvanāśva, and begot in her a son named Sunadya. Sunadya’s son was Ajaka, Ajaka’s son was King Balākāśva, and Balākāśva’s son was Kuśa, fond of hunting. Kuśa had four sons of deva-like splendour: Kuśika, Kuśanābha, Kuśāmba and Mūrtimanta.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10

Sources

  • Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10