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Pururavas (Sanskrit: पुरूरवस्, Purūravas) is a character in Hindu literature, a king who served as the first of the Lunar dynasty. [1]According to the Vedas, he is a legendary entity associated with Surya (the sun) and Usha (the dawn), and is believed to reside in the middle region of the cosmos.
Kanjibhai Rathod directed Vikram Urvashi, a 1920 Indian silent film adaptation; this was followed by Vishnupant Divekar's Urvashi in 1921. [10] In 1954, Madhu Bose made an Indian Bengali-language film adaptation titled Vikram Urvashi. [11] Vikrama Urvashi is a 1940 Indian Tamil-language film directed by C. V. Raman based on the play.
Budha had a son with Vaivasvata Manu's daughter, Ila. Ila's son was Pururavas, who studied under Sage Kashyapa. Pururavas married the apsara Urvashi and had many sons, of whom Ayus was the eldest. Ayus completed his education from Sage Chyavana and married the asura princess Prabha. Ayus's son was Nahusha, who was educated by the Sage Vashistha.
The Sanskrit name "Urvaśī" is derived from roots—uru and aś.It can have multiple meanings. [3] Indologist Monier Monier-Williams states that the name means 'widely pervasive' and he suggests that in its first appearances in Vedic texts Urvashi was a personification of dawn. [3]
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Note that Hindi–Urdu transliteration schemes can be used for Punjabi as well, for Gurmukhi (Eastern Punjabi) to Shahmukhi (Western Punjabi) conversion, since Shahmukhi is a superset of the Urdu alphabet (with 2 extra consonants) and the Gurmukhi script can be easily converted to the Devanagari script.
Though middle names are very common in Bangladesh, not every individual has one; this applies to West Bengal as well. Recently, many people have begun to add their dak nam to the middle or end of their full official name, resulting in names like "Saifuddin Kanchon Choudhuri" (সাইফুদ্দীন কাঞ্চন চৌধুরী), where "Saifuddin" would be the man's bhalo nam ...
He translated the Quran into Bengali and Urdu. [13] 1905: Sri Kiran Gopal Singha (1885-1942). He was first Hindu to translate the Quran into Bengali. [14] 1907: Translation of Maulavi Abbas Ali of 24 Pargana. [14] 1911: Muhammad Meherullah Sani (1856-1918) 'বাংলা কোরআন শরিফ' [1]