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  2. Janamejaya - Wikipedia

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    Janamejaya (Sanskrit: जनमेजय) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period. [1] Along with his father and predecessor Parikshit, he played a decisive role in the consolidation of the Kuru state, the arrangement of Vedic hymns into collections, and the development of the orthodox srauta ritual, transforming the Kuru realm into the dominant political and cultural part ...

  3. Parikshit - Wikipedia

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    King Parikshit hunting Parikshit was crowned by Yudhisthira. Parikshit is the son of Abhimanyu and Uttara, and grandson of Arjuna. [15] [16] According to the Shatapatha Brahmana (XIII.5.4), Parikshita had four sons, Janamejaya, Bhimasena, Ugrasena and Śrutasena. All of them performed the Asvamedha Yajna. [17]

  4. List of Puru and Yadu dynasties - Wikipedia

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    Yadu had a son named Kroshta whose descendant was Krishna. Once, Satvata and his son Bhima caught hold of Lord Rama's Ashwamedha sacrifice horse and then they were defeated by Hanuman and Shatrughna and the Yadava Kingdom was given to Ikshvaku Dynasty. Rama then gave the kingdom to Shatrughna's son Subahu before his journey to Vaikunta.

  5. Sarpa Satra - Wikipedia

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    Sarpayaga from Razmnama. When King Janamejaya wanted to know the reasons for his father Parikshit's death, details were made known by his council of Ministers. [16] Uttanka, one of the priests in the court of Janamejaya, who had also been cheated by Takshaka, gave a detailed account of Parikshit's death and urged Janamejaya to take revenge by holding the snake sacrifice. [17]

  6. List of Kuru kings - Wikipedia

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    Parikshit II; Janamejaya III; Bheemasena; Pratiksha; Pratipa; Shantanu; Chitrāngada (son of Shantanu, who was killed prematurely. Bhishma, who was the eldest son of the Shantanu and Ganga; had functioned as the regent of the Kurus, under Chitrāngada, Vichitravirya, Pandu and Dhritarashtra II) Vichitravirya (younger brother of Chitrāngada ...

  7. Kuru kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Kuru kingdom became a dominant political and cultural force in the middle Vedic Period during the reigns of Parikshit and Janamejaya, [5] but declined in importance during the late Vedic period (c. 900 – c. 500 BCE) and had become "something of a backwater" [7] by the Mahajanapada period in the 5th century BCE.

  8. List of characters in the Mahabharata - Wikipedia

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    Janamejaya was a Kuru king and a descendant of Arjuna. He was the son of Parikshit and the grandson of Abhimanyu and Uttarā. He performed a snake sacrifice called Sarpa Satra to avenge his father's death, who was killed by Takshaka, Arjuna's naga enemy. Astika, son of Manasa, stopped the sacrifice.

  9. Takshaka - Wikipedia

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    The snake sacrifice of Janamejaya as Astika tries to stop it. When Parikshit was cursed by a sage's son to die by a snake bite for insulting his father, Takshaka came to fulfil the curse. Takshaka did the deed by approaching in disguise (1,50) and biting Parikshit, the grandson of Arjuna and thus slaying him, while he was meditating on Lord Vishnu.