DIVODAS
Ancestry
of Divodas :
Chandrama
→ Buddh → Pururava → Ayu → Kshatra Vriddha
→ Suhotra → Kasya → Kasi → Rashtra →
Dirghatams →
Dhanvantari → Ketumat → Bhimaratha → Divodas →
Dyumat (Also called Pratardana Satrujit and Ritadgvaja) →
Alarka + Others.
Divodas ("heaven's servant") is a name of a tribal king
in the Rigved (celebrated for his liberality and protected by Indra
and the Ashvins in the Rigveda, RV 1.112.14; 1.116.18), the son
of Vadhryashva RV 6.61.5. He is the father or grandfather of the
famous king Sudas (RV 7.18.28) (of the Battle of the Ten Kings).
Pijavana is the other name of Divodas according to Rigved. His son,
Pratardan, is mentioned in the Kaushitaki Upanishad.
He
was invited in the Ashwamegh Sacrifice performed by King Dasharatha
of Ayodhya. He was the younger brother of Queen Sumitra and was
a Brother-in-law of Dasharatha. He was also the son of King Bhimarath
and was a grandson of Lord Dhanvantari. It is also the name of a
king of Kashi surnamed Dhanvantari as per the hymn (RV 10.179.2),
the founder of the Indian school of medicine called Ayurved.
The
Rig Ved mentions the rivers which flow through Himachal Pradesh.
The text also talks about Shambara, the powerful king of these hills
before the advent of the Aryans, and his 99 strong forts in the
region between the Beas and the Yamuna rivers. His war with the
Aryan chief, Divodas, lasted 12 long years, wherein the latter emerged
victorious. The Purans too, mention Himachal, calling it all sorts
of nice names.