Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Kushamba included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Story of Kuśāmba
General.
A son of Kuśa. The city he built was called Kauśāmbī. (See under Kuśa).
Other information.
(i) Kuśāmba had a daughter called Cārvaṅgī, who was married by Bhadraśreṇya, the solar King. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 2).
(ii) Two sons, Śakra and Gādhi were born to Kuśāmba and to Gādhi was born a daughter, Satyavatī. Viśvāmitra was Gādhi’s son. (Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Chapter 57).
This statement is not quite correct. Certain other Purāṇas maintain that Gādhi, the father of Viśvāmitra was the son of Kuśanābha, who was the son of Kuśika and brother of Kuśāmba. (See under Kuśanābha).