Duṣyanta
Sign in to saveDushyanta (, ) is a king of the Chandravamsha (Lunar) dynasty featured in Hindu literature. He is the husband of Shakuntala and the father of Bharata. He appears in the Mahabharata and in Kalidasa's play, Abhijnanashakuntalam ().
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.name
- Dushyanta
- Deity.image
- King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Wellcome V0045115.jpg
- Deity.caption
- King Dushyanta proposing marriage with a ring to Shakuntala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
- Deity.children
- Bharata from Shakuntala
- Deity.siblings
- Sushmanta/Sura, Pravira/ Bhima, Anagha/Pravasu, and Vasu
- Deity.spouse
- Shakuntala
- Deity.texts
- Mahabharata
- Deity.father
- Ilin/Santurodha
- Deity.mother
- Rathantari/Upadanavi
- Deity.dynasty
- Chandravamsha
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Dushyanta (, ) is a king of the Chandravamsha (Lunar) dynasty featured in Hindu literature. He is the husband of Shakuntala and the father of Bharata. He appears in the Mahabharata and in Kalidasa's play, Abhijnanashakuntalam ().
==Legend== According to the Mahabharata, Dushyanta is the son of Ilin and Rathantī, also rendered Ilina and Rathantara, respectively. According to primogeniture, Dushyanta succeeds his father as the king of Hastinapura, because he is the eldest among his siblings Sura, Bhima, Pravashu, and Vasu.