Kāñcanaprabha

Kāñcanaprabha · kāñcana-prabha, “golden radiance”

Bhīma has other meanings too: see all meanings of Bhīma. Suhotra has other meanings too: see all meanings of Suhotra.

Kāñcanaprabha is a king of the lunar line, the glorious son of Bhīma and the grandson of Amāvasu, son of Purūravas and Urvaśī. He is the father of Suhotra and the grandfather of Jahnu.

The Sūta tells the munis that Amāvasu’s son was Bhīma, a king of kings. Bhīma’s son was the glorious one named Kāñcanaprabha, and Kāñcanaprabha’s son was Suhotra, strong and learned. Suhotra’s son was Jahnu, who drank up the Gaṅgā when she flooded his yajña, so that she became his daughter, Jāhnavī.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10