Āgneyī (wife of Puru)

Āgneyī, “daughter of Agni”

Āgneyī is the wife of Puru, one of the ten sons of Cākshusha Manu, and the mother of six sons: Aṅga, Sumanas, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgiras and Gaya. Through her son Aṅga she is the grandmother of Vena and an ancestor of King Pṛthu. She is a different woman from Āgneyī the wife of Havirdhāna.

Her family

Lomaharshaṇa the Sūta tells the munis the line of Cākshusha Manu. To Cākshusha Manu ten sons were born of Naḍvalā, the daughter of Vairāja Prajāpati: Kutsa, Purusha, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavāk, Kavi, Agnishṭut, Atirātra, Sudyumna and Abhimanyu. From Puru (Purusha), Āgneyī bore six sons: Aṅga, Sumanas, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgiras and Gaya. From Aṅga, the daughter of Sunītha bore a son, Vena, and from the right hand of Vena, churned by the ṛshis, Pṛthu arose, after whom the earth is called Pṛthivī.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2