A son of Kashyapa and Vinata, who was present at Arjuna’s birth celebrations, as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 122 verse 72.

One of the narrators of the Mahabharata. Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata as a lakh granthas and taught it to his son Shuka. Then he taught it to his other disciples and Narada. Narada taught it to the devas, Devala taught it to the pitr and Shuka taught it to the Gandharvas, Yakshas, and Vaishambayana taught it to humans, as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 1, verses 107-108.

He was present at Janamejaya’s sarpasatra as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 53 verse 8. He was also at Yudhishtira’s coronation along with Vyasa and Narada, as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 53 verse 10.

A ritwik in Janamejaya’s sarpasatra. Bhargava, Kautsa, Jaimini, Shanrngara, Pingadha, Vyasa, Uddalaka, Pramathaka, Shwetaketu, Asita, Devala, Narada, Parvata, Atreya, Kundajara, Kalakhada, Vatsya, Kohala, Devasharma, Moulgalya, Samasaurabha were the chief ritwiks as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 53.

Asita, Devala, Vaishambayana, Sumantu, Jaimini were Vyasa’s disciples, as per Devibhagavata Pradhamaskanda. According to Brahmavaivartapurana, Devala was born to Asita by the blessings of Shiva. Once Asita described the fundamentals of reincarnation to Janaka, as per Brahmandapurana Chapter 47.

An ancient king. As per the Sankhyanasutra, he wrote the Asuravidyaveda.

Also known as Devala. See Devala or Jaigishavya.

A devastri who was present at Arjuna’s birth celebrations, as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 122 verse 63.

A chandravanshi king, and son of Ashwamedhas, as per Bhagavata Navamaskanda.

A wife of Daksha, son of Brahma. Daksha first created a lot of beings from his mind. When they proved futile for furthering his race, he had to rethink this and finally decided to marry Askini, daughter of Prajapati Virana. As per the Bhagavata Shashthaskanda Askini was given to him by Vishnu when he was meditating in the Vindhyas. Five thousand Haryashvas were born to Daksha and Askini. They too wanted to continue the race, Narada told them that they were too young and hadn’t even seen the world. He asked them that though they could roam freely, why had they never bothered to see the ends of the world. On hearing this, the Haryashvas set out, but never came back.

Askini then gave birth to six thousand Shabalashvas. They too were misled by Narada, and never came back. Daksha was angered and cursed Narada. Askini then gave birth to sixty girls. He married 10 of them to Dharma, 13 to Kashyapa,  27 to Soma, 4 to Arishtanemi, 2 to bahuputra, 2 to Angiras, and 2 to Krishashva. Dharma’s wives were Arundhati, Vasu, Yami, Lamba, Bhanu, Marutvati, Sankalpa, Muhurtha, Sadhya, Vishwa. Vishwa gave birth to the Vishwadevas, Sadhya to Sadhyas, Vasu to Vasus, Marutvati to the Marutas, Bhanu to Bhanus, Muhurtha to Devas. From Lamba was born Ghosha and from Yama was born Nagaveedhi as per Vishnupurana Ansh 1 Chapter 15 and Bhagavata Shashthaskanda.

Also known as Chenab or Chandrabhaga. It flows in the Punjab and has been mentioned in the Rigveda and Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 9 verse 23.

A suryavanshi king and son of Sagara.

Sagara married Keshini and Sumati. After they were childless for a long while, the disappointed king went away with his wives to meditate in Bhriguprashravana, a holy place in the Himalayas. After a hundred years, Bhrigu appeared and blessed him. Bhrigu said that his first wife would give him an evil son and his other wife would give him 6000 sons. Accordingly, after a few years, Keshini gave birth to Asamanjas and Sumati gave birth to a lump of flesh, which split into 6000 children, as per Ramayana Balakanda Sarga 83.

Asamanjas was an evil man and used to drown babies in the Sarayu river. He was hated by the subjects and finally, his father threw him out of the palace. But Asamanjas’ son was Anshuman, who was loved by his subjects, as per Ramayana Balakanda Sarga 38.