Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Samjna included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana�).
Story of ṃjñ
Wife of Sun (ūⲹ).
Birth.
ṃjñ was the daughter of վś첹 according to the վṣṇ ʳܰṇa (Part 3, Chapter 2) and of ձṣṭ according to Ѳٲ, Ādi Parva (Chapter 66, Verse 35). Most of the ʳܰṇa refer to ṃjñ as the daughter of վś첹.
Separation from husband.
ṃjñ lacked the power to put up with the heat of ūⲹ. She once went into the forest to perform Tapas after deputing her companion, , to serve her husband. ṃjñ left her three sons Manu, Yama, and ۲ī also in the charge of , who in the guise of ṃjñ served ūⲹ. He took her to be his wife and begot three children, ŚԲś, (another) Manu and ղ貹ī of her. once got angry and cursed Yama, son of ṃjñ. Then it was that ūⲹ realised that she was not his wife. ūⲹ felt very sad at this separation from his wife and went to the forest in search of her. He knew, by the power of his meditation, that ṃjñ was doing tapas in the guise of a mare. Then he assumed the form of a horse and begot of the mare the Aśvinīkumāras and Revanta. The Aśvinīkumāras named ٲⲹ and Dasra, were born through the mare’s (ṃjñ) nose. (ԳśԲ Parva, Chapter 150, Verse 17).
Reunion.
ūⲹ brought ṃjñ back with him. She complained to her father վś첹, that life with ūⲹ was impossible on account of his excessive heat, and so վś첹 ground ūⲹ on his drilling machine and reduced his heat. But, only (1/8) of the heat (effulgence) could be so reduced, and it was with that fraction of effulgence that վṣṇ’s disc (cakra), Ś’s ٰśū (trident), Kubera’s puṣpakavimāna and ܲṇy’s weapon called Śپ were made. (վṣṇ ʳܰṇa Part 3, Chapter 2; Ჹṃśa, Chapter 41 and Bhaviṣya ʳܰṇa For details see under ղ貹ī.