an ancient king, son of Ayus and father of Yayati, who for some time ruled as king of the gods before being cursed and transformed into a serpent
Nahuṣa2, an ancient king, son of Āyus and father of
Yayāti, etc., for some time king of the gods, but cursed and
born as a serpent (ajagara). § 141 (Purūravas): I, 75,
3150 (eldest son of Āyus and Svarbhānavī).—§ 142
(cf. Purūravas): N. protected the Pitṛs, gods, Ṛṣis, brahmans,
Gandharvas, Uragas, Rākṣasas, etc.; having slain the Dasyus,
he made the Ṛṣis pay tribute and carry him on their back
like beasts of burden, and having conquered the gods, he
became Indra: I, 75, 3151 (Āyuṣaḥ putraḥ), 3152.—
§ 143: N. had six sons: Yati, Yayāti, Saṃyāti, Ayāti, Ayati,
and Dhruva. Yati betaking himself to asceticism, Yayāti
became the successor of N. and begot with Devayānī, Yadu
and Turvasu, and with Śārmiṣṭhā, Druhyu, Anu, and Pūru:
I, 75, 3155.—§ 149 (Yayāti): I, 88, †3564 (°sya putra,
i.e. Yayāti), †3577 (Yayātir N°sya putraḥ); 93, †3684
(Yayātiḥ…N°sya putraḥ).—§ 156 (Pūruvaṃś.): I, 95,
††3760 (son of Āyus and father of Yayāti).—§ 267
(Yamasabhāv.): II, 8, 319 (in the palace of Yama).—§ 296
(Dyūtap.): II, 53, 1930.—§ 310 (Āraṇyakap.): III, 3, 141.
—§ 384 (Agastyop.): III, 103, 8777 (had oppressed the
gods who were rescued by Agastya, cf. § 555).—§ 450
(Ājagarap.): III, 179, 12408 (rājarṣiḥ), 180, 12453 (do.);
12460 (rājā); 181, 12533 (nṛpatiḥ, cursed by Agastya
(cf. § 555), N. became a serpent (ajagara), but was liberated
by Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 516 (Duryodhanayajña): III, 257,
15329 (had performed the Vaiṣṇava sacrifice).—§ 552
(Goharaṇap.): IV, 56ζ, 1768 (came to see the encounter).—
§ 555 (Indravijaya): V, 11, 342, 344, 354, 357, 361, 366,
367; 12, 368, 379, 380, 382, 392, 393, 397, 398, 399, 400;
13, 401 (Devarāj), 402, 404 (Devarājaṃ), 406, (407), 408,
415, 421; 14, 441, 444; 15, 446, 448, 450, 451, 461, 470,
472; 16, 505, 506, †508, †509, †510, †513, †514, †515, †516;
17, 520, 522, 526, 527, 528, 529, 530, 542 (N. became the
king of the gods, but cursed by Agastya he fell down and
became a serpent for 10,000 years).—§ 555 (Sainyodyogap.):
V, 17, 556.—§ 562 (Bhagavadyānap.): V, 90ν, 3146
(worshipped Kṛṣṇa).—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 17β,
645.—§ 599e (Śini): VII, 144, 6029 (son of Āyus and
father of Yayāti).—§ 621 (Rājadh.): XII, 8, 211 (a sentence
of his is quoted), (θ), 238 (the earth had belonged to N.).—
Page495-a+ 61 § 656 (Khaḍgotpattik.): XII, 166, 6193, 6194 (received the
sword from Āyus, from N. it passed over to Yayāti).—§ 680b
(Tulādhāra-Jājalisaṃv.): XII, 263, 9388, 9389, 9390 (N.
had slain a cow and a bull and was rebuked by the ṛṣis,
who however distributed the sin incurred among the creatures
in the form of diseases).—§ 684 (Mokṣadh): XII, 269,
9601 (āmnāyam anupaśyan hi purāṇaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvaṃ |
N°ḥ pūrvam ālebhe Tvaṣṭur gāṃ, cf. § 680b).—§ 717b
(Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 343, VII), ††13214 (Āyuṣaḥ putraṃ),
††13216 (repetition from § 555).—§ 745 (Ānuśāsanik.):
XIII, 50, 2642 (°sya saṃvādaṃ maharṣeś Cyavanasya ca).—
§ 745b (Cyavanop.): XIII, 50, 2667; 51, 2668, (2671),
(2673), (2675), (2677), (2679), 2681, 2682, (2685), 2688,
2690, (2692), 2708, 2710, 2713 (how Cyavana was purchased
by N. at the price of a cow).—§ 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII,
81λ, 3806 (had made gifts of kine).—§ 751b (Śapathavidhi):
XIII, 94α, 4551, (4574).—§ 755b (Nahuṣop.): XIII, 99,
4745 (°sya ca saṃvādam Agastyasya Bhṛgos tathā), 4746,
4747, 4757 (Devendrasya), 4764, 4770; 100, 4782, 4790,
4792, 4795, 4797, 4803, 4804, 4805, 4809, 4810 (the story
of N.'s becoming the king of the gods and falling from that
place (somewhat different from the narration § 555) and
allusion to § 450).—§ 761 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 115γ, 5662
(abstained from meat during the month of Kārttika).—
§ 768b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 147, 6832 (son of Āyus
and father of Yayāti).—§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166η,
7674 (enumeration).
Cf. also the following synonyms:—
Devarāj (“king of the gods”): V, 401; XIII, 4765,
4788, 4793.
Devarāja (do.): V, 354 (N°), 369, 371, 380 (N°), 404
(N°), 455.
Devarājan (do.): V, 368.
Devendra (do.): V, 356; XIII, 4757 (N°), 4767 (ku°),
4775 (do.).
Jagatpati, q.v.
Nāga, Nāgendra, v. Nāga, pl.
Surādhipa (“lord of the gods”): V, 372, 454, 457;
XIII, 4790.
Surapati (do.): XIII, 4789.
Sureśvara (do.), q.v.
Surendra (do.): V, 461; XIII, 4782 (°tvaṃ), 4784.
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