Lineages of Budha

King Soma received a son named Budha from the womb of Tārā.^[1] Then Budha received a son named Purūravā from the womb of Ila.^[2] Apsarā Urvaśī impressed by Pururavā and accepted him as her husband.^[3] Urvasi gave birth to eight sons named Āyu, Dṛdāyu, Aśvāyu, Dhanāyu, Dhṛtimān, Vasu, Śucividya and Śatāyu by connection with Pururavā. Among them Āyu had five sons named Nahuṣa, Vṛddhśarmā, Raji, Dambha and Vippma.^[4] Among them Nahuṣa had seven righteous sons named Yati, Yayāti, Sanyāti, Udbhava, Pāci, Śaryāti and Meghjāti. Among them the eldest Yati became a yogi inhis youth by assuming the form of Vaikhānasa, then the second son Yayāti always took care of the state by taking shelter of the only religion. At that time, Śarmiṣṭhā, daughter of demon King Vṛsparvā and Devayānī, daughter of Śukrācārya, were both wives of Yayāti. Five sons of King Yayāti were born from their wombs. Devayānī gave birth to two sons named Yadu and Turvasu and three sons named Druhya, Anu and Puru were born from Śarmiṣṭhā. Among them, both Yadu and Puru–were the ones who expanded the dynasty.^[5]

Yādava dynasty originated by Yadu. The lineages of Turvasu (resident from the frontier of the Greeks) called Yavana. The sons of Druhya became famous as Bhoja and Anu produced the sons who became famous as Mleccha . The Pururava dynasty continued from Puru. For thousands of years, this state has been included in the Kurukula , that is, it has become famous as Kuru dynasty.^[6]