Purukutsa : son of Māndhātā & ancestor of Trishanku. In Rig-Veda, the tapasyā of Purukutsa & his wife Narmada in the forest of Kurukshetra led to their Moksha.
... Vol. III. Page 286 Was the time of Trasādasyu and Sudās less warlike than that of Purukutsa and Divodāsa? Even if we overlook Parpola's several inconsistencies, can we allow his argument? It is difficult to believe that, if TRasādasyu was the son of Purukutsa, the son, as definitely stated, battled in the upper Indus valley but the father may have fought in ancient... of warring with it - surely a more relaxed time? Besides, Sudās in one hymn (1,63,7) is made to stand in a posture similar to Trasādasyu's father Purukutsa who has been credited with breaking the enemy's seven autumnal forts: Warring for Purukutsa thou, O Indra, Thunder-armed! breakest down the seven castles; Easily, for Sudās, like grass didst rend them.... 192 That this 'them'... and again by Indra: "O Immaculate One, you made the streaming waters move; to young Purukutsa you made Vrtra surrender." The "streaming waters" appear to be some occult grace of divine agencies, high heavenly beings, whom Vritra, an opponent of the gods, is obstructing. Anyway, Vritra is not associated with Purukutsa anywhere else in the Rigveda. So the other occasions of Indra's exploits must be different ...
... sun-world. O lord of thy law of nature, let this increasing in thy plenties be the movement we shall get to through the clash of the battle. (7) Thou, thou, O Indra, Thunderer, warring brokest for Purukutsa the seven cities. When easily thou hadst cut out the seat of his session for Sudas, then didst thou turn, O King, evil of suffering into good of bliss for the Puru. (8) Thou, thou, O Indra, O pervading ...
... 296 Punjāb, 163, 182, 186, 212, 216, 238-41, 283 Pundras, 296 pur/pura (= nagara), 192, 196, 197 pur/purah, 298-305, 337 fn. Puranas, 169, 200 Purukutsa, 283, 286-90, 326, 330, 335, 354 Puru, 338, 354, 355 Purus, 254, 283 Pusalker, A.D., 157, 347-8, 353 Pusan, 251, 296, 363, 394, 395 Q. Curtius Rufus, ...
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