Rishṭa (son of Vaivasvata Manu)

Rishṭa

Rishṭa, whom the Purāṇa also names Arishṭa, is one of the nine sons of Vaivasvata Manu. He is not Narishyanta, another of Manu‘s sons.

His family

The Sūta tells the munis that Vaivasvata Manu had nine sons, each equal to their father: Ikshvāku, Nābhāga, Dhṛshṭa, Śaryāti, Narishyanta, Prāṃśu, Rishṭa, Karūśa and Pṛshadhra. Telling the lines of these sons, he says that the two sons of Nābhāga and of Arishṭa, who were vaiśyas, attained brāhmaṇa-hood.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7