Purūravas
Sign in to savePururavas ( , nominative singular: ), is a character in Hindu literature, a king who served as the first of the Lunar dynasty.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.image
- Pururavas.jpg
- Deity.caption
- A 20th century illustration of Pururavas
- Deity.spouse
- Ūrvaśī
- Deity.children
- Ayus, Amāvasu, Vishvāyu or Vanāyus, Śrutayu or Dhīmat, Śatayu (or Satayu), and Dṛḍhayu
- Deity.texts
- Mahābhārata, Ṛgveda, Vikramōrvaśīyam, Purāṇas
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.dynasty
- Candravaṃśa
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Legends
- Birth and early life
- Reign
- Pururavas and Urvashi
- Descendants
- Narrative of Urvashi and Purūravas
- Vedic literature
- Later Literature
- In popular culture
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Pururavas ( , nominative singular: ), is a character in Hindu literature, a king who served as the first of the Lunar dynasty.
According to the Vedas, he is a legendary entity associated with Sūrya (the sun) and Uṣā (the dawn), and is believed to reside in the middle region of the cosmos. The Ṛg Veda (X.95.18) states that he was a son of Ilā and was a pious ruler. However, the Mahābhārata states that Ila/Ilā was both his mother and his father. According to the Viṣṇu Purāṇa and others, his father was Budha, and he was ancestor of the tribe of Purūravas, from whom descended the Yādavas, Kauravas, and them Pāṇḍavas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purūravas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.