Bahuka (Hinduism)

Bahuka (Sanskrit: बाहुक, romanized: Bāhuka), also called Subahu, is a king of the Suryavamsha (solar dynasty) featured in Hindu literature.^[1]

Bahuka जितशत्रु
Texts	Puranas
Genealogy
Spouse	Yadavi vijya
Children	तीर्थांकरअजीतनाथ, Sagara
Dynasty	Suryavamsha

For the Mahabharata king who bore the alias Bahuka, see Nala.

Legend

According to the Puranas, Bahuka was the son of Vrika. He was ousted from his throne and driven out of his country by the Haihayas and the Talajanghas.^[2] He took refuge in the hermitage of the sage Aurva. His son, Sagara, was born in this hermitage.^[3]