Solar dynasty

According to the Puranic literature, Suryavansh or the Solar dynasty or

the Ikshvaku dynasty is an ancient and one of the oldest dynasties of
India. The sun god Surya, also known as Vivasvan is considered the
primogenitor of Suryavansh and his son Vaivasvata Manu is the progenitor
of humanity according to the Hindu texts. However, it was the
magnanimous King Ikshvaku of the ancient kingdom of Kosala who
became the first chakravarti or the universal ruler when he conquered far
distant lands of Āryāvarta and established a formidable empire. Thus, the
The Ramayana was adopted by
dynasty derived his name and was also called Ikshvaku dynasty.[1] Lord
several Asian cultures. This Thai
Rama belonged to the Suryavansha or Ikshvaku dynasty.[2] Twenty-two out
artwork shows the battle of Rama
of the twenty-four Jain Tirthankara belonged to this dynasty.[3] According and Ravana.
to the Buddhist texts, Prince Siddhartha belonged to this dynasty. The
dynasty is also known as Raghuvansha or Raghu-kula because of King
Raghu who was the great grandson of Ikshavaku and great grandfather of Lord Rama.

The prominent kings and emperors belonging to this royal house are Mandhatri , Muchukunda , Ambarisha , Dilīpa,
Raghu, Aja, Dasharatha, Rama, Bahubali, Harishchandra, Dilīpa, Sagara,[4] Raghu, Rama and Pasenadi. Although,
both the Hindu Puranas and the Buddhist texts include Shuddodhana, Gautama Buddha and Rahula in their accounts
of the Ikshvaku dynasty, but according to the Buddhist texts, Mahasammata, an ancestor of Ikshvaku was the founder
of this dynasty,[5] who was elected by the people as the first king of the present era. According to the Puranas, supreme
preceptor of the Ikshvaku dynasty was sage Vashishta.

Contents
In Buddhism
In Jainism
See also
References
Citations
Sources

In Buddhism
The Buddhist text, Buddhavamsa and Mahavamsa (II, 1-24) traces the origin of the Shakyas to king Okkaka (Pali
equivalent to Sanskrit Ikshvaku) and gives their genealogy from Mahasammata, an ancestor of Okkaka. This list
comprises the names of a number of prominent kings of the Ikshvaku dynasty, namely, Mandhata and Sagara.[6] The
genealogy according to the Mahavamsa is as follows:[7][8]

1. Okkāka[9]
2. Okkāmukha
3. Sivisamjaya
4. Sihassara
5. Jayasena
 6. Sihahanu
7. Suddhodana
8. Gautama Buddha
9. Rāhula

In Jainism
The Ikshvaku dynasty has a significant place in Jainism, as twenty-two Tirthankaras were born in this dynasty.[10]

Origin

Rishabhanatha (son of King Nabhi), the founder of Jainism in the present Avasarpani era (descending half
time cycle as per Jain cosmology) is said to have founded the Ikshvaku dynasty. The name for the Ikshvaku
dynasty comes from the word ikhsu (sugarcane), another name of Rishabhanatha,[11] because he taught
people how to extract ikshu-rasa (sugarcane-juice).[12]
Bharata Chakravarti (first Chakravartin) and Bahubali (first Kamadeva), sons of Rishabha
Arkakirti and Marichi, son of Bharata
at the time of Ajitanatha

Jitashatru (father of Ajitanatha) and his younger brother Sumitra (father of Sagara)
Ajitanatha (the 2nd Tirthankara) and Sagara (2nd Chakravartin)
Janhu (eldest son of Sagara), the one who flooded village of Nagas with waters of Ganga leading to turning of
sixty thousand sons of Sagara into ashes by Jawalanprabha (emperor of Nagas)
Bhagiratha (eldest grandson of Sagara)
at the time of Sambhavanatha

Jitari (father of Sambhavanatha)

Sambhavanatha, the 3rd Tirthankara
at the time of Abhinandananatha

Sanvara (father of Abhinandananatha)

Abhinandananatha, the 4th Tirthankara
at the time of Sumatinatha

Megha (father of Sumatinatha)

Sumatinatha, the 5th Tirthankara
at the time of Padmaprabha

Sidhara (father of Padmaprabha)

Padmaprabha, the 6th Tirthankara
at the time of Suparshvanatha

Pratishtha (father of Suparshvanatha)

Suparshvanatha, the 7th Tirthankara
at the time of Chandraprabha

Mahasena (father of Chanraprabha)

Chandraprabha, the 8th Tirthankara
at the time of Pushpadanta

Sugriva (father of Pushpadanta)

Pushpadanta, the 9th Tirthankara
at the time of Shitalanatha

Dridharatha (father of Shitalnatha)

Shitalanatha, the 10th Tirthankara
at the time of Shreyanasanatha

Vishnu (father of Shreyanasanatha)

Shreyanasanatha, the 11th Tirthankara
at the time of Vasupujya
 Vasupujya (father of Tirthankara Vasupujya)
Vasupujya, the 12th Tirthankara
at the time of Vimalanatha

Kritavarma (father of Vimalanatha)

Vimalanatha, the 13th Tirthankara
at the time of Anantanatha

Simhasena (father of Anantanatha)

Anantanatha, the 14th Tirthankara
at the time of Dharmanatha

Bhanu (father of Dharmanatha)

Dharmanatha, the 15th Tirthankara
at the time of Shantinatha

Visvasena (father of Shantinatha)

Shantinatha, the 16th Tirthankara and 5th Chakravarti
Chakrayudha, son of Shantinatha
Kuruchandra, son of Chakrayudha[13]
at the time of Kunthunatha

Sura (father of Kunthunatha)

Kunthunatha, the 17th Tirthankara and 6th Chakravarti
at the time of Aranatha

Sudarsana (father of Aranatha)

Arahnatha, the 18th Tirthankara and 7th Chakravarti
at the time of Mallinatha

Kumbha (father of Mallinatha)

Māllīnātha, the 19th Tirthankara
at the time of Munisuvrata (Munisuvrata himself was not from Ikshvaku, but Harivamsa)[14]

Dasharatha (father of Rama)

Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna
Luv and Kusha (twin sons of Rama)
at the time of Naminatha

Vijaya (father of Naminatha)

Naminatha, the 21st Tirthankara
at the time of Parshvanatha

Asvasena (father of Parshvanatha)

Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara
at the time of Mahavira

Siddhartha (father of Mahavira)

Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara

See also
List of Ikshvaku dynasty kings in Hinduism
List of Jain Empires and Dynasties

References
Citations
1. Kumari, Bramha (22 August 2019). Grow Rich while Walking into the Golden Aged World (https://books.google.c
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gHB&sig=ACfU3U1y00_oPPZegpBJsO2MfwP7O3m5yA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwifkaC-v43lAhWwUxUIHc1
QBpQQ6AEwEHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=vivasvan%20of%20suryavansh&f=false). GBK Publications.
Retrieved 8 October 2019.
2. Zimmer 1952, p. 218.
3. Zimmer 1952, p. 220.
4. Ikshaku tribe (http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03106.htm) The Mahabharata translated by Kisari Mohan
Ganguli (1883 -1896), Book 3: Vana Parva: Tirtha-yatra Parva: Section CVI, p. 228 'There was born in the family
of the Ikshavaku, a ruler of the earth named Sagara, endued with beauty, and strength...".
5. Malalasekera, G. P. (2007) [1937]. Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names: A-Dh (https://books.google.com/books?id=up
5O9zrSX80C&pg=PA461&dq=Okkaka#v=onepage&q=Okkaka&f=false). Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 461–2.
ISBN 978-81-208-3021-9.
6. Law, B.C. (1973). Tribes in Ancient India, Bhandarkar Oriental Series No.4, Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research
Institute, p.246
7. Misra, V.S. (2007). Ancient Indian Dynasties, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, ISBN 81-7276-413-8, p.286
8. Geiger, Wilhelm (tr.) (1912). "Mahavamsa, Chapter II" (http://lakdiva.org/mahavamsa/chap002.html). Ceylon
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9. "Okkāka" (http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/o/okkaaka.htm). Palikanon. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
10. Jain 1991, p. 2.
11. Jain 1991, p. 5.
12. Shah 2004, p. 15.
13. Shah, Chandraprakash, Shri Shantinatha, 16th Tirthankara (http://www.jainsamaj.org/rpg_site/literature2.php?id=
1403&cat=42)
14. Jain 1991, p. 161.

Sources
Zimmer, Heinrich (1952), Joseph Campbell (ed.), Philosophies Of India (https://archive.org/details/Philosophy.of.I
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Shah, Natubhai (2004), Jainism: The World of Conquerors (https://books.google.com/books?id=qLNQKGcDIhsC),
Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-1938-2
Jain, Kailash Chand (1991), Lord Mahavira and his times (https://books.google.com/books?id=8-TxcO9dfrcC),
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-81-208-0805-8

Preceded by
Ikshvaku Dynasty Succeeded by
Kulakara (in Jainism)

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