Sudyumna
Sudyumna
Sudyumna 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
- Sudyumna: the first child of Vaivasvata Manu, born as a daughter, Ilā, and later changed into a man; from Ilā and Budha was born Purūravas. Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Madhyama Bhāga, Chapter 60; Vishṇu Purāṇa, Caturdhāṃśa, Chapter 1; Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 12; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 137; Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 273; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapters 1–2; Skandha 11, Chapter 26; Skandha 12, Chapter 12; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 7, 226
- Sudyumna (son of Cākshusha Manu): one of the ten sons of Cākshusha Manu, born of Naḍvalā, the daughter of Vairāja Prajāpati. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2
- Sudyumna of the Satya Yuga: a king of the Satya Yuga who reached Brahmaloka by tapas but felt hunger there, having given no dāna, until he gave the Brahmāṇḍa image. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 177
- Sudyumna, Son of Bhavada: a king of the Candra line in the Tretā Yuga, the son of Bhavada and the father of Bāhugara. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 2