Sunāma

Sunāma · su-nāma, “one of good name”

Sunāma is a son of Ugrasena, of the Kukura line of the Yādavas, and a brother of Kaṃsa.

The Brahma Purāṇa gives the line: from Kukura, son of Andhaka, it ran through Vṛshṇi, Kapotaroma, Tiviri, Punarvasu and Abhijit to Abhijit’s twin sons, Āhuka and Śrāhuka. Āhuka had two sons in Kāśyapī, like sons of the devas: Devaka and Ugrasena. Ugrasena had nine sons: Kaṃsa, Nyagrodha, Sunāma, Kaṅka, Subhūshaṇa, Rāshṭrapāla, Sutanu, Anāvṛshṭi and Pushṭimant; and five younger sisters of theirs: Kaṃsā, Kaṃsavatī, Sutanu, Rāshṭrapālī and Kaṅkā. Sunāma is named third.

The Purāṇa promises that one who hears and holds in mind the line of the Kukuras gains the growth of his own line.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15