The progeny of Vaivasvata Manu - Verse 20

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 60 · Verse 20

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Sanskrit Original

दशधा तदधात्क्षत्त्रमकरोत्पृथिवीमिमाम। इक्ष्वाकुरेव दायादो भागं दशममाप्तवान।।

daśadhā tadadhātkṣattramakarotpṛthivīmimām| ikṣvākureva dāyādo bhāgaṃ daśamamāptavān||

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Sūta continued: They were Utkala, Vinata and Gaya. Utkala acquired the realm Utkala and Vinata got the western territory. Gaya, royal saint, acquired the city Gayā in the eastern direction. After creating the progeny, when Manu entered the sun (i.e. passed away), he divided the Earth into ten parts each under a Kṣatriya. (?) The heir Ikṣvāku got the tenth portion.

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