Jahnu
Jahnu
Jahnu is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Jahnu: the king of the Pūru vaṃśa, son of Ajamīḍha and Keśinī, who drank up the Gaṅgā when she flooded his yajña, so that she became Jāhnavī; he was the forefather of Kuśika, Gādhi and Viśvāmitra. Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 278; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapters 15–16; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 10, 13
- Jahnu (Saptarshi of the Tāmasa Manvantara): one of the seven ṛshis of the age of Tāmasa Manu, the fourth Manu. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 5
- Jahnu (son of Kuru): a king of the line of Kuru in the Dvāpara Yuga, son of Kuru and father of Suratha. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 3