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# The Purana Index v1.c5.s3.153

The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s3.153

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### [v1.c5.s3.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s3.153)

\*Uttama\* (I)—a favourite son of Suruci and Uttānapāda. Was embraced by Dhruva after his return from tapas. It was predicted that he would be killed by an Yakṣa in a hunting expedition, and that his mother going in search of him would die by falling into a forest fire. So it happened. Bhā. IV. 8. 9 & 19; 9. 23 & 48; 10. 3; Vi. I. 11. 2.

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