The son of Kashyapa and Simhika as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 65 verse 31.

An asura who was later reincarnated as the king Shunaka as per Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 677 verse 37.

A brahmin who got his life back because of his devotion to Surya. He lived with his wife Devamati  in Kamalapura, ruled by Kamalavarma. They had a son named Mahipala, and a divine voice announced at his birth, that he would be king. Later, they also had a daughter named Chandramati. Once, famine struck the land, and so bad was the situation that the king had to take from his subjects, to meet his daily needs. Chandraswami decided to take his kids to his in-laws’ house. On the way, they passed through a forest, which only had shriveled trees. The ground was hot and the children were thirsty. He left the children under a tree and went searching for water. On the way, he was captured by tribals, who wanted to sacrifice him to their goddess. He started praying to Surya who appeared and blessed that he would not die and would be reunited with his family. The children meanwhile began crying and a merchant Sarthadhara who was passing by, took pity on them and led them to his home.

A few days later, Anantaswani, minister of the king Taranath of Tarapura, arrived at Sarthadhara’s house. Anantaswami was childless and took the children to his house. Meanwhile, Surya appeared in the tribal king’s dreams and asked him to spare the brahmin. Chandraswami was released and while hunting for his children, reached Jalapura. While he was staying at a merchant’s house, he heard from his host that a merchant named Kanyakavarma had found two children in the forest and he had taken them to an island. Chandraswami went there with another merchant named Vishnuvarma. There they learned that Kanyakavarma had taken the children to Katahadweepa. Chandraswami reached there with the help of a merchant named Danavarma. From there on, he traveled to many islands including Suvarna, Sinhala,  and so on. Finally, he caught up with Kanakavarma at Chitrakutapura, but it turned out that the children weren’t his. He went back and during his journey, reached a massive forest. He ate his dinner and climbed a tree to sleep, but couldn’t. He saw a female sect dancing around Bhairava under the tree. Narayani, their leader saw him, and asked him to come down after the others had left. She gave him a flower and as per her advice, he went to Tarapura. There he reached Anantaswami’s house and began reciting the vedas in return for food. Anantaswami invited him for lunch and there he saw his children. When he placed the flower on the children’s heads, they remembered him. The king Tarakavarma gave his daughter Bandhumati to Mahipala along with half the kingdom. They also brought back their mother as per Kathasaritasagara Alankaravatikalambaka Taranga 6.

A king who fought on the Kaurava side at Kurukshetra. He was part of Shalya’s retinue and was killed by Yudhishtira as per Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 12 verse 51.

The Mahabharata mentions a Chandrasena, who was the son of Samudrasena, ruler of Bengal. He was present at Draupadi’s swayamwar according to Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 185 verse 11. Bhima once defeated both father and son as per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 30 verse 24. Chandrasena then became an ally of the Pandavas, fought alongside them at Kurukshetra and was killed by Ashwathama as per Mahabharata Dronaparva.

An Ujjaini king who was a devotee of Shiva. He conducted many sacrifices and gave away a lot of wealth and was once rewarded with a jewel by Manibhadra, an attendant of Shiva. Such was the jewel’s splendour that many kings wanted to buy it. Chandrasena refused them and they prepared for war. He took refuge in the Mahakalikshetra in Ujjaini and was granted salvation by Shiva as per Shivapurana Shanipradoshamahatmya.

A Sinhala king. He had two daughters with his wife Gunavati – Mandodari and Indumati. He wanted to Mandodari to Kambugriva, the son of the Madra king Sudhanva. But she preferred spinsterhood. The Kosala king Virasena then fell in love with her, but she declined his advances. Indumati meanwhile got married in a swayamwar to Sudeshna, who was handsome but wayward. Before long Indumati caught him sleeping with a maid. She gave up relations with him and went back to her father’s house. Mahishasura used this as an example to show that women lacked intelligence as per Devibhagavata Panchamaskanda.

An attendant of Skanda as per Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 46 verse 11.

A woman who loved her husband but took on a lover. She appears in the Kathasaritasagara. She was the wife of the vaishya Balavarma, who lived in Pratishtana. She onc esaw the handsome vaishya youth Sheelahara from her window. She lured him into a friend’s house and had her way with him. This became a routine until everyone, including her husband came to know of it. Balavarma once got an illness and was on his deathbed but Chandrasri continued to spend time with her lover. One day, while she was with him, she heard that her husband had died. She left her lover and overcome by remorse jumped into her husband’d pyre as per Kathasaritasagara Shaktiyasholambaka Taranga 2.

A king. As per the Kalikapurana, Paushya had been childless for a long time. He prayed to Shiva who appeared and gave him a fruit. He divided it among his three wives who soon became pregnant. But they gave birth to 3 parts of a child which were united to form a single being. Thus Chandrashekhara was also known as Trayambaka. He married Taravati, the daughter of the Suryavanshi king Kukulstha. Due to a curse from the sage Kapola, Taravati had a vetala son Bhringi and a Bhairava son Mahakala. The couple’s sons were Dama, Uparichara, Alarka.