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The Pravara pronounced by the descendants of Vena :
V. Vena.
A
B
GENEALOGY.*
Bhargava, Vainya, Pártha.
tahna (Apava Prajapati)
Uttanapada.
There is a legend which says that, when Svayambhuva Manu. king Vena forbade the worship of gods by the Brahmans, the latter slew him and produced Prithu by rubbing his right thigh, and that Prithu reverenced Bráhmans and had S'ukra, the son of Bhrigu, as his Purohita. It is not known how and when Vena or his descendants became Brahmans and Bhargavas. Probably they were regarded as Bráhmans when Bhrigu's son became their priest. Or, it is possible that Prithu was procreated by Brâhman Rishi, and that, as an allegorical representation of this fact, he is said to have been produced by rubbing Vena's thigh. Pravaras pronounced by the descendants of Bharadvaja :
J. Bharadvaja.
GENEALOGY.
A. Angiras.
B. Brihaspati.
C. Bharadvaja
Anga. A. Vena.
B Prithu.
D. Garga.
A
B
с
1. A'ngirasa, Bárhaspatya, Bháradvája,
A
P
C
2. A'ngirasa, Bárhaspatya, Bháradvája, Vándana,§ Mátavachasa.§
A
E. Amahiya. 3. A'ngirasa, Vándana,§ Mâtavachasa.§
F. Uruksiaya.
A
B
с
Kapi
4. A'ngirasa, Bárhaspatya, Bháradvája Kâtya, A'tkíla. T
Kata was the son of Visvamitra. Atkila was the son of Kata.
A
5. Angirasa, Kátya, TA'tkíla,
*Vide Harivamsa, 2nd adhyaya S'11-23.
†Vide Muir's Sanskrit Texts, Vol. 1, pp. 298-396; Vishnupurana 1. amsa, 13th adhyaya Harivamsa 2nd adhyaya; and Mahabharata, Santiparva, 59th adhyaya Vide Katyayana's Sarvanuk ramani with Shadgurusishya's commentary, p. 127; and
Vishnupurana as quoted by Purushottama in his Pravara-Manjari. SVandana and Matavachas were apparently descendants of Bharadvaja, but it is not clear how they are related to each other.
