Yaudheyas

Yaudheya

The Yaudheyas are a people of kshatriyas descended from Nṛga, the son of King Uśīnara and his wife Nṛgā.

From Nṛga, son of Uśīnara

The Sūta tells the munis that Mahāmanas had two sons, Uśīnara, knower of dharma, and Titikshu. Uśīnara had five wives, all of rājarshi families: Nṛgā, Kṛmī, Navā, Darvā and Dṛshadvatī. In his old age, by the power of tapas, he had by them five sons, upholders of the line: Nṛga by Nṛgā, Kṛmi by Kṛmī, Nava by Navā, Suvrata by Darvā, and Śibi, lord of the Auśīnaras, by Dṛshadvatī. From Nṛga came the Yaudheyas. Nava’s was the kingdom called Navā, Kṛmi’s the city Kṛmilāpurī, and from Suvrata came the Ambashṭhas.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13