Madgu

Madgu

Madgu 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

• Madgu (son of Śvaphalka): a son of Śvaphalka and Gāndinī in the Vṛshṇi line, and a brother of Akrūra. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 14, 16

Things and ideas

• Madgu (Bird): the water-crow, a bird that dives in the water, whose flesh the Vārāha śrāddha-kalpa forbids at the śrāddha. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220