Kuśadhvaja
Kuśadhvaja
Kuśadhvaja is a name used for more than one king or being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Kuśadhvaja of Vidarbha: a very mighty king of Vidarbha who killed a brāhmaṇa tapasvin in error and was released from many births by the Tāraka Dvādaśī vrata. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 65
- Kuśadhvaja: a monkey, then a prince of Kāśī and a Śiva-gaṇa, who became a Garuḍa on Gandhamādana by śāpa, as told in Kuśadhvaja the Garuḍa. Skanda Purāṇa, Māheśvara Khaṇḍa, Kaumārikā Khaṇḍa, Chapters 9–13
Named in passing
- Kuśadhvaja, brother of Janaka: the younger brother of Janaka, father of Māṇḍavī and Śrutakīrti, told on Janaka. Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 5
- Kuśadhvaja, son of Sīradhvaja: the king who comes after Sīradhvaja in the line of Mithilā, father of Dharmadhvaja Mahārāja, told on Ikshvāku Vaṃśa: The Solar Dynasty. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 13
- Kuśadhvaja, son of Haṃsadhvaja: the brother of Dharmadhvaja, who performed tapas to Mahālakshmī and regained his kingdom, told on Vedavatī. Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapters 13–14
- Kuśadhvaja, son of Bṛhaspati: the father of Vedavatī, deeply learned in the Vedas, killed by the rākshasa Śambhu, told on Vedavatī. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Uttara Kāṇḍa, Chapters 22–23