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There also is the mountain named Puru which is resorted to by great Rishis and where
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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There also is the mountain named Puru which is resorted to by great Rishis and where Pururavas was born, and Bhrigu practised ascetic austerities.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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An anime adaptation of the Lilpri – Yubi Puru Hime Chen! trading card arcade game by Sega.
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Not content, he casts Puru in a similar mold: the eternal conflict-torn drama protagonist who in this play, vacillates between the desire to reclaim his youth and fulfilling his duty as a son...
Archive 2009-07-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Using poetic license, Karnad has rewritten the story of king Yayati and his son Puru and made it simmer with inter-racial and inter-generational conflict.
Archive 2009-07-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Using poetic license, Karnad has rewritten the story of king Yayati and his son Puru and made it simmer with inter-racial and inter-generational conflict.
Amartya, the mortal Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Not content, he casts Puru in a similar mold: the eternal conflict-torn drama protagonist who in this play, vacillates between the desire to reclaim his youth and fulfilling his duty as a son...
Amartya, the mortal Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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"And having said this, the great ascetic Yayati, then thinking of Kavya, transferred his decrepitude unto the body of the high-souled Puru. '"
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And giving him back his youth, though his own appetites were unsatiated, and installing him on the throne, he spoke unto Puru thus,
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And when the virtuous monarch saw that the thousand years were full, he summoned his son, Puru, and addressed him thus, 'O oppressor of foes, with thy youth, O son, I have enjoyed the pleasures of life, each according to its season to the full extent of my desires, to the limit of my powers.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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