Kuśanābha

Kuśanābha

Kuśa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Kuśa. Vasu has other meanings too: see all meanings of Vasu.

Kuśanābha is a son of King Kuśa in the line of Jahnu Maharshi. The Brahma Purāṇa names him second of Kuśa’s four sons, all of deva-like splendour.

Son of Kuśa

Lomaharshaṇa, the Sūta, tells the munis the line of Jahnu Maharshi. Jahnu begot in Kāverī a dharma-minded son, Sunadya; his son was Ajaka, and Ajaka’s son was King Balākāśva. Balākāśva’s son was Kuśa, fond of hunting, and Kuśa had four sons of deva-like splendour: Kuśika, Kuśanābha, Kuśāmba and Mūrtimanta. The line went on through Kuśika, whose tapas for a son equal to Indra brought Indra himself to be born as his son Gādhi.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 10