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Pravaras pronounced by the descendants of Mitrayu according
to the various schools they follow:
III. Mitrayu.
GENEALOGY. Atri.
I
Soma.
Budha.
Purúravas.
........
GENEALOGY.
Atri.
I Soma.
Budha.
Purûravas.
Ayus. Kshatravrodha.
B
1. Bhargava, Vádhryaśva, Daivodása.
B
A
2. Bhargava, Daivodása, Vádhryaśva.
Dushyanta.
Bharata.
Vitathu.
Suhotra.
Brihatputra.
Ajamidha.
Bharmyasva.
Mudgala,
A. Vadhryasva.t
B. Divodâsa.t
1 Mitrayu.
Pravaras pronounced by the descendants of S'unaka are:
IV. Sunaka.
A Sunahotra.
B. Gritsamada.
A
3. Vádhryaśva.
It is said, in Harivamsa 32nd adhyaya Sl. 75-76, that the descendants of Mitrayu, who was a Kshatriya, became Brahmans and were adopted into the family of Bhrigu. They, accordingly, pronouce the name of Bhrigu in their Pravara.
A
B
1. Bhargava, S'aunahotra, Gártsamada.
B
Gàrtsamada.
2.
3. S'aunaka.§
B
4. Bhargava, Gartsamada.
Gritsamada, who was a kshatriya, being a descendant of King Purúravas, became a Bráhman and went into the family of S'unaka, a descendant of Bhrigu.||
Vide Harivansa, 32nd Adhyaya.
The Pravaras throw a doubt as to whether Divodasa was the son or father of Vadhryasva This difference, however, is not of much consequence.
See Harivamsa, XXV, 1; 42-45. XXVI, 1. XXVII, 1.
§This refers to Sunaka, a descendant of Bhrigu, and into wl.ose family Gritsamada was
adopted:
See Mahabharata, Adiparva, 6th adhyaya; and Katyayana's Sarvanukramani; Introduction to Mandala II. Also Harivamsa, 32nd adhyaya.
