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A race of kings descended from the sun. Their history is recorded in the Purán̤s.
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सूर्य—वंश m. m. the solar race of kings (
i.e. the royal dynasty of राम-चन्द्र, king of अयोध्या, hero of the रामायण, who was descended from इक्ष्वाकु son of वैवस्वतमनु, son of the Sun ; many Rājput tribes still claim to belong to this race; it is one of the two great lines of kings, the other being called ‘lunar’ See चन्द्र-व्°), [Kṣitîś.] ; [Buddh.]
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A race of kings descended from the sun.
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SŪRYAVAṀŚA An important dynasty of ancient Bhārata. It is stated in [Devībhāgavata, Skandha 7] , as follows about the origin of this Solar dynasty. The Lord of creation Brahmā originated from the lotus in the navel of Viṣṇu. That Brahmā did penance for ten thousand years and pleased Parāśakti, the great goddess of power, and started creation. First of all he created seven mental sons. Of them Marīci became expert in creation. Prajāpati Kaśyapa the son of Marīci became a greater expert. The Sun is the son of Kaśyapa. Nine sons named Ikṣvāku, Nābhāga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Prāṁśu, Nṛga, Diṣṭa, Karūṣa and Pṛṣadhra were born to the Sun. Of these Ikṣvāku became King. This line of Kings born from the Sun is called Sūryavaṁśa (Solar dynasty). (See the Genealogy).
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