Pururavas

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Pururavas (Sanskrit: पुरूरवस् IAST: Purūravas, nominative singular: पुरूरवा IAST: Purūravā), 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.

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