Ikshvaku

Ikshvaku

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Ikshvaku (Devanagari: इक्ष्वाकु) was the first king of the Ikshvaku dynasty and founder of the Sun Dynasty in Vedic civilization in ancient India. He is believed to be the son of Manu (the first man on earth), sired by the Sun God, Surya. Manu gained the knowledge of Dharma and humanity from Vivasvat (Surya). Thus, the lineage of the Sun Dynasty began.

The word Ikshvaku means "Sugarcane".

In Hinduism

Ikshvaku is the first king to implement the Manusmriti, or the religious rules of Hindu living composed through divine inspiration and from the Vedas by his father. He is remembered in Hindu mythology as a righteous and glorious king.

The House of Ikshvaku reigns over Kosala, an ancient kingdom in the northeast river plains of India, in the modern state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Sarayu. The capital is Ayodhya.

In Vedic History

Hindu mythology calls Ikshvaku and his line the emperors of the world. The "world" in Vedic terms, extended fairly to all of Bharat, or all of India, Nepal, and what are now Bangladesh & Pakistan.

Ikshvaku was perhaps one of the earliest and most important Indo-Aryan monarchs of India, and played a pivotal role in the transformation of the ancient Vedic religion into modern Hinduism, and its propagation throughout India.

In Jainism History

Ikshvaku clan said to began from the 1st Tirthankar Rushabdev who is regarded as the first king on this earth of this Avsarpini cycle. Ikshvaku name of this clan was given by Lord Saudharmendra

When Tirthankar Rishabhdev was one year old, Lord Saudharmendra came to Rishabdev's father, Nabhi for formalizing the family name. He carried a sugar-cane in his hand and Baby Rishabh was sitting in his fathers lap. When Rishabh saw the sugar-cane he eagerly extended his tiny hands to grab it. Lord Saudharmendra gave the sugar-cane to the baby and seeing his affinity for sugar-cane (Ikshu) he formally named the family as Ikshvaku.

Most Thirthankaras of Jainism belong to the House of Ikshvaku, and few from other clans.

House of Ikshvaku

Sri Rama, the seventh and most famous Avatara of Vishnu, of the epic Ramayana is a descendant of the House of Ikshvaku.

Great kings like Bhagiratha and Dasaratha were also kings in the line before Rama. After Rama, the kingdom and the worldwide domains were divided equally between his two sons, Luv, king of the northern and western realms, and Kusa, who was made king of the southern and eastern realms.

References

External links

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp093.htm#page_348 Vishnu Purana Book 4 ch. 1 and 2, P-348 to 377]

* [http://mewarindia.com/history/lin1text.html The Lineage of Mewar: Aditya Narayan to Bharook]
* [http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/mirrors/vv/literature/ramayana/ba070c.html THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA] - IIT Madras

ee also

* History of Hinduism, Vedic civilization
* Sun Dynasty
* Andhra Ikshvaku


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