Tomara (King of Indraprastha)
Tomara · tomara, “the king named for the lance”
The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells of Tomara, a king to whom Bhagavān Śiva gave the city of Indraprastha. He was the son of Cayahāni, the founder who ruled in Madhyadeśa from the city of Ajamera. For one year Tomara performed with bhakti the pārthiva-pūjana of Bhagavān Śiva, the pūjā of a liṅga of earth, and Bhagavān Śiva, pleased, gave him Indraprastha. The line born from him is called the Tomara kshatriya line.
His younger son Cayahāni, famous on earth as Sāmaladeva, carried on the line that came down to Someśvara and his son Pṛthvīrāja. In the Tomara line was born Anaṅgapāla, king of Indraprastha, whose daughter Kīrtimālinī married Someśvara.
The gift of Indraprastha
Sūta tells the munis that the king named Cayahāni established his rule in Madhyadeśa and settled the city named Ajamera. The text says that the city was made by Brahmā, and it explains the name: aja means Brahmā and mā means Lakshmī, and Lakshmī came there and built a delightful city for Brahmā. Cayahāni ruled ten years.
His son was Tomara. For one year Tomara performed with bhakti the pārthiva-pūjana of Bhagavān Śiva. As its fruit, Bhagavān Śiva, pleased, gave Tomara the city named Indraprastha. The line born from Tomara is called the Tomara kshatriya line.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 2
The line of Sāmaladeva
The Pratisarga Parva gives the line from Tomara’s younger son. Each king is the son of the one before.
- Cayahāni, famous on earth as Sāmaladeva, ruled seven years.
- Mahādeva ruled as his father did.
- Ajaya.
- Vīrasiṃha ruled fifty years.
- Bindusura ruled twenty-five years in Madhyadeśa. He had a daughter named Vīrā, whom he gave in marriage to Vikrama by the rite of the śāstras, and he gladly gave his kingdom in Madhyadeśa to his son.
- Vīravihāttaka.
- Māṇikya ruled fifty years like his father.
- Mahāsiṃha ruled as his father did.
- Candragupta ruled twenty-five years.
- Pratāpavān.
- Mohana ruled thirty years.
- Śvetarāya.
- Nāgavāha.
- Lohadhāra.
- Vīrasiṃha.
- Vibudha ruled fifty years.
- Candrarāya.
- Harihara.
- Vasanta.
- Balāṅga.
- Pramatha.
- Aṅgarāya.
- Viśāla.
- Śārṅgadeva.
- Mantradeva.
- Jayasiṃha conquered the whole of Āryadeśa, and with its wealth performed a very great yajña, from which he gained an excellent fruit. He ruled fifty years.
- Ānandadeva ruled on earth like his father.
- Someśvara, a great warrior.
After naming the kings down to Jayasiṃha the text says: “All these kings ruled fifty years each.”
Someśvara married Kīrtimālinī, the elder daughter of Anaṅgapāla, and three sons were born of her: the eldest, Dhundhukāra, who became king of Mathurā; the middle son, Kṛshṇakumāra, who gained his father’s seat; and the third, the mighty Mahārāja Pṛthvīrāja, who became lord of Dillī.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 2
Anaṅgapāla of the Tomara line
The Pratisarga Parva tells that Anaṅgapāla, born in the Tomara line, was king of Indraprastha when Kānyakubja was under the rule of King Jayacandra. Besides Kīrtimālinī, he had a daughter named Candrakānti, whom Devapāla, son of Kumbhapāla, married by the proper rite.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Section 4; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 2–3
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 3, Section 4; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapters 2–3