इक्ष्वाकु
Ikshvaaku
Ikṣvāku · IAST
The first king of the Sun dynasty, an ancestor of Shri Rama.
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Bhagavad Gītā · 4.1
इमं विवस्वते योगं प्रोक्तवानहमव्ययम् । विवस्वान्मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् ॥
imaṃ vivasvate yogaṃ proktavān aham avyayam | vivasvān manave prāha manur ikṣvākave 'bravīt ||
I taught this timeless path of yoga to the sun-god Vivasvān; he passed it to Manu, and Manu to King Ikṣvāku.
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