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| {{short description|Son of Yayati, one of ancestors of the Pandavas and Kauravas.}}
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| '''King Puru''' was a [[Puranic]] king and the youngest son of king [[Yayati]] and [[Sharmishtha]]<ref name="Adi Parva - Mahabharat">{{cite web |author1=Mayank Srivastava |title=Story of Devayani, Yayati, Sharmishtha, Puru |url=https://www.newstrend.news/347969/devayani-yayati-sharmistha-puru/ |website=newstrend,news |access-date=9 May 2020 |language=hi}}</ref> and one of ancestors of the [[Pandava]]s and [[Kauravas]]. King Puru married Kausalya and Janmajeya I is his son.
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| ==Puru in the Bhagavata Purana==
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| In the nineteenth chapter of book nine of the [[Bhagavata Purana]], Puru is described as having four brothers; [[Yadu]], [[Turvasu]], [[Druhyu]] and Anu. He exchanges his youth for old age of his father [[Yayati]] when Yayati gets cursed by Shukracharya.<ref name="Frawley1993">{{cite book|author=David Frawley|title=Gods, Sages and Kings: Vedic Secrets of Ancient Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9HDYo-FMo7MC&pg=PA137|access-date=4 October 2012|year=1993|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=978-81-208-1005-1|pages=137–}}</ref> In return Yayati makes him his descendant though he was youngest of all. His son and successor are named as his son were [[Práchinvat]]; his son was [[Pravíra]]; his son was [[Manasyu]].
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| ==Puru in the Mahabharata==
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| In the [[Mahabharata]] - [[Adi Parva]], he is said to have inherited his kingdom in the [[Gangatic plain]]. He is said to have three mighty heroes as sons by his wife Paushti; Pravira, Iswara and Raudraswa. Pravira succeeded Puru and was in turn succeeded by his son Manasyu.<ref name="Vyasa2008">{{cite book|author=Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa|title=The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa First Book Adi Parva|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYg_CBpCCHAC&pg=PA214|access-date=4 October 2012|date=31 March 2008|publisher=Echo Library|isbn=978-1-4068-7045-9|pages=214–}}</ref>
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| Puru ruled from the centre as a supreme World Emperor or [[King of Kings]]. This also showed his supreme power and displays the right of people named Puru.<ref name="India Encyclopedia">[http://www.mythfolklore.net/india/encyclopedia/yayati.htm Yayati]</ref><ref name="Frawley1993"/> His dynasty becomes the Puru vamsha which was later renamed as Kuru Vamsha to which [[Pandava]]s and [[Kauravas]] belong.
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| ==Puru in the Rigveda==
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| Another Puru is mentioned as a king in the [[Rigveda]] and as the father of [[Adityas]], married to [[Aditi]], living and ruling over and area of the [[Saraswati]] river.<ref name="SinghalGupta2003">{{cite book|author1=K. C. Singhal|author2=Roshan Gupta|title=The Ancient History of India, Vedic Period: A New Interpretation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hoXqCmo-Xs8C&pg=PA48|access-date=4 October 2012|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0286-6|pages=48–}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Lunar Dynasty]]
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| * [[Porus]]
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| * [[Pauravas]]
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| ==Further reading==
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| * ''[[Mahabharata]], [[Adiparva]]'', verse. 71-80.
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| ==Notes==
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| ==References==
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| *{{cite book|last= Dowson|first= John|title=A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature|url=https://archive.org/stream/aclassicaldictio00dowsuoft#page/n27/mode/2up|year=1888|publisher=Trubner & Co., London}}
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| * {{cite book |title=Puranic Encyclopaedia |last=Mani |first=Vettam |year=1964 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi |isbn=0-842-60822-2 | url=https://archive.org/stream/puranicencyclopa00maniuoft#page/n5/mode/2up }}
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