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Bharata Samrat Bharat plays with lion cubs Painting by Raja Ravi Varma Predecessor Dushyanta Successor Bhumanyu Sage Kanva hermitage Spouse Sunanda Dynasty Lunar Father Dushyanta of Hastinapura Mother Śakuntalā In Hindu scriptures, Bharata ( Sanskrit : भरत, translit. bharata, lit. ' The Cherished ' ) is an ancestor of the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. Though the Bhāratas are a prominent community in the Rigveda, the story of Bharata is first told in the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, wherein he is the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. The story of his parents and his birth is also related in Kalidasa 's famous play Abhijñānashākuntala. Contents 1 Bharata in Literature 2 Story of Bharat 2.1 Bharata lineage 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Bharata in literature According to the Mahābhārata ( Adi Parva ), Bharata was the son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala and thus a descendant of the Lunar dynasty of the Kshatriya Varna. He was originally named Sarvadamana ( `` the subduer of all '' ) ; the Mahābhārata traces the events in his life by which he came to be known as Bharata ( `` the cherished '' ). Bharata 's exploits as a child prince are dramatised in Kalidasa 's poetic play Abhijñānaśākuntalam. Story of Bharat Crying of Shakuntala According to a dramatized version of the events by the poet Kalidasa, the king Dushyanta married Shakuntala on his hunting expeditions in forests. He was captivated by Shakuntala 's beauty, courted her in royal style and married her. He then had to leave to take care of affairs in the capital. She was given a ring by the king, to be presented to him when she was ready to appear in his court. She could then claim her place as queen. Shakuntala gave birth to her child who was named Sarvadamana by the sage Kanwa. Surrounded only by wild animals, Sarvadamana grew to be a strong child and made a sport of opening the mouths of tigers and lions and counting their teeth. This narrative varies dramatically from the version in the epic Mahabharata. Bharat performed many sacrifices and Sage Kanva was the chief priest at those sacrifices. Bharata performed a hundred horse sacrifices on the banks of the Yamuna, three hundred on the banks of Saraswati and four hundred on the banks of the Ganga. He again performed a thousand horse sacrifices and a hundred Rajasuya. He also conducted sacrifices such as Agnishtoma, Atiratra, Uktha and Viswajit. He also performed many thousands of Vajapeyas. Bharat had a son named Bhúmanyu. In the Adi Parva of Mahabharata, it tells two different stories about Bhúmanyu 's birth. The first story says that Bharat married Sunanda, the daughter of Sarvasena, the King of Kasi Kingdom and begot upon her the son named Bhumanyu. According to the second story, Bhúmanyu was born out of a great sacrifice that Bharata performed for the sage Bharadwaja. Bharata lineage Emperor Bharat gave his name to the dynasty of which he was the founder. It was in the Bharat 's ' dynasty that later the Pandavas of epic Mahabharata were born. See also Bharata Khanda Notes Jump up ^ Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Sambhava Parva Jump up ^ Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Sambhava Parva ( in Sanskrit ) Jump up ^ Singh, U. ( 2009 ), A History of Ancient and Medieval India : From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, Delhi : Longman, p. 187, ISBN 978 - 81 - 317 - 1677 - 9 Jump up ^ Apte, Vaman Shivaram ( 1959 ). `` भरतः ''. Revised and enlarged edition of Prin. V.S. Apte 's The practical Sanskrit - English dictionary. Poona : Prasad Prakashan. Jump up ^ Buitenen, J.A.B. van ( 1973 ). `` Introduction ''. Mahabharata Book I : The book of beginnings. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226846637. Jump up ^ The Mahābhārata. Buitenen, J.A.B. van ( Johannes Adrianus Bernardus ), 1928 - 1979,, Fitzgerald, James L. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. 1973. p. 214. ISBN 0226846636. OCLC 831317. ^ Jump up to : Ganguly 1883, pp. 130 -- 132. Jump up ^ Kālidāsa. ( 1984 ). Theater of memory : the plays of Kālidāsa. Miller, Barbara Stoler. New York : Columbia University Press. pp. 109, 122. ISBN 0231058381. OCLC 10299417. CS1 maint : Date and year ( link ) Jump up ^ Macfie, J. M ( 1993 ). Myths and Legends of India. New Delhi : Rupa & Co. p. 323. ISBN 978 - 81 - 7167 - 131 - 1. Jump up ^ Ganguly 1883, pp. 130 -- 131. Jump up ^ Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Sambhava Parva - Bharat Vamsha in Detail Archived 16 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Donald A 1913, p. 157. References KM, Ganguly ( 2006 ) ( 1883 ), The Mahabharata of Krishna - Dwaipayana Vyasa ( Drona Parva Section LXVIII ed. ), Sacred Texts Mackenzie, Donald A, Indian Myth and Legend, Sacred Texts External links Indian Myth and Legend, CHAPTER IX : Prelude to the Great Bharata War, Sacred Texts.com hide Hindu deities and texts Gods Trimurti Brahma Vishnu Rama Krishna Shiva Ganesha Kartikeya Hanuman Indra Surya more Goddesses Tridevi Saraswati Lakshmi Sita Radha Parvati Sati Kali Adi Parashakti Mahavidya Durga Shakti Navadurga Matrikas more Texts Vedas Rig Sama Yajur Atharva Upanishads Puranas Ramayana Mahabharata Bhagavad Gita Yoga Sutras of Patanjali more Hinduism Hindu mythology Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bharata_(Mahabharata)&oldid=854998921 '' Categories : Characters in the Mahabharata People in Hindu mythology Ikshvaku dynasty Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Date and year Webarchive template wayback links Use dmy dates from December 2015 Use Indian English from December 2015 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Articles needing additional references from December 2011 All articles needing additional references Articles needing cleanup from September 2015 All pages needing cleanup Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from September 2015 Wikipedia pages needing cleanup from September 2015 Articles with multiple maintenance issues Articles containing Sanskrit - language text Instances of Lang - sa using second unnamed parameter All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2016 Wikipedia articles needing clarification from February 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه বাংলা भोजपुरी Español فارسی Français हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Кыргызча മലയാളം Нохчийн Norsk nynorsk Русский Svenska தமிழ் Українська 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 15 August 2018, at 06 : 50 ( UTC ). 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Question: who was the king after bharata in mahabharata
Answer: Bhumanyu