Raghu
Raghu
Raghu is a name used for more than one king in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Raghu: one of the most famous kings of the Sūryavaṃśa, after whom the whole line is called Raghukula, who gave his whole treasury as dakshiṇā in his yajña and helped the young ṛshi Kautsa pay his guru-dakshiṇā, as Raghu, Kautsa and Kubera tells. Skanda Purāṇa, Vaishṇava Khaṇḍa, Ayodhyā Māhātmya, Chapters 4–5; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 115; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 34, 62; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 5, 273; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 2, Chapter 7; Skandha 9, Chapter 10; Skandha 12, Chapter 3; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 2; Uttara Parva, Chapters 73–74, 132; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 8; Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 53
- Raghu (son of Nighna): the first of the two kings named Raghu in the line of Ikshvāku, son of Nighna and brother of Anamitra. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 8