Parīkṣit (Sanskrit: परीक्षित्, IAST: Parīkṣit) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period (12th–10th centuries BCE). Along with his son...

Pariksit Attempts of Pariksit to stem the influence of Kali before being cursed by a Brahmana boy to die within seven days Renunciation of Pariksit,...

1180 BCE. Historian H. C. Raychaudhuri notes that there are two pairs of Parikṣits and Janamejayas in epic and Puranic genealogies, but believes that the...

she was present in the Ashvamedha Yajna organised by Yudhishthira. After Pariksit was seated on the throne, while leaving for heaven, Yudhishthira gave the...

devoted to Viṣṇu. She saved the Nāgas in the Snake Sacrifice performed by Pariksit, she is named Nageśvarī and Nāga Bhaginī and She is capable to destroy...

Paurukutsya Early Vedic Period Puru Sudās Paijavana Early Vedic Period Bharata Parīkṣit Later Vedic Period Kuru Janamejaya Pārikṣita Later Vedic Period Kuru Pushyamitra...

Vamana in the Bhagavata Puran is narrated by Sukadeva Gosvami to King Pariksit (canto 8, chapters 15–22). Given its similarity to legends provided in...

solar and lunar dynasties, then those on earth over the Yugas (eras), with Pariksit asserted as the "current king". The text includes the legends of numerous...

and Janamejaya is based on a conversation between Śrī Parīkṣit and Uttarā. After Śrī Parīkṣit had heard Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from the lips of Śrī Śukadeva...

bhagavān svayam indrasyārthe kathaṁ daityān avadhīd viṣamo yathā King Parīkṣit inquired: My dear brāhmaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu,...

of other kings, both allies and adversaries. In addition, my dear King Parīkṣit, they saw their dear friends Nanda Mahārāja and the cowherd men and women...

only person who has an antidote to the poison. At the end of seven days, Pariksit dies from Taksaka's bite. His son Janamejaya, who was a minor then, later...