Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Sharyati included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Story of Śaryāti
A son of Vaivasvata Manu.
General.
Ikṣvāku, Nābhāga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Prāṃśu, Nṛga, Diṣṭa, Karūṣa and Pṛṣadhra were sons of Vaivasvata Manu. Śaryāti had a son called Ānarta and a daughter called Sukanyā, who was married by the aged and blind Cyavana, and a son named Pramati was born to the couple. (See under Cyavana).
Other information.
(i) Śaryāti lives in Yama’s court worshipping him. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 8, Verse 14).
(ii) Cyavana performed for Śaryāti his yajña at which the Aśvinīkumāras, in disobedience of Indra, drank Somarasa. (Vana Parva, Chapter 124).
(iii) Two famous Kings, Haihaya and Tālajaṅgha were born in Śaryāti’s dynasty. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 30, Verse 6).