Kakutstha
Kakutstha
Kakutstha is a name used for more than one king in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Kakutstha: a king of the Sūrya vaṃśa, son of Vikukshi in the line of Ikshvāku, also called Purañjaya and Indravāha, who rode on the hump of Indra as a bull against the rākshasas. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 5, 219, 273; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 6; Skandha 12, Chapters 3, 12; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 1; Uttara Parva, Chapter 71; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7
- Kakutstha (Father of Go): the father of Go, whom King Yayāti, son of Nahusha, married; the Purāṇa names him only as her father. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 12