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# The Purana Index v1.c5.s4.54

The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s4.54

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### [v1.c5.s4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s4.54)

Ūrva (I)—the son of Purañjaya; a sage who practised true brahmacarya; put his thigh into the fire and churned it with kuśa grass; out of that came the fire Aurva, which he gave to Hiraṇyakaśipu as a weapon.

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