Appears in the Atharvaveda as a king in whose realm, that of the Kurus, prosperity and peace abound. The verses in which he is celebrated are later called Pāriksityafy, and the Brāhmanas explain that Agni is pari-ksit because he dwells among men. Hence Roth and Bloomfield regard Pariksit in the Atharvaveda not as a human king at all. This may be correct, but it is not certain. Both Zimmer and Oldenberg recognize Pariksit as a real king, a view supported by the fact that in the later Vedic literature King Janamejaya bears the patronymic Pāriksita. If this be so, Pariksit belonged to the later period, since the Atharvan passage in which his name occurs is certainly late, and none of the other Samhitās know Pariksit at all. The Epic makes him grandfather of Pratisravas and great-grandfather of Pratīpa, and Zimmer, probably with justice, compares the Prātisutvana and Pratīpa found in another late Atharvan passage.8 But Devāpi and Santanu cannot be brought into connexion with Pratīpa.
noun (masculine) name of a king of Ayodhyā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Avikṣit and brother of Janam (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Kuru and father of another Janaṃjeya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an ancient king (son of Abhimanyu and father of Janamejaya) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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