Punarvasu

Punarvasu

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

People

• Punarvasu (son of Tiviri): a king of the Kukura line of the Yādavas, the son of Tiviri and the father of Abhijit, whose twin sons were Āhuka and Śrāhuka. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 15

Things and ideas

• Punarvasu (Nakshatra): one of the twenty-seven nakshatras (the lunar mansions), whose first three pādas lie in Mithuna and whose last pāda lies in Karkaṭaka. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 5, 54; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 121, 126, 128, 130, 136, 184, 195–196, 275; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapter 23; Skandha 9, Chapter 24; Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 102; Uttara Parva, Chapters 94, 108–111, 145, 192; Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 220