Kṛśāśva

Kṛśāśva

Kṛśāśva 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

• Kṛśāśva Prajāpati: one of those to whom Daksha gave his daughters; he received Arcis and Dhishaṇā and was the father of Dhūmrakeśa, Vedaśiras, Devala, Vayuna and Manu. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 6, Chapter 6; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 2; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3
• Kṛśāśva (son of Saṃhatāśva): a king of the Ikshvāku line, son of Saṃhatāśva in the line of Dhundhumāra, brother of Akṛśāśva and of Haimavatī, called Dṛshadvatī. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7