Aurva

Aurva

Aurva is a name used for more than one being in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Aurva Maharshi: the thigh-born ṛshi of the Bhṛgu line, whose tapas-fire became the Aurvānala in the ocean, and who trained and blessed Sagara Mahārāja. Harivaṃśa Purāṇa, Harivaṃśa Parva; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 150, 273; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapter 19; Skandha 9, Chapters 8, 23; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 12; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 8
• Aurva (Ṛshi of the Sāvarṇi Manvantara): Aurva of the Kāśyapa gotra, the last of the seven ṛshis of the coming manvantara of Sāvarṇi Manu. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 5–6

Devatās

• Aurva (Rudra): the Rudra also called Dahana and Vāḍava, the burning tejas of a thigh-born child of the Bhṛgu line that Brahmā set in the ocean and established as master of the Śaśimaṇḍala; the account is told on The Tejas of the Thigh-born Child (Aurva). Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 12