Puru

Puru

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

People

• Puru, Son of Cākshusha Manu: one of the ten sons of Cākshusha Manu by Naḍvalā, also printed Purusha, the father of six sons by Āgneyī, Aṅga among them. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2
• Puru the Daitya: a daitya who lived in Pātāla, whose daughter married King Kuntibhoja and bore Vṛshaparvaṇa. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 2

See also

• Pūru: Pūru, with a long ū, the youngest son of Yayāti and Śarmishṭhā, who took his father’s old age and was the father of the Paurava line.