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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.
(4) Urvashi's dilemma: Kalidasa adds complexity confronting the character of Urvashi by introducing the condition that when Pururava sees the face of their son, Urvashi will return to the heaven. In Vikramorvashiyam, Urvashi conceives and delivers the son quickly without the knowledge of Pururava who never saw her pregnant (explanation is that ...
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] According to the scripture Devi Bhagavata Purana , the apsara is known as Urvashi because she is born from the uru —'thigh'—of the divine-sage Narayana . [ 4 ]
The Tamil version stars Vijayakumar, Latha (who stars in all three versions) and Jai Ganesh. The film was simultaneously shot in Kannada and Telugu as Urvashi Neenu Nanna Preyasi ( transl. Urvashi, you are my love ) and Urvasi Neeve Naa Preyasi ( transl. Urvasi, you are my love ) respectively.
Tumburu also attends the birth celebrations of the Pandava Arjuna, and welcomes him in Svarga (heaven) when he visits his father, Indra. "A friend of Arjuna", Tumburu also keenly watches Arjuna's battle fought against the Kauravas – the primary antagonists of the epic, and cousins of the Pandavas – on the side of Virata .
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.
Irattai Roja (transl. Two Roses) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Keyaar.The film stars Ramki, Urvashi, and Khushbu.It is a remake of the 1994 Telugu film Subhalagnam which was based on the American film Indecent Proposal (1993).
Frieze of gandharvas and apsaras, residents of Svarga. Svarga (Sanskrit: स्वर्गः, lit. 'abode of light', IAST: Svargaḥ), [1] also known as Swarga, Indraloka and Svargaloka, is the celestial abode of the devas in Hinduism. [2]