Raghu (son of Nighna)

Raghu, “the swift one”

Raghu has other meanings too: see all meanings of Raghu.

Raghu, the son of Nighna, is the first of the two kings named Raghu in the line of Ikshvāku. He and his brother Anamitra were the two foremost sons of Nighna. He is not Raghu son of Dilīpa, the ancestor of Śrī Rāma.

In the line of the Sun

Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis the kings of the solar line. Saudāsa, also called Kalmāshapāda and Mitrasaha, had a son Sarvakarmā; his son was Anaraṇya, and his son Nighna. From Nighna came two foremost kings, Anamitra and Raghu. The line continues through Anamitra: his son was the learned Duvidaha, Duvidaha’s son was Dilīpa, and Dilīpa’s son was the second, heroic Raghu.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 8

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 8