शनैस् शन्न

शन्तनु

शन्तनु N. of a king of the lunar race. He married Gaṅgā and Satyavatī; by the former wife he had a son named Bhīṣma, and by the latter Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya. Bhīṣma remained a celibate all his life, and his younger brothers died childless; cf. भीष्म.

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