connections b/w ramayan n mahabharat - Page 6

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

In that case, how about Dhrishtadyumna? 😊

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

We know that during the dwapar yuga and Krishna and the Pandavas, Brihadbala, a descendant of Kush, was the ruler of Ayodhya and the contemporary surya-vansh raja, who fought in the Kurukshetra war and was killed by Abhimanyu shortly before the latter himself was killed.

Question: who was the contemporary of Rama in the Chandravansh, among the ancestors of Krishna and the Pandavas? Did Chandravansh exist at the time? Did Hastinapur exist? Anyone knows at what point in history did the Chandravansh eclipse the Suryavansh as the premier dynasty in Aryavarta? Majesty?

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

We know that during the dwapar yuga and Krishna and the Pandavas, Brihadbala, a descendant of Kush, was the ruler of Ayodhya and the contemporary surya-vansh raja, who fought in the Kurukshetra war and was killed by Abhimanyu shortly before the latter himself was killed.

Question: who was the contemporary of Rama in the Chandravansh, among the ancestors of Krishna and the Pandavas? Did Chandravansh exist at the time? Did Hastinapur exist? Anyone knows at what point in history did the Chandravansh eclipse the Suryavansh as the premier dynasty in Aryavarta? Majesty?

Originally posted by: Aradhana87

Wow thank you for sharing so much knowledge!😊

Another similarity might be the fire (agni). Sitaji gave agnipariksha and draupadi was born from the fire.

Originally posted by: *king*

Vaivasvata Manu had nine sons. Their names were Ikshvaku, Nabhaga, Arishta, Karusha and Prishadhra. Manu also had a daughter named Ila, from whom the lunar dynasty originated.

Ikshvaku's son was Vikukshi and this was the line of Kakutstha. In this line was born Rama, of Ramayana fame.

The names of several kings of the solar dynasty are given. But these are merely a catalog of names.
In case of The Lunar Dynasty
Budha was the son of the moon-god Chandra. Budha married Ila and they had a son named Pururava.

Pururava married the apsara Urvashi and they had six sons. One of these sons was Ayu and amongst Ayu's descendants was a king named Yayati.

Yayati had two wives. The first was Devayani, daughter of Shukracharya, the preceptor of the demons. The second wife was named Sharmishtha and she was the daughter of Vrishaparva, the king of the danavas. Yayati and Devayani had two sons, Yadu and Tursavu. Yayati and Sharmishtha had three sons, Druhya, Anu and Puru. When it became time for Yayati to retire to the forest, he gave puru the bulk of the kingdom and Puru's descendants came to be known as the Pauravas. Yadu was given some land towards the south-west and his descendants were the Yadavas. Turvasu ruled to the south-east, Druhya to the west and Anu to the north.

One of Yadu's descendants was the king Kritavirya and Kritavirya's son became famous as Kartavirya Arjuna. he had a thousand arms and was the most skilled of fighters. He eventually met his death at the hands of Parashurama.

Kartavirya Arjuna had several hundred sons. But the five most important ones were Shura, Shurasena, Krishna, Dhrishna and Jayadvaja. Jayadvaja was devoted to Vishnu, but his brothers were more inclined towards the worship of Shiva.

*king*