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Vena

The king who forbade all sacrifice and gifts and claimed that a king contains every god. The sages killed him with blades of sacred grass; from his right arm they produced his son Prithu.

Sources: The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840); The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Vena's web

Relations 1

Vena parent of

Prithu (King) · Prithu milks the Earth
Prithu is produced by the sages from the right arm of the dead Vena.

Stories 1

Prithu milks the Earth
Legend · as the impious father · 5 tellings

Cited

The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) § 1.13 Primary text (translation)
The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § shanti.59 Primary text (translation)