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One should also name Pururavas of the Solar race and equal unto Mahendra himself in prowess.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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It is the tale of Urvasi and Pururavas, which is to be found in one of the oldest of the Vedas, or Sanskrit sacred books, which contain the legends of the Aryan race before it broke up and went in great fragments southward into India, and westward into Persia and Europe.
Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning With Some Account of Dwellers in Fairyland John Thackray Bunce 1863
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Yes, and who was Kashyapa, who was Pururavas, but our lame master - smith, our iron-worker, carried by us in our drifts and re-named and worshipped by the south-dwellers and the east-dwellers, the Sons of the Pole and of the Fire Drill and Fire Socket.
Chapter 21 2010
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Urvasi loved Pururavas, you know, before she saw him in a bright light.
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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Pururavas of old did, on receiving the celestial damsel Urvasi.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Beholding all this Sanatkumara came from the region of Brahman and gave him good counsel, which was, however, rejected by Pururavas.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Then Pururavas looked and said: 'How can that be a land without heroes and men where I am?'
Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen
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And Pururavas intoxicated with power quarrelled with the Brahmanas and little caring for their anger robbed them of their wealth.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Now, there was a ewe, with two lambs, tied to the couch of Urvasi and Pururavas, and the Gandharvas stole one of them.
Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen
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In the oriental legend Pururavas came upon his absconding wife in a lake.
Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen
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