Lauhi (son of Ashṭaka)

Lauhi

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

Lauhi is the son of Ashṭaka and the grandson of Viśvāmitra. He is the last name in the line of Jahnu, Kuśika and Gādhi, which the Brahma Purāṇa tells twice.

In the line of Viśvāmitra

In Chapter 10 the teller gives the munis the Kauśika line down to Viśvāmitra and his sons, Devarāta and the others, and the famous gotras of the Kauśikas. Then he says that Ashṭaka, the son of Dṛshadvatī, is also a son of Viśvāmitra, and that Ashṭaka’s son is Lauhi. With this he closes: “The gaṇa of Jahnu Muni has been told by me.”

In Chapter 13 the Sūta tells the munis the same line again: Jahnu’s son was Ajaka, his son Balākāśva, his son Kuśika; Indra himself was born to Kuśika as Gādhi; Gādhi’s son was Viśvāmitra, his son Ashṭaka, and Ashṭaka’s son Lauhi. “This is the Jahnu gaṇa.”

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 10, 13

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 10, 13