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title="Videha">Kingdom of Videha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shakya" title="Shakya">Shakya Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ikshvaku" title="Ikshvaku">Ikshvaku</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Final ruler</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/King_Sumitra" title="King Sumitra">Sumitra</a> (historical claimant)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">Style(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Raja of Kosala</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deposition</th><td class="infobox-data">362 BCE</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cadet branches</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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dynasty said to have been founded by <a href="/wiki/Ikshvaku" title="Ikshvaku">Ikshvaku</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Hindu literature</a>, it ruled the <a href="/wiki/Kosala_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosala Kingdom">Kosala Kingdom</a> with their capital at <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_(Ramayana)" title="Ayodhya (Ramayana)">Ayodhya</a> and later at <a href="/wiki/Shravasti" title="Shravasti">Shravasti</a>. They prayed to their <a href="/wiki/Kuladevata" title="Kuladevata">clan deity</a> <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a> (a Hindu <a href="/wiki/Solar_deity" title="Solar deity">solar deity</a>), after whom the dynasty formed its namesake. Along with the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_dynasty" title="Lunar dynasty">Lunar dynasty</a>, the Solar dynasty comprises one of the main lineages of the <a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a> <a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">varna</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jain2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jain2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Jain_literature" title="Jain literature">Jain literature</a>, the first <i>Tirthankara</i> of Jainism, <a href="/wiki/Rishabhanatha" title="Rishabhanatha">Rishabhanatha</a> himself, was King Ikshvaku. Twenty-one further <i>Tirthankaras</i> were born in this dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jain1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jain1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Buddhist literature, <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a> descended from the this dynasty. </p><p>The important personalities belonging to this royal house are <a href="/wiki/Mandhatri" title="Mandhatri">Mandhatri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muchukunda" title="Muchukunda">Muchukunda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ambarisha" title="Ambarisha">Ambarisha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharata_(Jainism)" title="Bharata (Jainism)">Bharata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahubali" title="Bahubali">Bahubali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harishchandra" title="Harishchandra">Harishchandra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dil%C4%ABpa" title="Dilīpa">Dilīpa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sagara_(Vedic_king)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagara (Vedic king)">Sagara</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-hind2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hind2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Raghu" title="Raghu">Raghu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dasharatha" title="Dasharatha">Dasharatha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pasenadi" title="Pasenadi">Pasenadi</a>. Both the Hindu <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> texts include <a href="/wiki/Suddhodana" class="mw-redirect" title="Suddhodana">Shuddodhana</a>, Gautama Buddha, and <a href="/wiki/Rahula" class="mw-redirect" title="Rahula">Rahula</a> in their accounts of the Ikshvaku dynasty but, according to the Buddhist texts, <a href="/wiki/Mahasammata" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahasammata">Mahasammata</a>, an ancestor of Ikshvaku who was elected by the people as the first king of the present era, was the founder of this dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-Malalasekera1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malalasekera1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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data-file-height="367" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-above hlist" style="padding-bottom:0.35em; border:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Mythology</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Hinduism" title="History of Hinduism">Origins</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"><b>Historical</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Hinduism" title="History of Hinduism">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_of_the_Indus_Valley_Civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion of the Indus Valley Civilization">Indus Valley Civilisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedic_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedic Hinduism">Vedic Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dravidian_folk_religion" title="Dravidian folk religion">Dravidian folk religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Arama%E1%B9%87a" title="Śramaṇa">Śramaṇa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tribal_religions_in_India" title="Tribal religions in India">Tribal religions in India</a></li></ul> <p><b>Traditional</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Itihasa-Purana" title="Itihasa-Purana">Itihasa-Purana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epic-Puranic_royal_genealogies" title="Epic-Puranic royal genealogies">Epic-Puranic royal genealogies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epic-Puranic_chronology" title="Epic-Puranic chronology">Epic-Puranic chronology</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Sampradaya" title="Sampradaya">Sampradaya (Traditions)</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Major Sampradaya (Traditions)</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pancharatra" title="Pancharatra">Pancharatra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kapalika" title="Kapalika">Kapalika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashupata_Shaivism" title="Pashupata Shaivism">Pashupata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratyabhijna" title="Pratyabhijna">Pratyabhijña</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smarta_tradition" title="Smarta tradition">Smartism</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><i><a href="/wiki/Hindu_denominations" title="Hindu denominations">Other Sampradaya (Traditions)</a></i></div></dt></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Deities</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Absolute Reality / Unifying Force</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Trimurti" title="Trimurti">Trimurti</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Tridevi" title="Tridevi">Tridevi</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saraswati" title="Saraswati">Saraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Other major <a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Devis</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Vedic Deities:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tridasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Tridasha">Tridasha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adityas" title="Adityas">Adityas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudras" title="Rudras">Rudras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasus" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasus">Vasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi" title="Mahadevi">Mahadevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigvedic_deities" title="Rigvedic deities">Other Vedic Deities</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Post-Vedic:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avatar" title="Avatar">Avatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashavatara" title="Dashavatara">Dashavatara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navadurga" title="Navadurga">Navadurga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavidya" title="Mahavidya">Mahavidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartikeya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Devata" title="Devata">Devatas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishvakarma" title="Vishvakarma">Vishvakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubera" title="Kubera">Kubera</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_philosophy" title="Hindu philosophy">Concepts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Worldview</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_cosmology" title="Hindu cosmology">Cosmology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Mythology</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Ontology</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tattva" title="Tattva">Tattvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanmatras" title="Tanmatras">Subtle elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchikarana" title="Panchikarana">Panchikarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Bhuta" title="Pancha Bhuta">Gross elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87a" title="Guṇa">Guṇas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purusha" title="Purusha">Purusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prak%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Prakṛti">Prakṛti</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Para_Brahman" title="Para Brahman">Supreme reality</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nirguna_brahman" class="mw-redirect" title="Nirguna brahman">Nirguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguna_brahman" title="Saguna brahman">Saguna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om" title="Om">Om</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saccid%C4%81nanda" title="Saccidānanda">Saccidānanda</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">God</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ishvara" title="Ishvara">Ishvara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devata" title="Devata">Devatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Hinduism" title="God in Hinduism">God in Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_and_gender_in_Hinduism" title="God and gender in Hinduism">God and gender</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Puru%E1%B9%A3%C4%81rtha" title="Puruṣārtha">Puruṣārtha (Meaning of life)</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artha" title="Artha">Artha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kama" title="Kama">Kama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Moksha</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/%C4%80%C5%9Brama_(stage)" title="Āśrama (stage)">Āśrama (Stages of life)</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%E1%B9%9Bhastha" title="Gṛhastha">Gṛhastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C4%81naprastha" title="Vānaprastha">Vānaprastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannyasa" title="Sannyasa">Sannyasa</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Three_Yogas" title="Three Yogas">Three paths to liberation</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_yoga" title="Karma yoga">Karma yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Liberation</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Mokṣa-related topics:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramatman" title="Paramatman">Paramātman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_(religion)" title="Maya (religion)">Maya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">Karma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra" title="Saṃsāra">Saṃsāra</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Mind</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" title="Ātman (Hinduism)">Ātman (self)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An%C4%81tman_(Hinduism)" title="Anātman (Hinduism)">Anātman (non-self)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_bodies_doctrine" title="Three bodies doctrine">Sūkṣma śarīra (subtle body)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antahkarana" title="Antahkarana">Antaḥkaraṇa (mental organs)</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praj%C3%B1%C4%81_(Hinduism)" title="Prajñā (Hinduism)">Prajña (wisdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80nanda_(Hindu_philosophy)" title="Ānanda (Hindu philosophy)">Ānanda (happiness)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viveka" title="Viveka">Viveka (discernment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairagya" title="Vairagya">Vairagya (dispassion)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samatva" title="Samatva">Sama (equanimity)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(virtue)#Hinduism" title="Temperance (virtue)">Dama (temperance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uparati" title="Uparati">Uparati (self-settledness)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titiksha" title="Titiksha">Titiksha (forbearance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faith_in_Hinduism" title="Faith in Hinduism">Shraddha (faith)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%C4%81dh%C4%81na" title="Samādhāna">Samadhana (concentration)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arishadvargas" title="Arishadvargas">Arishadvargas (six enemies)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahamkara" title="Ahamkara">Ahamkara (attachment)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Ethics</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethics_in_religion#Hindu_ethics" title="Ethics in religion">Niti śastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamas" title="Yamas">Yamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niyama" title="Niyama">Niyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa">Ahimsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achourya" title="Achourya">Achourya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-possession" title="Non-possession">Aparigraha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya" title="Satya">Satya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(virtue)#Hinduism" title="Temperance (virtue)">Damah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compassion#Hinduism" title="Compassion">Dayā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrodha" title="Akrodha">Akrodha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjava" title="Arjava">Arjava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosha" title="Santosha">Santosha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sv%C4%81dhy%C4%81ya" title="Svādhyāya">Svādhyāya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaucha" title="Shaucha">Shaucha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitahara" title="Mitahara">Mitahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81stra_pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87am_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism">Sources of dharma</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Pramana" title="Pramana">Epistemology</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratyaksha" title="Pratyaksha">Pratyakṣa (perception)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Anumāṇa" title="Pramana">Anumāṇa (inference)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upam%C4%81%E1%B9%87a" class="mw-redirect" title="Upamāṇa">Upamāṇa (comparison, analogy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Arthāpatti" title="Pramana">Arthāpatti (postulation, presumption)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Anupalabdi" title="Pramana">Anupalabdi (non-perception, negation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabda" title="Shabda">Śabda (word, testimony)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Practices</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Worship_in_Hinduism" title="Worship in Hinduism">Worship</a>, sacrifice, and charity</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arti_(Hinduism)" title="Arti (Hinduism)">Ārtī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_in_Hinduism" title="Prayer in Hinduism">Prarthana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Arauta" title="Śrauta">Śrauta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">Murti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japa" title="Japa">Japa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">Kīrtana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">Yajna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_(ritual)" title="Homa (ritual)">Homa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarpana" title="Tarpana">Tarpana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrata" title="Vrata">Vrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pr%C4%81ya%C5%9Bcitta" title="Prāyaścitta">Prāyaścitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirtha_(Hinduism)" title="Tirtha (Hinduism)">Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatra" title="Yatra">Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_pilgrimage_sites_in_India" title="Hindu pilgrimage sites in India">Tirthadana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matha" title="Matha">Matha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Nritta-Nritya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sev%C4%81" title="Sevā">Sevā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Meditation</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyana_in_Hinduism" title="Dhyana in Hinduism">Dhyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%C4%81dh%C4%81na" title="Samādhāna">Samādhāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nididhy%C4%81sana" title="Nididhyāsana">Nididhyāsana</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu" title="Sadhu">Sadhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">Yogi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogini" title="Yogini">Yogini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">Asana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C4%81dhan%C4%81" title="Sādhanā">Sādhanā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana yoga</a></li> <li><a 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title="Vedanta">Vedanta</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dvaita_Vedanta" title="Dvaita Vedanta">Dvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vishishtadvaita" title="Vishishtadvaita">Vishishtadvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda" title="Achintya Bheda Abheda">Achintya Bheda Abheda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shuddhadvaita" title="Shuddhadvaita">Shuddhadvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Svabhavika_Bhedabheda" title="Svabhavika Bhedabheda">Svabhavika Bhedabheda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Akshar_Purushottam_Darshan" title="Akshar Purushottam Darshan">Akshar Purushottam Darshan</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Other schools</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80j%C4%ABvika" title="Ājīvika">Ājīvika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Patanjali" title="Patanjali">Patanjali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini" title="Pāṇini">Pāṇini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prashastapada" title="Prashastapada">Prashastapada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raikva" title="Raikva">Raikva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyakama_Jabala" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyakama Jabala">Satyakama Jabala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valmiki" title="Valmiki">Valmiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajnavalkya" title="Yajnavalkya">Yajnavalkya</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Medieval_India" title="Medieval India">Medieval</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abhinavagupta" title="Abhinavagupta">Abhinavagupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akka_Mahadevi" title="Akka Mahadevi">Akka Mahadevi</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Krishnananda_Saraswati" title="Krishnananda Saraswati">Krishnananda Saraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavatar_Babaji" title="Mahavatar Babaji">Mahavatar Babaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi" title="Maharishi Mahesh Yogi">Mahesh Yogi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayana_Guru" title="Narayana Guru">Narayana Guru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigamananda_Paramahansa" title="Nigamananda Paramahansa">Nigamananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisargadatta_Maharaj" title="Nisargadatta Maharaj">Nisargadatta Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada" title="A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada">Prabhupada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Radhakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramachandra_Dattatrya_Ranade" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramachandra Dattatrya Ranade">R. D. Ranade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna" title="Ramakrishna">Ramakrishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Rama_Tirtha" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Rama Tirtha">Rama Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi" title="Ramana Maharshi">Ramana Maharshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_(spiritual_leader)" title="Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Ramdas" title="Swami Ramdas">Ramdas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Samarth" title="Swami Samarth">Samarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sathya_Sai_Baba" title="Sathya Sai Baba">Sathya Sai Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sai_Baba_of_Shirdi" title="Sai Baba of Shirdi">Shirdi Sai Baba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Shraddhanand" title="Swami Shraddhanand">Shraddhanand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyadhyana_Tirtha" title="Satyadhyana Tirtha">Satyadhyana Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddharameshwar_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Siddharameshwar Maharaj">Siddharameshwar Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivananda_Saraswati" title="Sivananda Saraswati">Sivananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trailanga" title="Trailanga">Trailanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._G._Krishnamurti" title="U. G. Krishnamurti">U. G. Krishnamurti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upasni_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Upasni Maharaj">Upasni Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vethathiri_Maharishi" title="Vethathiri Maharishi">Vethathiri Maharishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Vivekananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda" title="Paramahansa Yogananda">Yogananda</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Texts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81stra_pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87am_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism">Sources and classification of scripture</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aruti" title="Śruti">Śruti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Smṛti">Smṛti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80c%C4%81ra" title="Ācāra">Ācāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmatusti" title="Atmatusti">Ātmatuṣṭi</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Scriptures</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Hindu_texts" title="Timeline of Hindu texts">Timeline of Hindu texts</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rigveda" title="Rigveda">Rigveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yajurveda" title="Yajurveda">Yajurveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Samaveda" title="Samaveda">Samaveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Divisions</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samhitapatha" class="mw-redirect" title="Samhitapatha">Samhita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmana" title="Brahmana">Brahmana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aranyaka" title="Aranyaka">Aranyaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; 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background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Vedangas" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedangas">Vedangas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shiksha" title="Shiksha">Shiksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedic_metre" title="Vedic metre">Chandas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vy%C4%81kara%E1%B9%87a" title="Vyākaraṇa">Vyākaraṇa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirukta" title="Nirukta">Nirukta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalpa_(Vedanga)" title="Kalpa (Vedanga)">Kalpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyotisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Jyotisha">Jyotisha</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_scriptures" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Hindu scriptures">Other scriptures</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agama_(Hinduism)" title="Agama (Hinduism)"><i>Agama</i>s (Hinduism)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Itihasa-Purana" title="Itihasa-Purana">Itihasas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Purana" title="Vishnu Purana">Vishnu Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Devi_Bhagavata_Purana" title="Devi Bhagavata Purana">Devi Bhagavata Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naradiya_Purana" title="Naradiya Purana">Naradiya Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vamana_Purana" title="Vamana Purana">Vāmana Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Matsya_Purana" title="Matsya Purana">Matsya Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Garuda_Purana" title="Garuda Purana">Garuda Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brahma_Purana" title="Brahma Purana">Brahma Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brahmanda_Purana" title="Brahmanda Purana">Brahmanda Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brahma_Vaivarta_Purana" title="Brahma Vaivarta Purana">Brahma Vaivarta Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bhavishya_Purana" title="Bhavishya Purana">Bhavishya Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Padma_Purana" title="Padma Purana">Padma Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agni_Purana" title="Agni Purana">Agni Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shiva_Purana" title="Shiva Purana">Shiva Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Linga_Purana" title="Linga Purana">Linga Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kurma_Purana" title="Kurma Purana">Kūrma Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana">Skanda Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Varaha_Purana" title="Varaha Purana">Varaha Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Markandeya_Purana" title="Markandeya Purana">Markandeya Purana</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Vedas#Upaveda" title="Vedas">Upavedas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dhanurveda" title="Dhanurveda">Dhanurveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gandharvaveda" class="mw-redirect" title="Gandharvaveda">Gandharvaveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sthapatyaveda" class="mw-redirect" title="Sthapatyaveda">Sthapatyaveda</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Shastra" title="Shastra">Shastras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sutra" title="Sutra">sutras</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Samhita" title="Samhita">samhitas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dharma%C5%9B%C4%81stra" title="Dharmaśāstra">Dharma Shastra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthashastra" title="Arthashastra">Artha Śastra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shilpa_Shastras" title="Shilpa Shastras">Shilpa Shastras</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kama_Sutra" title="Kama Sutra">Kama Sutra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brahma_Sutras" title="Brahma Sutras">Brahma Sutras</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Samkhya_Pravachana_Sutra" title="Samkhya Pravachana Sutra">Samkhya Sutras</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Purva_Mimamsa_Sutras" title="Purva Mimamsa Sutras">Mimamsa Sutras</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ny%C4%81ya_S%C5%ABtras" title="Nyāya Sūtras">Nyāya Sūtras</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vai%C5%9Be%E1%B9%A3ika_S%C5%ABtra" title="Vaiśeṣika Sūtra">Vaiśeṣika Sūtra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali" title="Yoga Sutras of Patanjali">Yoga Sutras</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pramana" title="Pramana">Pramana Sutras</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charaka_Samhita" title="Charaka Samhita">Charaka Samhita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sushruta_Samhita" title="Sushruta Samhita">Sushruta Samhita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Natya_Shastra" title="Natya Shastra">Natya Shastra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Panchatantra" title="Panchatantra">Panchatantra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naalayira_Divya_Prabandham" title="Naalayira Divya Prabandham">Naalayira Divya Prabandham</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tirumurai" title="Tirumurai">Tirumurai</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ramcharitmanas" title="Ramcharitmanas">Ramcharitmanas</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Vasistha" title="Yoga Vasistha">Yoga Vasistha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shiva_Swarodaya" title="Shiva Swarodaya">Swara yoga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Panchadasi" title="Panchadasi">Panchadasi</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Stotra" title="Stotra">Stotras</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_suktas_and_stutis" title="List of suktas and stutis">stutis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhashya" title="Bhashya">Bhashya</a> </div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kanakadhara_Stotra" title="Kanakadhara Stotra">Kanakadhara Stotra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shiva_Stuti" title="Shiva Stuti">Shiva Stuti</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vayu_Stuti" title="Vayu Stuti">Vayu Stuti</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_literature" title="Tamil literature">Tamil literature</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tirumurai" title="Tirumurai">Tirumurai</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naalayira_Divya_Prabandham" title="Naalayira Divya Prabandham">Naalayira Divya Prabandham</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tirumuruk%C4%81%E1%B9%9F%E1%B9%9Fuppa%E1%B9%ADai" title="Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai">Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tiruppukal" title="Tiruppukal">Tiruppukal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kural" title="Kural">Kural</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kamba_Ramayanam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamba Ramayanam">Kamba Ramayanam/Ramavataram</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Five_Great_Epics" title="Five Great Epics">Five Great Epics</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eighteen_Greater_Texts" title="Eighteen Greater Texts">Eighteen Greater Texts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eighteen_Lesser_Texts" title="Eighteen Lesser Texts">Eighteen Lesser Texts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athichudi" title="Athichudi">Athichudi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iraiyanar_Akapporul" title="Iraiyanar Akapporul">Iraiyanar Akapporul</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abirami_Antati" title="Abirami Antati">Abirami Antati</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thiruvilaiyadal_Puranam" title="Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam">Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vinayagar_Agaval" title="Vinayagar Agaval">Vinayagar Agaval</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed; border-bottom:1px dotted"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_texts" title="List of Hindu texts">Other texts</a></div></dt></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Hindu Culture & Society</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Society</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">Varna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaishya" title="Vaishya">Vaishya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shudra" title="Shudra">Shudra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">Dalit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C4%81ti" title="Jāti">Jāti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotra" title="Gotra">Gotra</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Hindu Art</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_art" title="Hindu art">Hindu art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_iconography" title="Hindu iconography">Hindu iconography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilpa_Shastras" title="Shilpa Shastras">Shilpa Shastras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasa_(aesthetics)" title="Rasa (aesthetics)">Rasa (aesthetics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_aesthetics" title="Indian aesthetics">Indian aesthetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yantra" title="Yantra">Yantra</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Hindu Architecture</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_architecture" title="Hindu architecture">Hindu architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple_architecture" title="Hindu temple architecture">Hindu temple architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vastu_shastra" title="Vastu shastra">Vastu shastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talamana" title="Talamana">Talamana</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; 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According to <i>Harivamsa</i>, <a href="/wiki/Ikshvaku" title="Ikshvaku">Ikshvaku</a> is considered the primogenitor of the dynasty of, and was granted the kingdom of Aryavarta by his father <a href="/wiki/Shraddhadeva_Manu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shraddhadeva Manu">Vaivasvata Manu</a>. Manu settled down in the <a href="/wiki/Aryavarta" class="mw-redirect" title="Aryavarta">Aryavarta</a> region after he survived the great flood. <a href="/wiki/A._K._Mozumdar" title="A. K. Mozumdar">A. K. Mozumdar</a> states that Manu is the one who built a city on the <a href="/wiki/Sarayu_River_(Ayodhya)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarayu River (Ayodhya)">Sarayu</a> (being the river that his mother Sanjana was the goddess of) and called it <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya_(Ramayana)" title="Ayodhya (Ramayana)">Ayodhya</a> meaning the 'invincible city'. This city served as the capital of many kings from the solar dynasty and is also believed to be the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEA.K.Mazumdar2008161_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEA.K.Mazumdar2008161-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some Hindu texts suggest Rishi <a href="/wiki/Marichi" title="Marichi">Marichi</a>, one of the seven sages and first human creations of <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a> as the progenitor of the dynasty. Marichi's eldest son <a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a> is said to have settled down in Kashmir (Kashyapa-Meru or Kashyameru). He also contributed to the verses of the Vedas. Later, <a href="/wiki/Vivasvan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivasvan">Vivasvan</a>, son of Kashyapa and Aditi, famously known as the Hindu god <a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a> married <a href="/wiki/Saranyu" class="mw-redirect" title="Saranyu">Saranyu</a> who was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Vishvakarman" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishvakarman">Vishvakarman</a>, the architect of devas. He had many children but Manu was given the responsibility of building the civilization and as a result it formed a dynasty that was named 'Suryavamsha' or the solar dynasty. Manu is also the progenitor of the Lunar Dynasty because he married his daughter <a href="/wiki/Ila_(Hinduism)" title="Ila (Hinduism)">Ila</a> to <a href="/wiki/Budha" title="Budha">Budha</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Chandra" title="Chandra">Chandra</a> or the moon god and the couple gave birth to the magnanimous King <a href="/wiki/Pururavas" title="Pururavas">Pururavas</a> who became the first king of the Chandravamsha, or the Lunar dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEA.K.Mazumdar2008159_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEA.K.Mazumdar2008159-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_claimants">Historical claimants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical claimants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the death of the powerful king <a href="/wiki/Pasenadi" title="Pasenadi">Prasenjit</a> and disappearance of his successor <a href="/wiki/Vi%E1%B8%8D%C5%AB%E1%B8%8Dabha" title="Viḍūḍabha">Viḍūḍabha</a> after defeating the <a href="/wiki/Shakya" title="Shakya">Shakyas</a>, the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Kosala" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosala">Kosala</a> declined. King Sumitra, who regarded himself to be the last Suryavamsha ruler, was defeated by the powerful emperor <a href="/wiki/Mahapadma_Nanda" title="Mahapadma Nanda">Mahapadma Nanda</a> of <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a> in 362 BCE. However, he wasn't killed, and fled to <a href="/wiki/Rohtas_Fort,_India" title="Rohtas Fort, India">Rohtas</a>, located in present-day <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bhagavata_Purana">Bhagavata Purana</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bhagavata Purana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ikshvaku and his ancestor Manu are also mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a> (Canto 9, Chapter 1), </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1157697682">.mw-parser-output .verse_translation .translated{padding-left:2em!important}@media only screen and (max-width:43.75em){.mw-parser-output .verse_translation.wrap_when_small td{display:block;padding-left:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .verse_translation.wrap_when_small .translated{padding-left:0.5em!important}}</style> <table role="presentation" class="verse_translation" style="margin-left:1em !important"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><div style="font-style:roman;text-align:left" lang="" class="poem"> <p>योऽसौ सत्यव्रतो नाम राजर्षिर्द्रविडेश्वर: ।<br /> ज्ञानं योऽतीतकल्पान्ते लेभे पुरुषसेवया ॥<br /> <br /> स वै विवस्वत: पुत्रो मनुरासीदिति श्रुतम् ।<br /> त्वत्तस्तस्य सुता:प्रोक्ता इक्ष्वाकुप्रमुखा नृपा: ॥<br /> <br /> yo ’sau satyavrato nāma<br /> rājarṣir draviḍeśvaraḥ<br /> jñānaṁ yo ’tīta-kalpānte<br /> lebhe puruṣa-sevayā<br /> <br /> sa vai vivasvataḥ putro<br /> manur āsīd iti śrutam<br /> tvattas tasya sutāḥ proktā<br /> ikṣvāku-pramukhā nṛpāḥ </p> </div> </td> <td class="translated"><div style="font-style:roman;text-align:left" lang="" class="poem"> <p>Satyavrata, the saintly king of <a href="/wiki/Dravida_kingdom" title="Dravida kingdom">Dravida kingdom</a>, received spiritual knowledge at the end of the last millennium by the grace of the Supreme.<br /> <br /> He became known as Vaivasvata Manu, the son of Vivasvān.<br /> <br /> In the next manvantara [period of Manu], I will have received this knowledge from you.<br /> <br /> I also understand that such kings as Ikṣvāku were his sons, as you have already explained. </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buddhism">Buddhism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Buddhism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Buddhist text, <a href="/wiki/Buddhava%E1%B9%83sa" title="Buddhavaṃsa">Buddhavaṃsa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81va%E1%B9%83sa" title="Mahāvaṃsa">Mahāvaṃsa</a> (II, 1–24) traces the origin of the <a href="/wiki/Shakya" title="Shakya">Shakyas</a> to king Okkaka (Pali equivalent to Sanskrit Ikshvaku) and gives their genealogy from Mahasammata, an ancestor of Okkaka. This list comprises the names of a number of prominent kings of the Ikshvaku dynasty, namely, <a href="/wiki/King_Mandhata" class="mw-redirect" title="King Mandhata">Mandhata</a> and Sagara.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The genealogy according to the Mahavamsa is as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Ikshvaku" title="Ikshvaku">Okkāka</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Okkāmukha</li> <li>Sivisamjaya</li> <li>Sihassara</li> <li>Jayasena</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sihahanu" title="Sihahanu">Sihahanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Auddhodana" title="Śuddhodana">Suddhodana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%81hula" title="Rāhula">Rāhula</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jainism">Jainism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Jainism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rishabha_teaching_Pottery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Rishabha_teaching_Pottery.jpg/200px-Rishabha_teaching_Pottery.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Rishabha_teaching_Pottery.jpg/300px-Rishabha_teaching_Pottery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Rishabha_teaching_Pottery.jpg/400px-Rishabha_teaching_Pottery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption>Medieval era Indian art depicting King Ikshvaku (Rishabhanatha) imparting the skill of pottery to his people.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Rishabhanatha" title="Rishabhanatha">Rishabhanatha</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a>, is identified with King Ikshvaku and the founder of the Ikshvaku dynasty. The earliest recorded reference to the Ikshvaku dynasty can be found in the <i>Swayambhustotra</i>, a Sanskrit epic poem composed by Acharya <a href="/wiki/Samantabhadra_(Jain_monk)" title="Samantabhadra (Jain monk)">Samantabhadra</a>, a Jain poet originally from <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>. The Swayambhustotra praises the 24 Tirthankaras, including Rishabhanatha, and mentions the lineage of the Ikshvaku dynasty: </p><p>Rishabhanatha or Ikshvaku, the first of the kings of the Ikshvaku dynasty, was the seeker of liberation, won over His senses to get established in the pure Self, independent, endured afflictions, and steadfast in His resolve. He relinquished the expanse of the faithful lady earth, clothed, as it were, up to the ocean, and embraced the noble asceticism.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ikshvaku" title="Ikshvaku">Ikshvaku</a> dynasty has a significant place in <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>, as twenty-two Tirthankaras were born in this dynasty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJain19912_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJain19912-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Origin <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rishabhanatha" title="Rishabhanatha">Rishabhanatha</a> (son of King <a href="/wiki/Nabhi" title="Nabhi">Nabhi</a>), the founder of <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> in the present <i><a href="/wiki/Avsarpini" class="mw-redirect" title="Avsarpini">Avasarpani</a></i> era (descending half time cycle as per Jain cosmology and <i><a href="/wiki/Manvantara" title="Manvantara">Manvantara</a></i> in hindu cosmology) is said to have founded the Ikshvaku dynasty. The name for the Ikshvaku dynasty comes from the word <i>ikhsu</i> (sugarcane), another name of Rishabhanatha,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJain19915_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJain19915-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because he taught people how to extract <i>ikshu-rasa</i> (sugarcane-juice).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShah200415_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShah200415-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharata_Chakravarti" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharata Chakravarti">Bharata Chakravarti</a> (first <a href="/wiki/Chakravartin" class="mw-redirect" title="Chakravartin">Chakravartin</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Bahubali" title="Bahubali">Bahubali</a> (first <a href="/wiki/Kamadeva" title="Kamadeva">Kamadeva</a>), sons of Rishabha</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Arkakirti</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marichi" title="Marichi">Marichi</a>, son of <a href="/wiki/Bharata_Chakravarti" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharata Chakravarti">Bharata</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of <a href="/wiki/Ajitanatha" title="Ajitanatha">Ajitanatha</a> <ul><li>Jitashatru (father of Ajitanatha) and his younger brother Sumitra (father of Sagara)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajitanatha" title="Ajitanatha">Ajitanatha</a> (the 2nd <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Sagara_(Vedic_king)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagara (Vedic king)">Sagara</a> (2nd Chakravartin)</li> <li>Janhu (eldest son of Sagara), the one who flooded village of Nagas with waters of <a href="/wiki/Ganga" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganga">Ganga</a> leading to turning of sixty thousand sons of Sagara into ashes by Jawalanprabha (emperor of Nagas)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagiratha" title="Bhagiratha">Bhagiratha</a> (eldest grandson of Sagara)</li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Sambhavanatha <ul><li>Jitari (father of Sambhavanatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sambhavanatha" title="Sambhavanatha">Sambhavanatha</a>, the 3rd <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Abhinandananatha <ul><li>Sanvara (father of Abhinandananatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhinandananatha" title="Abhinandananatha">Abhinandananatha</a>, the 4th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Sumatinatha <ul><li>Megha (father of Sumatinatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumatinatha" title="Sumatinatha">Sumatinatha</a>, the 5th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Padmaprabha <ul><li>Sidhara (father of Padmaprabha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmaprabha" title="Padmaprabha">Padmaprabha</a>, the 6th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Suparshvanatha <ul><li>Pratishtha (father of Suparshvanatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suparshvanatha" title="Suparshvanatha">Suparshvanatha</a>, the 7th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Chandraprabha <ul><li>Mahasena (father of Chanraprabha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandraprabha" title="Chandraprabha">Chandraprabha</a>, the 8th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Pushpadanta <ul><li>Sugriva (father of Pushpadanta)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushpadanta" title="Pushpadanta">Pushpadanta</a>, the 9th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Shitalanatha <ul><li>Dridharatha (father of Shitalnatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shitalanatha" title="Shitalanatha">Shitalanatha</a>, the 10th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Shreyanasanatha <ul><li>Vishnu (father of Shreyanasanatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shreyanasanatha" class="mw-redirect" title="Shreyanasanatha">Shreyanasanatha</a>, the 11th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Vasupujya <ul><li>Vasupujya (father of Tirthankara Vasupujya)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasupujya" title="Vasupujya">Vasupujya</a>, the 12th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Vimalanatha <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kritavarma" title="Kritavarma">Kritavarma</a> (father of Vimalanatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vimalanatha" title="Vimalanatha">Vimalanatha</a>, the 13th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Anantanatha <ul><li>Simhasena (father of Anantanatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anantanatha" title="Anantanatha">Anantanatha</a>, the 14th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Dharmanatha <ul><li>Bhanu (father of Dharmanatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmanatha" title="Dharmanatha">Dharmanatha</a>, the 15th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Shantinatha <ul><li>Vishvasena (father of Shantinatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantinatha" title="Shantinatha">Shantinatha</a>, the 16th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a> and 5th Chakravarti</li> <li>Chakrayudha, son of Shantinatha</li> <li>Kuruchandra, son of Chakrayudha<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Kunthunatha <ul><li>Sura (father of Kunthunatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunthunatha" title="Kunthunatha">Kunthunatha</a>, the 17th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a> and 6th Chakravarti</li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Aranatha <ul><li>Sudarsana (father of Aranatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aranatha" title="Aranatha">Arahnatha</a>, the 18th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a> and 7th Chakravarti</li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Mallinatha <ul><li>Kumbha (father of Mallinatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ll%C4%ABn%C4%81tha" class="mw-redirect" title="Māllīnātha">Māllīnātha</a>, the 19th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of <a href="/wiki/Munisuvrata" title="Munisuvrata">Munisuvrata</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dasharatha" title="Dasharatha">Dasharatha</a> (father of Rama)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_in_Jainism" title="Rama in Jainism">Padma/Rama</a>, the 8th <a href="/wiki/Balabhadra" title="Balabhadra">Balabhadra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmana#Jainism" title="Lakshmana">Lakshmana</a>, the 8th <a href="/wiki/Salakapurusa#Triad_of_Baladeva,_Vasudeva_and_Prativasudeva" class="mw-redirect" title="Salakapurusa">Vasudeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kusha_(Ramayana)" title="Kusha (Ramayana)">Madanankusha</a> (son of Rama)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lava_(Ramayana)" title="Lava (Ramayana)">Anangalavana</a> (son of Rama)</li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Naminatha <ul><li>Vijaya (father of Naminatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naminatha" title="Naminatha">Naminatha</a>, the 21st <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Parshvanatha <ul><li>Asvasena (father of Parshvanatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parshvanatha" title="Parshvanatha">Parshvanatha</a>, the 23rd <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li> <li>at the time of Mahavira <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siddartha_of_Kundgraam" class="mw-redirect" title="Siddartha of Kundgraam">Siddhartha</a> (father of Mahavira)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavira" title="Mahavira">Mahavira</a>, the 24th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rulers">Rulers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rulers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ancestors_of_Rama" title="Ancestors of Rama">Ancestors of Rama</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ikshvaku_dynasty_kings_in_Hinduism" title="List of Ikshvaku dynasty kings in Hinduism">List of Ikshvaku dynasty kings in Hinduism</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suryavanshi_Kings_before_Lord_Rama">Suryavanshi Kings before Lord <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Suryavanshi Kings before Lord Rama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-small" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Vaivasvata_Manu" title="Vaivasvata Manu">Vaivasvata Manu</a> or Satyavrata or <a href="/wiki/Nabhi" title="Nabhi">Nabhi</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikshvaku" title="Ikshvaku">Ikshvaku</a></li> <li>Kukshi<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or Vikukshi<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or Śaśāda</li> <li>Bāna or Shakuni</li> <li>Kakutstha or Puranjaya (Purañjaya) or Anaranya I</li> <li>Anena (Anenā)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Prithu (Pṛthu)</li> <li>Vishtarashva (Viṣṭarāśva), Visvarandhi, or Viśvagandhi</li> <li>Chandra (Cāndra-yuvanāśva)</li> <li>Yuvanashva I (Yuvanāśva)</li> <li>Shravasta (Śrāvasta)</li> <li>Brihadashva (Bṛhadaśva)</li> <li>Dhundumār (Dhundhumāra) or Kuvalayashva (Kuvalayāśva)</li> <li>Dhreedhashva (Dṛḍhāśva) or Kapilashva (Kapilāśva) or Bhadrashva (Bhadrāśva)</li> <li>Pramoda</li> <li>Haryashva I</li> <li>Nikumbha</li> <li>Baharnashva (Barhaṇāśva)</li> <li>Giritashva</li> <li>Amitashva (Amitāśva)</li> <li>Krishashva (Kṛśāśva) or Akrutashva</li> <li>Prasenajit I</li> <li>Yuvanashva II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandhatri" title="Mandhatri">Mandhata</a></li> <li>Purukutsa I (or Vasuda) and <a href="/wiki/Muchukunda" title="Muchukunda">Muchukunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambarisha" title="Ambarisha">Ambarisha</a></li> <li>Trasadasyu</li> <li>Sambhruta</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anaranya" title="Anaranya">Anaranya</a> II</li> <li>Preeshadashva</li> <li>Haryashva II</li> <li>Hastya</li> <li>Sumana</li> <li>Tridhanva</li> <li>Trayyaruni</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trishanku" title="Trishanku">Trishanku</a> or Satyavrata II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishchandra" title="Harishchandra">Harishchandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohitashva" title="Rohitashva">Rohitashva</a></li> <li>Harita</li> <li>Chanchu</li> <li>Chakshu or Sudeva</li> <li>Vijaya</li> <li>Ruruka or Brahuka</li> <li>Pratapendra</li> <li>Bruka</li> <li>Sushandhi</li> <li>Bahuka</li> <li>Vrika or Bharata II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahu_(Bahuka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahu (Bahuka)">Bahu</a> or Asita</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Sagara" class="mw-redirect" title="King Sagara">Sagara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amshuman" title="Amshuman">Amshuman</a></li> <li>Dilipa I</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagiratha" title="Bhagiratha">Bhagiratha</a></li> <li>Suhotra</li> <li>Shruti</li> <li>Kukutsa II</li> <li>Raghu I</li> <li>Nabhaga</li> <li>Ambarisha II</li> <li>Shindhudvipa</li> <li>Ayutayu</li> <li>Pratayu</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rituparna" title="Rituparna">Rituparna</a></li> <li>Sarvakama I</li> <li>Sudasa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmashapada" title="Kalmashapada">Kalmashapada</a></li> <li>Asmaka (Aśmaka)</li> <li>Mulaka or Sarvakama II</li> <li>Dasharatha I</li> <li>Ilibil or Ananaranya III</li> <li>Vishvamashaha</li> <li>Nidhna</li> <li>Animitra (Anamitra)</li> <li>Duliduh or Mūlaka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dil%C4%ABpa" title="Dilīpa">Dilipa II</a> or Dirghabhahu or Khaṭvāṅga</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghu" title="Raghu">Raghu II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aja_of_Kosala" title="Aja of Kosala">Aja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dasharatha" title="Dasharatha">Dasharatha</a> II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharata_(Ramayana)" title="Bharata (Ramayana)">Bharata</a> III</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Suryavanshi_Kings_after_Lord_Rama">Suryavanshi Kings after Lord <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Suryavanshi Kings after Lord Rama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col div-col-small" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Kusha_(Ramayana)" title="Kusha (Ramayana)">Kusha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lava_(Ramayana)" title="Lava (Ramayana)">Lava</a></li> <li>Atithi</li> <li>Nishadha</li> <li>Nala II</li> <li>Nabhas</li> <li>Paundrika</li> <li>Kshemadhanva</li> <li>Devanika</li> <li>Ahinagu</li> <li>Ruru</li> <li>Pariyatra</li> <li>Sala</li> <li>Dala</li> <li>Bala</li> <li>Uktha</li> <li>Sahasrasva</li> <li>Para II</li> <li>Chandravaloka</li> <li>Rudraksh</li> <li>Chandragiri</li> <li>Banuchandra</li> <li>Srutayu</li> <li>Uluka</li> <li>Unnabha</li> <li>Vajranabha</li> <li>Sankhana</li> <li>Vyusitasva</li> <li>Visvasaha</li> <li>Hiranyanabha Kausalya</li> <li>Para III</li> <li>Brahmistha</li> <li>Putra</li> <li>Pusya</li> <li>Arthasidhi</li> <li>Dhruvasandhi</li> <li>Sudarsana</li> <li>Agnivarna</li> <li>Sighraga</li> <li>Maru</li> <li>Parsusruta</li> <li>Susandhi</li> <li>Amarsana</li> <li>Mahasvana</li> <li>Sahasvana</li> <li>Visrutvana</li> <li>Visvabhava</li> <li>Visvasahva</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagnajit" title="Nagnajit">Nagnajit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihadbala" title="Brihadbala">Brihadbala</a></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosala_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosala Kingdom">Kosala Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikshvaku" title="Ikshvaku">Ikshvaku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_dynasty" title="Lunar dynasty">Lunar dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_empires_and_dynasties" title="List of Hindu empires and dynasties">List of Hindu empires and dynasties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Jain_states_and_dynasties" title="List of Jain states and dynasties">List of Jain states and dynasties</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solar_dynasty&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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