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अनुह्लाद (anuhlAda)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अनु-ह्राद or अनु-ह्लाद, अस्,
m.
N.
of a son of Hiraṇya-kaśipu,
Hariv.
Goldstucker
English
अनुह्लाद Tatpur. m. (-दः) The same as अनुह्राद. E. अनु and
ह्लाद.
Mahabharata
English
Anuhlāda (B. ºhrāº), son of Hiraṇyakaśipu. § 89 (Hiraṇyakaśipu): I, 65, 2526.--§ 130 (Aṃśāvat.): 67, 2643 (incarnated as Dhṛshṭaketu).--Cf. Daitya.
पुराणम्
English
अनुह्लाद / ANUHLĀDA. Brother of prahlāda.1) Genealogy. Descended from viṣṇu thus: viṣṇu, brahmā, kaśyapa hiraṇyakaśipu, anuhlāda.2) Birth. kaśyapa married diti, daughter of Daṣka. diti was a younger sister of aditi. The sons of aditi became devas and the sons of diti became asuras. diti gave birth to two sons named hiraṇyākṣa and Hiraṇyakaṣipu and a daughter siṁhikā. siṁhikā was given in marriage to vipracitti. They had two sons, rāhu and ketu. Five sons were born to hiraṇyākṣa and four sons were born to hiraṇyakaśipu. These four sons were: anuhlāda, hlāda, prahlāda and saṁhlāda. (viṣṇu purāṇa, aṁśa 1, Chapter 15 and agni purāṇa, Chapter 19).