[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2816 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2816 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2816 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2816](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2816) PURUKUTSA. The son born to the celebrated king, Māndhātā of his wife Bindumatī. (See under Māndhātā for Genealogy). Purukutsa had a brother named Mucukunda. Descending in order from Purukutsa were Araṇya—Bṛhadaśva—Haryaśva—Tridhanvā—Aruṇa—Satyavrata—Triśaṅku. One Purukutsa is praised in the Ṛgveda. It is not known whether both are one and the same person. Purukutsa with his wife Narmadādevī went to the forest of Kurukṣetra and doing penance there attained mokṣa. (Chapter 20, Āśramavāsika Parva). - [Previous: c8.2815](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2815) - [Next: c8.2817](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2817) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.15.20) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2816](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2816) · Pramāṇa