A king of the Solar race, son of aṃśumat and father of bhagīratha, but according to Kālidāsa, of raghu. [He is described by Kā- lidāsa as a grand ideal of what a king should be. His wife was Sudakṣiṇā, a woman in every respect worthy of her husband; but they had no issue. For this he went to his family priest Va- [Page0565-b+ 58] sishṭha who told him and his wife to serve the celestial cow Nandinī. They accordingly...