Sudhanvan (son of Abhayada)

Sudhanvan · su-dhanvan, “he of the good bow”

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

Sudhanvan is a king of the line of Pūru, the son of Abhayada and the father of Subāhu. He is a different king from Sudhanvan the eldest son of Kuru.

The munis ask the Sūta for the vaṃśa of Pūru, and he begins: Pūru’s son was Suvīra; his son Manasyu; his son Abhayada; his son Sudhanvan; his son Subāhu; and his son Raudrāśva. Raudrāśva had ten sons, Daśārṇeyu, Kṛkaṇeyu, Kaksheyu and the others, and ten daughters, all of whom became the wives of Prabhākara of the Atri vaṃśa.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13