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Tapati, the daughter of Surya, catches the site of the mortal Samvarana and falls in love wth him. She appears before him in the forest, and he is so enchanted by her, he swoons and falls on the ground. Walking along a river bank one day, Sage Sthulakesha sees a little girl abandoned there. He takes her home and name her Pramadvara. When Pramadvara grows up, she falls in love with Ruru. But just a few weeks before their wedding she is bitten by a snake and dies. Ruru wanders into the forest, beside himself with grief. Both these stories are taken from the Mahabharata. T apati and Samvarana had a son named Kuru, the ancestors of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The field of kurukshetra upon which the battle takes place is also named after kuru
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