आहुक

{ āhukḥ, āhuka }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ĀHUKA   A king of Yadu Vaṁśa. He was the father of Ugrasena, the father of Kaṁsa. (Some Purāṇas say that Āhuka and Ugrasena were the names of the same person). For genealogy, see “YADU VAṀŚA”. In [M.B., Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 33] , we find that Akrūra had married Sutanū, the daughter of Āhuka. Āhuka had a hundred sons. [M.B., Sabhā Parva, Chapter 14, Verse 56] . There were constant quarrels between Āhuka and Akrūra. [M.B., Śānti Parva, Chapter 81, Verses 8-11] .

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

आहुक n.  (सो. यदु. कुकुर). पुनर्वसु का पुत्र । इसके सौ पुत्र थे [म.स.१४.५५] । तथापि उनमें से देवक तथा उग्रसेन बहुत प्रसिद्ध थे । शाल्व के साथ कृष्ण के युद्ध के समय इसने द्वारका का रक्षण किया [म. व.१६.२३] । यह अभिजित् पुत्र था । इसे श्राहुक नामक भाई था । अत्यन्त ऐश्वर्यवान् तथा पराक्रमी ऐसी इनकी प्रसिद्धि थी [ब्रह्म.१५.४६-५१] ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आहुक  m.  m. N. of a king (great-grandfather of कृष्ण, a son or grandson of अभिजित्), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [VP.]
आस्  m. ( m. pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

आहुकः [āhukḥ]  N. N. of a prince, grand-father of Kṛiṣṇa.
-काः  N. N. of a people.