[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s10.119 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s10.119 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s10.119 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s10.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.119) \*Janhu\* (I)—a great king, son of Hotraka, (Suhotra-\*Vā. P.\*) and Keśinī (Kauśikā-\*Vā. P.\*); while he was performing a sacrifice the Gaṅgā flowed through his \*yajñavāṭa\*; enraged at it he drank the waters; so Gaṅgā became his daughter and came to be known as Jāhnavī; married Kāvērī, the grand-daughter of Yuvanāśva; and had a son Sunaha (Suhotra-\*Vā. P.\*) by her; father Puru, Sumantu-\*Vi. P.\*). Bhā. IX. 15. 3; Br. III. 66. 25-30; Vā. 1. 142; 91. 54-60; Vi. IV. 7. 3-7. - [Previous: v1.c5.s10.118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.118) - [Next: v1.c5.s10.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.120) - [Up: v1.c5.s10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s10.119) · Pramāṇa