खट्वाकु

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

KAṬVĀKU (KHAṬVĀKU) : A son of Vaivasvata Manu. Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa states that he was an ancestor of Ikṣvāku.

In the beginning Manu, alias Vaivasvata, had a son named Kaṭvāku. He was the first of kings and he ruled the world for a long time. On the banks of the river Sarayū he constructed a city called Ayodhyā. Ayodhyā was celebrated for its beauty and wise men proclaimed that it was more beautiful than the cities of the eight guards of the universe or the city of even Brahmā, the Creator.


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*11th word in right half of page 398 (+offset) in original book.