Genealogy of Rama

The Genealogy of Rama (ancestors as well as descendants) is found in Book IV of Vishnu Purana, the Shrimad Bhagavatam and the Brahma Purana.

Ancestors Of Rama

Chapter 1 of Vishnupurana mentions that Brahma created Daksha out of his thumb. Daksha had a daughter Aditi, who was mother of Sun. From the Sun was born Manu. Since the Sun-god was Manu's father, his lineage came to be known as the Suryavansha(the decendants of Sun).

Manu had many sons of whom 50 perished quarreling with one another. Ten sons survived, one of whom was Ikshvaku. The Brahma PuranaChapters 7 and 8) provides details on Manu's 10 sons and their descendants as follows:

Manu also had a child named Ila(aka Sudyumna) who gave birth to Pururavas after intercourse with Budha, the son of Soma. Pururavas was the first king of Aila dynasty or the Somavamsha/Chandravansha.

Rama was born in Ikshvaku's line. The lineage from Ikshvaku to Rama is as follows:

After Saudasa, the Brahmapurana gives the descent until Raghu as follows:

After Saudasa, the Vishnupurana gives the descent until Raghu as follows:

After Raghu, all the puranas give the descent as follows:

Valmiki Ramayana

The Genealogy of Rama is provided in the Ayodhya Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana as follows:

After Trishanku the Valmiki Ramayan continues with Yuvanasva as below:

Descendants Of Rama

The lineage of Rama starting from him is as under:

The Brahma Purana gives the descent from Ahinaga to Vajranabha as follows:

The Vishnu Purana gives the descent from Ahinaga to Vajranabha as follows:

From Vajranabha to Brihadbala the genealogy given by the Vishnu Purana differs from the one given in the Shrimad-Bhagavatam. Vishnu Purana provides the genealogy as follows:

The Shrimad-Bhagavatam gives the genealogy from Vajranabha to Brihadbala as follows:

Descendents of Brihadbala

The descendents of Brihadbala is given by the Shrimad Bhagavatam, Canto 9 as follows.[1] Their alternate names as mentioned in the Bhavishya Purana are provided in brackets:[2]

The Ikshvakus were a coveted line. After Sumitra there were no more sons in the dynasty of the sun-god, and thus the dynasty is said to end. [became matrilineal?, note line starts from female Aditi-Kashyapa]. The following excerpts are mentioned by KR Subramanian in the book "Buddhist remains in Āndhra and the history of Āndhra between 224 & 610 A.D." from page 82-87:

Many south Indian dynasties chose to be associated with them in some form or the other. The Cholas and Gangas claimed descent from them. The Pallava chief of Kanchipuram, Tondaman Ilam Tiraiyan is given a similar pedigree of descent from the Ikshvakus in the Perumbanarruppatai. The Kekeyas of the deccan were proud of their marriage alliance with the Iksvakus. By a Nagarjunakonda inscription, an Ikshvaku princess is said to have married the King of Banavasi, before Banavasi came to be ruled by the Kadambas, and hence the wedding is taken to be with a Bana king. The Satavahanas were linked to Ikshvakus. The Ikshvakus were the most famous family of Andhra-desa, north of Krishna, in the 3rd century CE, and were great patrons of Buddhism.

It has been suggested that the following dynasties were historically Jain Clans: Rashtrakuta Dynasty, Western Ganga Dynasty, Magadha Kingdom, Solankis, Ikshvaku Dynasty, Andhra Ikshvakus and Nanda Dynasty.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shimad Bhagavatam, Canto 9.12.2". vedabase.net. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  2. ↑ Bhavishya Purana, by B.K. Chaturvedi, p.63-64
  3. ↑ Bhavishya Purana, by B.K. Chaturvedi, p.64

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