जह्नु
पुं.jahnuचन्द्रवंशीय राजर्षि, जिसने गङ्गा को पी लिया था
English: a princely sage who drank off the ganga
सन्दर्भ
संस्कृत-हिन्दी-इंग्लिश कोष (प्रो. सूर्यकान्त)
अन्य कोशों में
Monier-Williams · jahnu
jahnú 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) i, xii f. i, 44, 35 ff. ix ‖ N. of Vishṇu ‖ of a Ṛishi of
jahnú 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) i, xii f. i, 44, 35 ff. ix ‖ N. of Vishṇu ‖ of a Ṛishi of