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In Hindu texts, the Puru and Yadu Dynasties are the descendants of legendary King Pururavas who was a famous Hindu ruler in the Treta Yuga. Pururavas was the son of Ila and Budha . Some of the dynasties' important members were Yayati , Yadu , King Puru , Turvasu, Druhyu and Anu.
The Haihayas were an ancient confederacy of five ganas (clans), who were believed to have descended from a common ancestor, Yadu. These five clans are Vitihotra, Sharyata, Bhoja, Avanti and Tundikera. The five Haihaya clans called themselves the Talajanghas [8] According to the Puranas, Haihaya was the grandson of Sahasrajit, son of Yadu. [7]
Yadu (Sanskrit: यदु, romanized: Yadu) is the founder of the Yadu dynasty in Hinduism. [1] He is described to be the eldest son of King Yayati , and his queen, Devayani . [ 2 ] He married five daughters of Nāga king.
Yadu: Of Indo-Aryan origin,Yadu is one of the five early Rigvedic tribes (panchajana, panchakrishtya or panchamanusha) mentioned in the Rigveda. [4] [5] [6] The Yadus had a tribal union with the Turvasha tribe, and were frequently described together. [7] [8] [page needed] The Yadus were a Aryan tribe. [6]
The term Yadav (or Yadava) has been interpreted to mean "a descendant of Yadu," who is a mythological king. [18]Using "very broad generalisations", Jayant Gadkari says that it is "almost certain" from analysis of the Puranas that Andhaka, Vrishni, Satvata and Abhira were collectively known as Yadavas and worshipped Krishna.
The Haihayas (Sanskrit: हैहय) were an ancient confederacy of five ganas (clans), who claimed their common ancestry from Yadu. According to the Harivamsha Purana (34.1898) Haihaya was the great-grandson of Yadu and grandson of Sahasrajit. [1] In the Vishnu Purana (IV.11), all the five Haihaya clans are mentioned together as the ...
The Irunkōvēl kings trace their lineage to the clan of Krishna; one of the inscriptions at Kodumbalur belonging to one of the kings in the Irunkovel line, namely Tennavan Irunkōvēl. [12] [19] The Moovar Koil record of Irukkuvel chief Boothi Vikramakesari lauds his father, Samarabirama, as Yadu-vamsa-ketu (Banner of the Yadu race).
The name is probably derived from the name of their second ruler, "Seunachandra". The "Sevuna" (or Seuna) name was brought back into use by John Faithfull Fleet in his 1894 book The dynasties of the Kanarese districts of the Bombay Presidency from the earliest historical times to the Musalman conquest of A.D. 1318 .