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पौलोमपर्वन् (paulomaparvan)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Paulomaparvan], the fourth of the minor parvans. (Cf. Pauloma^1.) § 18: Sauti's conversation, in the forest of Naimisha, with the ṛshis at the twelve years' sacrifice of Śaunaka (I, 4).--§ 19: Śaunaka's lineage from Brahmán through Bhṛgu, Cyavana, Prcmati, Ruru, and Śunaka was related to him by Sauti.--§ 20: Pulomā.--§§ 21--3: Pramadvarā.--§§ 24--5: From this time Ruru made a vow to destroy the serpents, and whenever he saw a serpent he always killed it. Sahasrapad (q.v.) directed Ruru to ascertain the facts about the serpent-sacrifice of Janamejaya and the deliverance of the serpents by Āstīka
Ruru, having come home, asked his father, who related all about the story (I, 9--12)