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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana

Ūrukriya (ऊरुक्रिय):—Son of Bṛhadraṇa (son of Bṛhadbala). He will be born in the future and become a king. He will have a son called Vatsavṛddha. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.12.10)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Urukriya (उरुक्रिय).—The son of Bṛhadraṇa and father of Vatsavṛddha.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 12. 10.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Full-text: Vatsavriddha, Brihadrana, Prativyoma.

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Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 12 - The Description of Ikṣvāku’s Race (concluded) < [Book 9 - Ninth Skandha]

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Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)

Chapter XXII - Future princes of the family of Ikshvaku < [Book IV]

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Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)

Chapter 39 - Kings of the solar race (sūryavaṃśa) < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]

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