[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.58 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.58 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.58 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.58) Purū-ravas is the name of a hero in a hymn of the Rigveda¹ containing a curious dialogue between him and a nymph, Urvaśī, an Apsaras. He is also mentioned in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,² where several verses of the Rigvedic dialogue find a setting in a continuous story. In the later literature he is recognized as a king.³ His name is perhaps intended in one other passage of the Rigveda.⁴ It is impossible to say whether he is a mythical figure pure and simple, or really an ancient king. His epithet, Aila,⁵ ‘descendant of Iḍā’ (a sacrificial goddess), is certainly in favour of the former alternative. - [Previous: v2.c4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.57) - [Next: v2.c4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.59) - [Up: v2.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.58) · Pramāṇa