Then, one day, Danda decided to learn some Shastras and with that intent went to live in Shukra Bhargava’s hermitage which was located in the heart of the jungle surrounding Madhumanta. Everything appeared to be going well for Danda. Ikshvaku chose Usanas( Shukra Bhargava or Shukracharya) as Danda’s guru. Other meanings are: a stick, a staff, club, cudgel, a handle, the beam of a plough, a line, rope, a measure of time and a measure of length.įearful of Danda, Ikshvaku gifted to him the entire physiographic region lying between the mountains Vindhya and Riksha in the east-central India and got a capital city, Madhumanta, built for him from where Danda ruled. Danda as a staff or sceptre denotes a measure of power and sovereignty. The word Danda/Dandaka means a rod that symbolizes judicial authority and punishment. Ikshvaku named him Danda (alias Dandaka) because every one, including the king, thought that this ignorant and dull son would surely receive some dreadful punishment. He had one hundred magnificent sons except the youngest, the hundredth one, who was a great fool and the most worthless. Long long ago, near about the beginning of Treta-yuga, there lived a good and brave king by the name Ikshvaku, the founder of the Solar Royal House or the Solar dynasty of kings ( Surya Vansha).
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