Dharmasakha: 1 definition
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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaDharmasakha (धर्मसख).—A king of the Kekaya line of Kings. He had a hundred wives but no children. At last, at an old age, he got a son of Sucandrā, wife of his elder brother. But the hunderd wives of Dharmasakha were pining for having a son and so the king consulted his ministers and on their advice conducted a Putrakāmeṣṭi yajña (a sacred sacrificial ceremony for obtaining children) at Hanūmatkuṇḍa near the southern sea-coast. As a result of that each of his hundred wives got a child. (Skanda Purāṇa, Chapter 15).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 15 - The Glory of Hanamatkuṇḍa: Dharmasakha Blessed with a Hundred Sons < [Section 1 - Setu-māhātmya]