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PULASTYA. [Source: Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology] One of the Prajapatis or mind-born sons of Brahma, and one of the great Rishis.
He was the medium through which some of the Puranas were communicated to man. He received the Vishnu Purana from Brahma and communicated it to Parasara, who made it known to mankind.
He was father of Visravas, the father of Kuvera and Ravana, and all the Rakshasas are supposed to have sprung from him.
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