Ṛceyu

Ṛceyu

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

Ṛceyu is a king of the line of Pūru, one of the ten sons of Raudrāśva and the father of Matināra. From his line came Dushyanta and the cakravartin Bharata.

In the line of Pūru

Lomaharshaṇa, telling the munis the line of Pūru, says that Pūru’s son was Suvīra; his son Manasyu; his son Abhayada; his son Sudhanvan; his son Subāhu; and his son Raudrāśva. Raudrāśva had ten sons: Daśārṇeyu, Kṛkaṇeyu, Kaksheyu, Sthaṇḍileyu, Sannateyu, Ṛceyu, Jaleyu, the strong Sthaleyu, Dhaneyu and Vaneyu, and ten daughters, all wedded to Prabhākara of the line of Atri.

Later he says: “Now I shall describe the line of Ṛceyu, son of Raudrāśva.” Ṛceyu’s son was Matināra, who had three supremely righteous sons, of whom the text names Vasurodha and Subāhu; Matināra’s daughter Ilā became a brahmavādinī and the wife of Taṃsu, and from her line came Dharmanetra, Dushyanta and Bharata.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13