Solar and Lunar Lines in the Mahabharata
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https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v5i1/2.127Keywords:
line, lunar, Mahābhārata, moon, putrikā, royal, solar, sunAbstract
This paper discusses ancestral genealogies descending from the moon and the sun, as found in the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, and the Ramayana. In particular, the paper explores changes in the way that the ancestry of the Bharata kings was reckoned, and shows how certain narratives may be understood in terms of those changes.
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