कक्षसेन

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

KAKṢASENA I   
1) General information.
(i) A King who was the grandson of Avīkṣit and son of Parīkṣit. For genealogy see ‘Parīkṣit’.
(ii) Ugrasena, Citrasena, Indrasena, Suṣeṇa and Bhīmasena were his brothers. [Chapter 94, Ādi Parva] .
2) Other details.
(i) Kakṣasena was a member of the court of Yama. [Chapter 8, Sabhā Parva] .
(ii) Kakṣasena was considered to be one among the pious souls, like Śibi, Pratardana, Rantideva, Ambarīṣa, Janamejaya, Vṛṣādarbhi, Paraśurāma, Śrī Rāma, Karandhama and Mitrasaha who had attained salvation by their charity and righteousness. Mahābhārata states that Kakṣasena the saintly king attained salvation by presenting gifts to the great Vasiṣṭha. [Śloka 14, Chapter 137, Anuśāsana Parva] .
KAKṢASENA II   There was another King called Kakṣasena in the court of Dharmaputra. [Śloka 22, Chapter 4, Sabhā Parva] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

कक्षसेन n.  असित पर्वत पर रहनेवाला एक राजर्षि [म.अनु.१३७.२५] । इसने वसिष्ठ का धन रक्षण किया ।
कक्षसेन II. n.  युधिष्ठिर की सभा का एक क्षत्रिय [म.स.४.१९] ।
कक्षसेन III. n.  (सो. कुरु.) दूसरे जनमेजय का पुत्र [म.आ.८९.४८] ।
कक्षसेन IV. n.  यम सभा का एक क्षत्रिय [म.स.८.१७] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कक्ष—सेन  m.  m. N. of a राजर्षि, [MBh.]

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