Dushyanta
Dushyanta
Dushyanta is a name used for more than one king in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Dushyanta: the king of the Lunar dynasty in the Paurava line, come down from Pūru, who married Śakuntalā by the Gāndharva rite at the āśrama of Kaṇva Maharshi and was the father of the great Emperor Bharata. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 12; Skandha 9, Chapters 20, 23; Skandha 12, Chapter 12; Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Sambhava Parva, Chapters 62–74; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 219, 277–278; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 3; Uttara Parva, Chapter 83; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
- Dushyanta (Turvasu Line): the king born of Saṃyatā, daughter of King Marutta, at whose birth the line of Turvasu merged into the line of Pūru by the śāpa of Yayāti; his son was King Karūroma. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13