Yayāti
Sign in to saveYayati () is an emperor in Hindu tradition. He is described to be a Chandravamsha king. He is regarded to be the progenitor of the races of the Yadavas and the Pandavas.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.image
- Emperor Yayati gray.jpg
- Deity.caption
- An illustration of Yayati on a throne
- Deity.consorts
- Devayani, Sharmishtha
- Deity.dynasty
- Chandravamsha
- Deity.texts
- Mahabharata
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Sharmishtha
- Child
- Madhavi
- Father
- Nahuṣa
- Mother
- Ashokasundari
- Image
- Emperor Yayati.jpg
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- present in work
- Mahabharata
- date of birth
- 2000-00-00
- date of death
- 2000-00-00
- worshipped by
- Hinduism
- Commons category
- Yayati
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Genealogy and early life
- Legend
- Marriage
- Curse
- Afterlife
- Descendants
- From Devayani
- From Sharmishtha
- Influence
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Yayati () is an emperor in Hindu tradition. He is described to be a Chandravamsha king. He is regarded to be the progenitor of the races of the Yadavas and the Pandavas.
According to the Harivamsa, Yayati is the son of King Nahusha, and his wife, Virajas, the daughter of Pitris, and have five brothers: Yati, Samyati, Ayati, Viyati, and Kriti. Yayati had conquered the whole world and was the Chakravarti ("Universal Monarch" or "World Emperor").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yayāti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.