Nṛgā (Wife of Uśīnara)
Nṛgā
Nṛgā was one of the five wives of King Uśīnara of the line of Pūru. Like her co-wives she came of a rājarshi family. She was the mother of Uśīnara’s son Nṛga, from whom the Yaudheyas descend. She is not Nṛga Mahārāja.
Her place in the line of Pūru
The Sūta tells the munis the line of Pūru. Mahāmanas had two sons, Uśīnara, a knower of dharma, and Titikshu, of great strength. Uśīnara had five wives, all of rājarshi families: Nṛgā, Kṛmī, Navā, Darvā and Dṛshadvatī. In his old age, by the power of his tapas (spiritual austerity), Uśīnara had five sons by them, upholders of the line:
- by Nṛgā, Nṛga;
- by Kṛmī, Kṛmi;
- by Navā, Nava;
- by Darvā, Suvrata;
- by Dṛshadvatī, Śibi, lord of the Auśīnaras.
From Nṛgā’s son Nṛga came the Yaudheyas.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13