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from Indra who had gone to Nábhi when Rşabha was one year old". The AP (19.264) states that Rşabhawas the first person who taught his subjects how to collect the juice of sugar-cane (ikṣu) hence he was named as Ikşvāku. According to the MP, Rşabha's Vamsa was called Ikşvāku because he was the first person who quenched the thirst and the hunger of the people with the juice of sugar-cane. The RPS has combined together the traditions of the AP, the TSP and the PCR. In the beginning (p.4) it mentions Rşabha to have established himself as the king of the Ikşvāku line and to have made others as the kings of the Ugra, Kuru, Nátha and the Hari Vamsas. Then he (p. 8) follows Ravişeņa and mentions that the Ikşvāku, Soma, Hari and the Vidyādhara Vambas came into existence after the death of Rşabha.
Vimalasūri, Ravişeņa. Jinasena and Somasena commence the list from Bharata and stop at Mrgānka. They state that after a long period of time during the congregation of twentieth Tirthalikara (Munisuvratanātha), Vijaya became the king of Sāketapura in the Ikşvāku line (PCV, 21.41; PCR, 21.56 & 73; RPS, 13.p. 81). From Vijaya onwards, they except Jinasena resume the list of further descendants. Hemacandra omits the preceding list and starts from Vijaya only. His list also is given below.
So far as the Brahmanical sources are concerned, the Valmiki Rāmāyana and the Bhagavatapuräna contain a complete genealogy of the Iksvāku Vamsa. But all the names supplied by these two works are not essentially the same in sequence and much less in number. The VR (1.70;2.110) mentions Ikşvāku as the progenitor of this lineage (1.70.21). He is said to be a grandson of Vivasvat (the sun). After him the lineage came to be known as the Solar-race as the Puranic tradition records. According to the VR, Ikşvāku is the fifth descendant in the line of Brahmā. The Puranas (Bhagavata purāna, 9.1.11-12; Matsyapurana, 11.1-2) also corroborate this account.
Genealogy of Ikşvāku Vamsa:- The following is the genealogical list of Ikşvāku kings as referred to in various Jaina & Brahmanical works :
1. See Sukhabodhika Tikā on Kalpasūtra, p. 144. 2. He is said to have established the Hari, Natha, Ugra and the Kuru Vamsas
also. Puşpadanta agrees with it in his Mūhāpurāna.
