Kaṅka

Kaṅka, “the heron”

Kaṅka 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

• Kaṅka, A Divine Bird: a divine bird of Garuḍa‘s line, son of Pralolupu and brother of Kandharu, in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
• Yudhishṭhira: Kaṅka, the name Yudhishṭhira took as a brāhmaṇa at Virāṭa‘s court in the thirteenth year of exile. Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva