-
जह्नु m. m.
N. of an ancient king and sage (son of अज-मीढ, of सु-होत्र, of कुरु, of होत्रक; ancestor of the कुशिकs; the Ganges, when brought down from heaven by भगी-रथ's austerities, was forced to flow over the earth and to follow him to the ocean and thence to the lower regions in order to water the ashes of सगर's sons; in its course it inundated the sacrificial ground of जह्नु, who drank up its waters but consented at भगी-रथ's prayer to discharge them from his ears; hence the river is regarded as his daughter), [MBh. i, xii f.] ; [Hariv.] ; [R. i, 44, 35 ff.] ; [BhP. ix]
-
N. of विष्णु, [L.]
-
जन्यु of a ऋषि of the 4th मन्व्-अन्तर, [Hariv. 426] (
v.l. )
-
of a हिमालय cavern (from which the गङ्गा is bursting forth), [Kād. ii, 473] ; [Hcar. iii]
Site Search
Input language: