Pulastya

Pulastya ( Sanskrit पुलस्त्य Pulastya m .; Pali : Pulatthi) is one of the seven Saptarishi in Hinduism and thus also one of the seven stars in the Great Bear .

myth

Pulastya is one of the spirit-born sons of Brahma , from whom he received the Vishnu Purana , which he passed on to his disciple Parashara .

Pulastya is the father of Vishravas and thus the grandfather of Kubera and Ravana , the mythical king of Lanka and opponent of Rama . The demonic Rakshasa also descend from Pulastya .

Others

The place Polonnaruva (Pali: Pulatthinagara) in Sri Lanka is named after Pulastya.

literature

• Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.): Gods and Myths of the Indian Subcontinent (= Dictionary of Mythology . Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 5). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-12-909850-X .
• Pulastya . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, p. 244 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ pulastya . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 638, col. 1 .