By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Ayus, Ayus, AAyus
- life; duration of life; age
- progeny; family; divine personification
- the son of Purūravā and Urvaśī, the husband of Svarbhāvanavī and the father of Nahuşa (M. Bh.); the father of Suśobhanā the wife of Parīkşit.
