Ushana () is a king featured in
Hindu literature
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. A member of the
Yadu dynasty
The Yadava (), not to be confused with Yadav, were an ancient Indian people who believed to have descended from Yadu, a legendary king of Chandravamsha lineage.
The community was formed of various clans, being the Satvatas, Andhakas, Bho ...
, he is described to be the son of a king named Tamas. The
Vishnu Purana
The Vishnu Purana () is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism. It is an important Pancharatra text in the Vaishnavism literature corpus.
The manuscripts of ''Vishnu Purana'' have survived into ...
states that Ushana performed a hundred
ashvamedha
The Ashvamedha () was a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Ĺrauta tradition of Vedic religion. It was used by ancient Indian kings to prove their imperial sovereignty: a horse accompanied by the king's warriors would be released to wander ...
sacrifices. Ushana is succeeded by his son, Shiteyus.
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Kings in Indian mythology