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Essay name: Studies in the Upapuranas

Author: R. C. Hazra

This book studies the Upapuranas: a vast category of (often Sanskrit) literature representing significant historical, religious, and cultural insights of the ancient Indian civilization. These texts provide rich information, especially on Hinduism covering theology, mythology, rituals, and dynastic genealogies.

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336
STUDIES IN THE UPAPURANAS
in the body of the chapters¹? as well as in the colophons, indicates
that it is not the original Naradiya-p., the words 'bį¹›hat,' 'vį¹›ddha'
etc. being found to be prefixed to the titles of comparatively late
works only. As the present Naradiya-p. incorporates all the chapters
of the Bį¹›hannaradiya, 168 we cannot agree with Winternitz in holding
that the Bį¹›hannāradÄ«ya-p. 'is generally so called to distinguish it from
the Nārada - or NĆ£radÄ«ya - Upapurāṇa'.169 That this work is merely an
Upapuraṇa and not the same as the genuine NāradÄ«ya-p., is shown
definitely by the Matsya, Skanda and Agni-p., of which the first
describes the Nāradīya-p. as follows:
"yatrāha nārado dharmān bį¹›hat-kalpāśrayāṇi ca/
paƱcavimśat-sahasrāṇi nāradÄ«yam tad ucyate//"
(Mat. 53.23)
"That (Purāṇa,) in which Nārada proclaims the (religious) duties
as well as (other matters) connected with the Bį¹›hat Kalpa and (which
contains) 25000 (verses), is called Nāradīya".
167 See Brar. 1. 36 and 66, and 38. 132. See also foot-note 114 above,
168 The chapters of the µžį¹›h²¹²Ō²ŌÄå°ł²¹»å¾±²ā²¹-±č., as occurring in the Naradiya-p.,
are as follows:
µžį¹›h²¹²Ō²ŌÄå°ł²¹»å¾±²ā²¹-±č.,
chaps. 1-11
12, 1-12
13. 1-5
13. 6-39
±·Äå°ł²¹»å¾±²ā²¹-±č.,
=chaps. 1-11.
―cf. 12. 1-28.
-
====
Š„
12, 29-58.
= 12. 59-98 (on the story
of king Virabhadra of
Gaudadeśa, whose mi-
nister Buddhisāgara
excavated a dried up
tank).
13. 40-212 chap. 13.
=chap. 14 (on occasions
for impurity, and the
requisite penances for
purification).
µžį¹›h²¹²Ō²Ō²¹°łĆ¤»å¾±²ā²¹-±č.,
chaps. 14-17
18. 1-50
18. 51-131
chaps. 19-24
chap.25(except}
verses
chaps. 26-34
35. 1-70
35.71-129
chaps. 36-37
±·Äå°ł²¹»å¾±²ā²¹-±č.,
=chaps. 15-18.
=chap. 19.
20. 3.86.
=chaps, 21-26.
-chap 27 (except
verses 23h-65a on
snana and samdhyā
with the perfor
mance of nyāsa).
=chaps. 28-36.
= chap. 37.
38.
38, 1-126 (ex-=chap. 41 (espe-
cept verses
127-149)
=chaps. 39-40.
cially except verses
116-122).
169 Winternitz, History of Indian Literature, Vol. I, p. 557.

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