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The Jaina Antiquary
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however, gave offence to a holy man, for which they met disastrous deaths and their metropolis was destroyed. Krishtia was killed by a hunter, through mistake.
As in the case of the Rāma.story, the Jainas make various interesting additions,--some alterations too,-in the Krishna-story. The first of these additions is the account of the Yadu clan which they give. Instead of describing Yadu as a son of Yayāti, a king of the lunar dynasty, as according to the Vedic Purānas, the Jaina sacred books state that there was a ruling dynasty which traced its descent from one Hari. "The kings of the Hari dynasty ruled at - Mathurā. There was a king named Yadu in this dynasty, after whom the Hari kings were also called the kings of the Yadu dynasty. Yadu's soni was Sura who had Sauri and Suvira as his sons. Sauri gave his kingdom of Mathuriī to Suvira and himself founded a kingdom at Sauryapore in the Kusärta country. King Sauri had AndhakaVrishñi and others as his sons while Bhoja-Vrishñi and others were the sons of Suvira. King Suvira gave his kingdom to prince BhöjaVrishñi and used to live in the city Sauvirapore which he founded in the country of Sindhu. Bhöja-Vrishni had a son named Ugraséna, whose son was the notorious Karnsa Audhaka-Vrishni had ten sons viz, Samudra-Vijaya Akshobhya, Stimita, Sagara, Himavān, Achala, Dharana, Purana, Ablichandra and Basudāva. Besides these sons, Audhaka Vrishii had two daughters, Kunti and Madri who were respectively married to Pandu and Damaghosha. Krishĩa was the son of Basudeva by his wife, Devakı while Balabhadra was another son of Basudēva by his wife, Röhini. The sons of Pandu were known as the Pandavas while Siśupāla was the son of Damaghosha."
The romantic peregrinations of Basudeva form a long and interesting episode in the Krishna.story, as narrated in the Jaina Purānas. It is said that Basudeva was an extremely beautiful prince, so much so, that any lady happening to look at him was sure to be enamoured of him. To keep the chastity of ladies unsullied became thus a serious problem for the Yādavas and the citizens and they represented the matter before king Samudra-Vijaya. King SamudraVijaya was fond of his brother, Basudeva and so, instead of doing any thing which might hurt the feelings of the prince, he asked
