जह्नु [ jahnu ] [ jahnú ] m. N. of an ancient king and sage (son of Aja-mīḍha , of Su-hotra , of Kuru , of Hotraka ; ancestor of the Kuśikas ; the Ganges , when brought down from heaven by Bhagī-ratha's austerities , was forced to flow over the earth and to follow him to the ocean and thence to the lower regions in order to water the ashes of Sagara's sons ; in its course it inundated the sacrificial ground of Jahnu , who drank up its waters but consented at Bhagī-ratha's prayer to discharge them from his ears ; hence the river is regarded as his daughter) Lit. MBh. i , xii f. Lit. Hariv. Lit. R. i , 44 , 35 ff. Lit. BhP. ix

  N. of Vishṇu Lit. L.

  of a Ṛishi of the 4th Manv-antara Lit. Hariv. 426 (v.l. [ janyu ] )

  of a Himâlaya cavern (from which the Gaṅgā is bursting forth) Lit. Kād. ii , 473 Lit. Hcar. iii

  pl. Jahnu's race Lit. AitBr. vii , 18 Lit. TāṇḍyaBr. xxi , 12 , 2 Lit. Pravar. iv , 12.