. A King of the country of अङ्ग

Descending in order from विष्णु : ब्रह्मा -- अत्रि -- चन्द्र -- बुध -- पुरूरवस् -- आयुस् -- नहुष -- ययाति -- तुर्वसु वह्नि -- भर्ग - भानु - त्रिभानु -- करन्धम -- मरुत्त --( मरुत्त adopted दुष्यन्त ) दुष्यन्त -- वरूथ -- गाण्डीर -- गान्धार -- केरल -- चोल -- पाण्ड्य -- कोल -- द्रुह्यु -- बभ्रुसेतु -- पुरोवसु -- घर्म -- कृत -- विदूष -- प्रचेतस् -- सभानर -- कालानल -- शृञ्जय -- पुरञ्जय -- जनमेजय -- महाशाल -- महामनस् -- उशीनर -- तितिक्षु -- रुषद्रथ -- पैल -- सुतपस् -- बलि -- अङ्ग -- दधिवाहन -- द्रवीरथ -- धर्मरथ -- चित्ररथ -- सत्यरथ -- लोमपाद .

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He was a friend of दशरथ . [mh-3-110-53 ] Mahābhārata • Vana parva .

Once there was no rain in the country of लोमपाद . It was due to a curse from the ब्रह्मिन्स् and to remove the curse लोमपाद brought ऋष्यशृङ्ग to his country. शान्ता , daughter of दशरथ was living with लोमपाद as his adopted daughter at that time. लोमपाद gave her in marriage to ऋष्यशृङ्ग and made him live in his country. The country got rains from that time onwards. (See under Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and Śāntā) .

लोमपाद constructed a new hermitage for ऋष्यशृङ्ग . [mh-3-113-9 ] Mahābhārata • Vana parva .

A King born of the यदु dynasty.

Genealogy

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Descending in order from विष्णु -- ब्रह्मा - अत्रि - चन्द्र - बुध - पुरूरवस् - आयुस् - नहुष - ययाति - यदु - क्रोष्टा - वृजिवान् - श्वाहि - रुशेकु - चित्ररथ - शशबिन्दु - पृथुश्रवस् - घर्म - रुचक ( रुक्मकवच )- ज्यामघ - लोमपाद .

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रुक्मकवच , grandfather of लोमपाद conquered many countries and gave them all as gifts to those ब्रह्मिन्स् who participated in his अश्वमेधयज्ञ . He got five brave sons, रुक्मेषु , पृथुरुक्म , ज्यामघ , परिघ and हरि . Of them he made परिघ and हरि live and rule in विदेह . रुक्मेषु ruled his father's country and पृथुरुक्म helped his brother. ज्यामघ was sent out from his country and he lived quietly in a hermitage. One day as per the advice of a sage he left the place in a chariot with a flag flying to the shores of the river नर्मदा . He had neither servants nor the means for his daily food. He lived on the mountain ऋक्षवान् eating only roots and fruits. He was very old and his wife शैब्या also was getting old. They had no sons and still ज्यामघ did not marry again.

Once when ज्यामघ gained a victory in a fight, he brought a girl and entrusted the child to his wife saying "This child is your daughter-in-law." शैब्या was surprised and enquired "How can that be when I have no son?" ज्यामघ replied, "She is to be the wife of a son who will be born to you soon." By means of the hard penance of that girl, शैब्या got a handsome son named विदर्भ . विदर्भ married her and got two wise sons, क्रथ and कैशिक and a third son लोमपाद , who was righteous, virtuous and wise. All the three were great warriors also. Descending in order from लोमपाद came बभ्रु-हेति-कैशिक-चिदि . From this चिदि came the चेदि dynasty of Kings. (Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa, Bhīṣmapulastya Saṃvāda) .