The daughter of Ariṣtanemi (Arishtanemi) was the second wife of the famous king Sagara, belonging to Sūryavaṃśa(Suryavamsa; the Solar dynasty). In Mahābhārata (Mahabharata), he has given a number of advices on the virtues of Mokṣadharma (the moral and spiritual codes of attaining ultimate liberation); and here Ariṣṭanemi has been once referred to as Tārkṣya (Tarkshya).