Auṅka(Aunka) was the son of Vala, in the genealogical line of Kuśa (Kusa), the eldest son of Rāmacandra (Ramachandra) of Ikṣvākuvaṁśa (Ikshvakuvamsa; the Ikshvaku dynasty). Auṅka had a son called Vajranābha (Vajranabha).