Sūryāpīḍa
Sūryāpīḍa · sūrya-āpīḍa, “the one crowned with the sun”
Sūryāpīḍa is a son of Janamejaya, the son of Parīkshit, in the line of the Pāṇḍavas. The Brahma Purāṇa calls him a knower of moksha. His brother was the great king Candrāpīḍa.
His line
The Sūta tells the munis the line of Śantanu. In the kshetra of Vicitravīrya, from Kṛshṇa Dvaipāyana were born Dhṛtarāshṭra, Pāṇḍu and Vidura. Pāṇḍu’s son was Dhanañjaya, and his son was Abhimanyu, son of Subhadrā. Abhimanyu’s son was Parīkshit, and Parīkshit’s son was Pārīkshita, Janamejaya. To Janamejaya, by a princess of Kāśī, two sons were born: the great king Candrāpīḍa and Sūryāpīḍa, knower of moksha.
Candrāpīḍa had a hundred sons, all good archers, and this kshatriya line became famous by the name Jānamejaya. The first of them was Satyakarṇa, who lived in Vārāṇasī.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13