Kuru (mythology)
Kuru ( Sanskrit कुरु , kuru m.) Is the name of the ancestor of the Kurus tribe in the Mahabharata . He was the son of Samvarana and Tapati, the daughter of the sun.
Kuru's family and its meaning
Kuru is an ancestor of both Pandu and his descendants, the Pandavas , and of Dhritarashtra and his descendants, the Kauravas . This latter name, derived from Kuru as a patronymic , is only used for the descendants of Dhritarashtra.
King Kuru had two wives named Shubhanga and Vahini. With Shubhanga he had a son named Viduratha, and with Vahini five sons named Ashvavat, Abhishyat, Citraratha, Muni and Janamejaya. The Kurujangal region was named after him because of his merits and important ascetic practices . This has also been known as Kurukshetra since ancient Vedic times .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monier Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), p. 294.1
- ↑ Monier Williams (1899), p. 294.1
- ↑ Mbhr. 1.89.44 and 1.90.40
- ↑ JAB van Buitenen, Mahabharata Book 1, Chicago 1973, pp. 212-214
- ↑ MMS Shastri Chitrao, Bharatavarshiya Prachin Charitrakosha (Dictionary of Ancient Indian Biography, in Hindi) Pune 1964, p. 151