Extract from the lineage of kings in the Lunar Dynasty.--Mahabharata, Book 1, Chapter 95 "...........Parikshit married Madravati, thy mother, O king, and thou art born to her, O Janamejaya! Thou hast also begotten two sons on thy wife Vapushtama, named Satanika and Sankukarna. And Satanika also hath begotten one son named Aswamedhadatta upon the princess of Videha........."

Two types of epics are the folk epic, which originates from oral tradition and represents the culture and beliefs of a specific group of people, and the literary epic, which is a written work that follows the structure and conventions of classical epics like the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey."