[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s7.32 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s7.32 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s7.32 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.32) Aurva (1)—a son born of Apravāṇa (Apruvat-Matsya P.) and Ṛcī, being born from her thigh. Father of Ṛcīka. Jamadagni was his grandson; a mantrakṛt and sage.¹ Sagara who had no son visited his hermitage with his two wives and was blessed for sons. Present at Sagara’s Aśvamedha and other sacrifices and taught him the path to salvation;² spoke to Sagara on the mode of worshipping Viṣṇu;³ on Varṇadharma;⁴ on Āśramadharma;⁵ on rituals;⁶ on the duties of the householder;⁷ on funeral rites;⁸ on the Śrāddha;⁹ prevented the pregnant queen of Bāhu(ka) from committing \*satī\*,¹⁰ and the posthumous son Sagara brought up in his hermitage to whom he did all \*saṃskāras\* Was visited and revisited by Paraśurāma ¹¹ Phalgutanta took refuge near his hermitage,¹² extinguished the Tālajaṅgha line ¹³ Came to see Parīkṣit practising \*prāyopaveśa\*.¹⁴ A description of his hermitage ¹⁵ A sage of the Svārociṣa epoch, and one of the five Pravaras of Bhārgava gotra.¹⁶ - [Previous: v1.c5.s7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.31) - [Next: v1.c5.s7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.33) - [Up: v1.c5.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.32) · Pramāṇa