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Reading through the
scriptures, I came across through many names which ended in "Dhwaj", so it
made me curious to write all those names here at one place --
Dharmdhwaj -
Seeradhwaj's (Seetaa's father) son was Kushdhwaj and Kushdhwaj's son was
Dhramdhwaj - see
Bhaagvat Puraan, 9/7. Dharmdhwaj had two
sons - Kritdhwaj and Mitdhwaj. They were all in
Nimi Vansh.
Dharmdhwaj
There was one Dharmdhwaj King whose daughter was
Tulasee. She was married to Shankhchood Asur.
(Shiv Puraan)
Hansdhwaj -
The King of Champak Puree. Tries to capture Yudhishthir's Ashwamedh Yagya
horse in the hope to capture Krishn. His 5th son was Sudhanvaa who was a
great Bhakt of Krishn. When Hansdhwaj orders everybody to go for war and
who will not go there will be put in boiling oil, his own son Sudhanvaa
gets late, so his father orders to put him in the boiling oil. Sudhanvaa
jumps in it taking Krishn's name and does not get hurt.
Jayadhwaj -
Jayadhwaj was one of the 100 sons of Sahastrabaahu (Sahastraarjun). He was
one of the five sons of Arjun whom Parashuraam Jee left alive. See
Parashuraam Jee and Sahastraarjun's
Sons
Keshidhwaj -
In Seeradhwaj and Seetaa's family. Dharmdhwaj had two sons - Kritdhwaj and Mitdhwaj.
see Bhaagvat Puraan, 9/7.
Kritdhwaj had a son named Keshidhwaj. They were all in
Nimi Vansh.
Kritdhwaj -
In Seeradhwaj and Seetaa's family. Dharmdhwaj had two sons - Kritdhwaj and
Mitdhwaj. see Bhaagvat
Puraan, 9/7. Kritdhwaj had a son named Keshidhwaj. They were all in
Nimi Vansh.
Kushdhwaj -
Son of Seeradhwaj (King Janak, father of Seetaa and Urmilaa) and his son was
Kushdhwaj and Kushdhwaj's son was Dharmdhwaj - see
Bhaagvat Puraan, 9/7.
They were all in
Nimi Vansh.
Makardhwaj -
Makardhwaj was the son of Hanumaan from a she-crocodile - read
"Hanumaan Meets His Son".
Mayoordhwaj
Mayoordhwaj was the King of a country in North. He had a son named
Taamradhwaj (or Suchitra)
Mitdhwaj -
In Seeradhwaj and Seetaa's family. Dharmdhwaj had two sons - Kritdhwaj and
Mitdhwaj. see Bhaagvat
Puraan, 9/7. They were all in
Nimi Vansh.
Moradhwaj -
Raajaa Moradhwaj name comes in Satya Naaraayan Kathaa, that he pleased
Bhagavaan by cutting his son by a saw..
Neeldhwaj
King of Maahishmatee Nagaree. His son Praveer capture Yudhihthir's Ashwamedh
Yagya, but is defeated. Neeldhwaj and his wife Jwaalaa had a daughter named
Swaahaa who was married to Agni.
Ritdhwaj -
Ritdhwaj is in the lineage of Pururavaa (Chandra Vansh). Pururavaa ->
Aayu ->Kshatravriddh ->Suhotra -> -> Dhanvantari -> ->
Dyumaan. This Dyumaan was known with several names - Pratardan, Shatrujit,
Vats, Ritdhwaj, Kuvalaaksh.
[Bhaagvat Puraan,
9/10]
Sanadhwaj -
He was also in the
Nimi Vansh - Raaajaa Janak's Vansh (Nimi Vansh). He was born after Keshidhwaj
(Bhaanumaan, then Shatadyumn, and then Shuchi) and Shuchi's son was Sanadhwaj -
see Bhaagvat Puraan, 9/7.
Seeradhwaj -
King Janak, the father of Seetaa and Urmilaa - see
Bhaagvat Puraan, 9/7.
Seeradhwaj's son was Kushdhwaj and Kushdhwaj's son was Dharmdhwaj. They were all
in Nimi Vansh.
Taamradhwaj
Son of Mayoordhwaj, also called Suchitra.
Vrishdhwaj
Son of Karn. Arjun goes with Yudhishthir's horse taking him along.
Names Ending With Ketu
Chitraketu -
His reference comes in
Bhaagvat Puraan, 6/6;. A king of Shoorsen Desh.
Oordhwaketu -
He was in the Nimi Vansh - Raaajaa Janak's Vansh (Nimi Vansh). He was the son of
Sanadhwaj - see Bhaagvat
Puraan, 9/7.
Vrishketu
Son of Karn
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