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Ayus

Also called: Ayu

The first son of Pururavas and Urvashi, handed to his father at Kurukshetra a year after the parting; in Kalidasa's play he is hidden with a hermit woman. Father of Nahusha.

Sources: The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840); The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer; Kalidasa: Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works, Arthur W. Ryder (1912), section "Urvashi" · see Ayus's web

Relations 2

Ayus child of

Pururavas (King) · Urvashi and Pururavas
Urvashi (God) · Urvashi and Pururavas

Stories 1

Urvashi and Pururavas
Legend · as the son · 8 tellings

Cited

The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) § 4.6 Primary text (translation)
The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § adi.75 Primary text (translation)
Kalidasa: Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works, Arthur W. Ryder (1912), section "Urvashi" Scholarly