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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2185

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2185

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Sambhūti the wife of Marīci gave birth to a son named Pauṛṇamāsa. To Aṅgiras four daughters named Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and Anumati were born by Smṛti. Three sinless sons named Candra, Durvāsas and Dattātreya were born to Atri by Anasūyā. Of them Dattātreya was a hermit. A son named Dattoli was born to Pulastya by Pratīti (Prīti). That Dattoli was the Agastya of Svāyambhuva Manvantara. Kṣamā the wife of Pulaha gave birth to three sons named Kardama, Urvarīyān and Sahiṣṇu. Santati the wife of Kratu, gave birth to sixty thousand hermits called Bālakhilyas. Seven sons named Rajas, Gotra, Ūrdhvabāhu, Savana, Anagha, Sutapas and Śukra were born to Vasiṣṭha by his wife Ūrjā. These sons were the seven hermits of the third Manvantara. Three bright sons Pāvaka Pavamāna and Śuci were born to god Agni (fire) by his wife Svāhā. Fortyfive sons were born to them. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Amśa 1, Chapter 10).

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