By Jit Majumdar
- sacrificer of goats.
- devotee of the Supreme.
- a king of the Purū dynasty who was the son of Hasti, the husband of Dhūminī, Nīlī, and Keśinī and the father of Ŗkşa, Duşyanta, Jahnu, Praja and Rūpiņa (M. Bh.); another lunar dynasty king who was the husband of Sudevā and the father of Sańvaraņa (M. Bh.); another name for Dhŗtarāşţra and Yudhişţhira (M. Bh.).