A brother of the king of Virata mentioned in Mahabharata Dronaparva Chapter 158 verse 42.

The son of Kuvalayashwa, an Ikshvaku king. He had 2 brothers – Dridhashwa and Kapilashwa as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 24.

The king of Chitrakuta. Once after a hunt, he rested by a stream. There he met Indivaraprabha, the daughter of Kanva and Menaka. It was love at first sight and as per Kanva’s advice, the king swore not to hunt animals from then on. Kanva gave her to the king. On their journey back, they slept on the banks of a stream owned by a brahmarakshas. She captured them and released them on the condition that they would give her a 7 year old brahmin boy. They conferred with the minister Sumati and on his advice, the king had a golden statue of a brahmin boy made, and proclaimed that he would give it in exchange for a 7 year old brahmin boy. They got a boy whom they gave to the rakshas as per Kathasaritasagara Shashankavatilambaka Taranga 27.

Nala’s grandson who married the daughter of the Aryavarta king Chitravarma – Seemantini. The princess had heard of Chandrangada when she was young and had had fallen in love with him. She married him with the help of Yajnavalkya’s wife Maitreyi. Once Chandrangada went to the Kalindi river for a boat race with his friends. The boats were all sunk in a sudden storm. Many died, but Chandrangada was dragged down by Thakshaka’s henchmen. He lived there for a while in the company of the naga princesses. His subjects, meanwhile, thought him dead and conducted his last rites. Seemantini lived as a widow and enemies defeated the old king Indrasena, imprisoned him and took over Chandrangada’s kingdom. Meanwhile, Thakshaka asked Chandrangada to marry the naga princesses and live there. He then told Thakshaka that he would like to return to Seemantini.

Thakshaka sent him on a white horse and gifted him a rakshasa and a young naga. He surfaced at Kalindi, where Seemantini had started staying. When the news spread, the other kings released Indrasena and apologised to Chandrangada. He forgave them. Both husband and wife had much faith in somavaravrata. Parvati was pleased by Seemantini’s devotion and blessed her.

Two brahmins named Saraswata and Devamitra were living in the kingdom then. Their sons were  Samava, and Sumedha respectively, who were all learned, but poor. Because of this, they couldn’t find wives. They approached Chandrangada and Seematini in the hope of getting some money. They narrated the story, and then Seemantini got Sumedha and Samava to don the garbs of groom and bride respectively and parade around the palace. After the parade was over, Samava remained a female and Seemantini named her Samavati. Saraswata learned of this and asked sages if this could be reversed, but couldn’t. They opined that only Parvati could. From then on they lived as husband and wife as per Shivapurana Somavaravrata.

A son of Janamejaya. Arjuna – Abhimanyu – Parikshit – Janamejaya. Janamejaya married the Kashi princess Vapushtama and they had 2 sons – Suryapeeda and Chandrapeeda. Chandrapeeda had a hundred warrior sons and the eldest was Satyakarna. His son was Shwetakarna, who married Sucharu’s daughter Yadavi as per Bhavishaparva Chapter 1.

Ravana’s sword. After getting a boon from Brahma, Ravana set about conquering the worlds. He finally reached Kailash and was stopped by Nandikesha. Ravana said he would uproot the whole mountain and throw Nandi’s master away. He kept all of his 20 hands under the mountain and shook it. Parvati was frightened and hurried towards Shiva. Shiva realised what was happening with his divine sight and he pushed the mountain downwards. Ravana’s fingers were crushed and he couldn’t take his hands away. He prayed to Shiva for a thousand years. Shiva finally appeared, blessed him and gave him the sword Chandrahasa and it won him many battles as per Uttararamayana.

The son of Sudharmika, the king of Kerala. As per Jaimini Ashwamedhaparva, he had an extra finger on his left leg, a sign of poverty. Enemies of the king killed him as soon as the child was born, and soon the queen too. A palace attendant took the child to Kaundalapuri. In 3 years, she too died and the child became a beggar. A few women began taking care of him. One day, he reached the house of Drishtabudhi. A feast was happening there, and the brahmins there commented that the child would become king one day, and also that he would protect Drishtabudhi’s wealth. But Drishtabudhi, who was a minister, was angered and ordered his servants to kill him. They took him into the forest to kill him, but felt pity on him and cut away his extra finger to show it to Drishtabudhi as proof. As the child was roaming through the forest, the king of Kalinda, who was there on a hunt, spotted him, and took him to the palace.

They named him Chandrahasa and gave him an education. When he was 12, he set out on a war meant to conquer every surrounding kingdom. He returned victorious, and was greeted by the citizens with joy. As per the king’s instructions, he sent a share to the king of Kaundala. It was Drishtabudhi who immediately set out to Kalinda to see Chandrahasa. He learned of Chandrahasa’s past and wanted to kill him. He sent a letter to his son Madana, through Chandrahasa himself, to do the needful. On the way, as he was resting by a stream, Chambakamalini, the princess of Kaundala and her friend Vishaya, daughter of Drishtabudhi, came there. The princess fell in love and seeing the letter near him, read it. She was horrified to learn that the instructions were to kill him. She changed visha (poison) to Vishaya and the letter now meant that Vishaya was to be given to him. Madana was thus happy to receive him, and Vishaya fancied him as her husband too. Chandrahasa married Vishaya, but meanwhile Drishtabudhi had conquered Kalinda and with all the wealth, returned to Kaundalapuri, to learn about the marriage. Drishtabudhi still wanted to kill Chandrahasa and asked the latter to visit a devi temple. He had employed two people to kill Chandrahasa there, but it was Madana who was killed. By this time, the Kaundala king had given his daughter Chambakamalini and his kingdom to Chandrahasa. The king retired to the forest. Drishtabudhi was livid on knowing this, and was further depressed when he found that Madana had been killed. He killed himself by beating his head on the temple floor. Chandrahasa was distressed on hearing this and began a devi sacrifice with his own flesh. The goddess was pleased and gave Drishtabudhi and Madana their lives back. The Kalinda king, fearing further persecution by Drishtabudhi, was preparing to kill himself, with his wife. But Drishtabudhi arrived just in time to give them news of Chandrahasa. Chandrahasa also took over the rule of Kalinda.

He was a competent king and even stopped Yudhishtira’s ashwamedha horse. On Krishna’s advice, Arjuna made peace with him. Chandrahasa had a son named Makaraksha with Vishaya and Padmaksha with Chambakamalini.

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.