jahnu | जह्नु | jahnu
jahnu/ | जह्नु/ | m. N. of an ancient king and sage (son of Aja-mīḍha, of Su-hotra, of Kuru, of Hotraka; ancestor of the Kuśikas; the Ganges, when brought down from heaven by Bhagī-ratha'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 Sagara's sons; in its course it inundated the sacrificial ground of Jahnu, who drank up its waters but consented at Bhagī-ratha'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 Viṣṇu, L.
of a Ṛṣi of the 4th Manv-antara, Hariv. 426 (v.l. janyu | जन्यु |)
of a Himālaya cavern (from which the Gaṅgā is bursting forth), Kād. ii, 473; Hcar. iii
pl. Jahnu's race, AitBr. vii, 18; TāṇḍyaBr. xxi, 12, 2; Pravar. iv, 12.
N. of Viṣṇu, L.
of a Ṛṣi of the 4th Manv-antara, Hariv. 426 (v.l. janyu | जन्यु |)
of a Himālaya cavern (from which the Gaṅgā is bursting forth), Kād. ii, 473; Hcar. iii
pl. Jahnu's race, AitBr. vii, 18; TāṇḍyaBr. xxi, 12, 2; Pravar. iv, 12.