As a deity name
Name 312 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
नहुष · noun · masculine
अयोध्या के एक प्राचीन इक्ष्वाकुवंशी राजा का नाम जो अंबरीष का पुत्र और ययाति का पिता था । महाभारत में इसे चंद्रवंशी आयु राजा का पुत्र माना जाता है · एक नाग का नाम · एक ऋषि का ना जो मनु के पुत्र और ऋग्वेद के कुछ मंत्रों के द्रष्टा माने जाते हैं — Śabdasāgara
नहुष · masculine
Nahusha, a king of the Lunar dynasty, and the father of Yayati
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नहुष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नहुष (nahuṣa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nahuṣa m. = nahus, RV. i, 31, 11; v, 12, 6
(prob.) N. of a man, viii, 46, 27
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 The name of a Nāga or serpent. 2 The name of a king, one of the lunar race, son of ĀYUS and grandson of PURŪRAVAS. E. ṇaha to bind, Uṇādi affix uṣana.
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Dictionary citations
nahuṣa m. = nahus, RV. i, 31, 11; v, 12, 6
(prob.) N. of a man, viii, 46, 27
of a son of Manu and author of RV. ix, 101; Anukr.
of an ancient king (son of Āyu or Āyus [cf. RV. i, 31, 11] and father of Yayāti; he took possession of Indra's throne but was afterwards deposed and changed into a serpent, Mn. vii, 41; MBh.; R. &c. (cf. RTL. 240); according to R. i, 72, 30 and ii, 119, 30 he is a son of Ambarīṣa and father of Nabhāga)
of a serpent-demon, MBh.; Hariv.
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