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महिष्मान् (mahiSmAn)

 
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महिष्मान् / MAHIṢMĀN I. A King of the hehaya royal family. It was this King who constructed on the banks of the river narmadā, māhiṣmatī, the capital city of kārtavīryārjuna. It got the name of māhiṣmatī because it was constructed by mahiṣmān (Chapter 2, brahmāṇḍa purāṇa).
महिष्मान् / MAHIṢMĀN II. A King of the vṛṣṇi dynasty. He was the son of a King called Kuṇi. (Kuṇi is called kunti in some of the Purāṇas). Kuṇi had three other sons named Sabhājit, bhadrasena and durdama. (9th skandha, bhāgavata).