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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STUDIES IN THE UPAPURĀṆAS
Mss, tallying fully with that given by the printed editions, the Bá¹›han-
nÄradÄ«ya-p. cannot be dated later than the middle of the fifteenth
century A. D. As Bhaskara (or Bhairava) 182 draws upon chap. 13
of the Bá¹›hannÄradÄ«ya-p. in his Acara-nirnaya-bhaskara-samgraha, Mitra
Miśra upon chaps. 2, 4, 11, 13, 24 and 25 in his Vīramitrodaya,
Anantabhatta upon chaps. 13, 14 and 22-24 in his VidhÄna-pÄrijÄta,
SÅ«ra MiÅ›ra upon chap. 25 in his Jagannatha-prakÄÅ›a, 183 GopÄla-bhaá¹á¹a
upon chaps. 1-6, 11, 13, 18, 21, 23, 28, 32, 34, 35, 37 and 38
in his Haribhakti-vilÄsa, Raghunandana upon chaps. 7, 14, 22 and
in his Smá¹›ti-tattva, Ganapati (of Mithila) upon chaps. 14 and 15
in his Ganga-bhakti-tarangini, GovindÄnanda KavikaṃkaṇÄcÄrya upon
chaps. 7, 14 and 25-27 in his Vará¹£a-kaumudi, Sraddha-kaumudi and
Suddhi-kaumudi, and SrÄ«nÄthÄcÄrya-cuá¸Ämaṇi upon chaps. 7, 14 and
24 in his Krtya-tattvärṇava, 184 and as SÅ«lapÄṇi refers definitely to and
quotes a line from chap. 16 with the mention of the title Bá¹›han-
nÄradÄ«ya' in his Vrata-kÄla-viveka, 185 the BrhannaradÄ«ya-p. can by no
means be placed later than 1300 A. D. It has already been said
that the Bá¹›haddharma-p., which was written in Bengal most probably
in the last half of the thirteenth century A. D., 186
24 names both the
182 In the ASB Ms (No. 5946) of the Acara-nirṇaya-bhÄskara-samgraha,
which is the only Ms of this work hitherto discovered, the name of the author
has been given as Bhairava in the second introductory verse and as BhÄskara in
the final colophon. But unfortunately both the introductory verses and the
final colophon were added in a later hand.
As the name 'BhÄskara' occurs in the title of the work, we have preferred it
to 'Bhairava' given in the second introductory verse.
183 This is an extensive Smá¹›ti work composed at Indraprastha (Delhi) in
Samvat 1654 (=1598 A.D.) under the patronage of Jagannatha, a scion of the
Solar dynasty, who was born in Samvat 1603 (=1547 A.D.).
184 A complete list of the quoted verses will be given in the final Volume
of the present work.
185 See Vrata-kÄla-viveka, p. 20-bá¹›hannaradiyokta-mÄrgasirá¹£Ädi-dvÄdaÅ›a-
masiya-dvÄdaśīvratasya 'margaÅ›irá¹£e subhe mÄsi dvÄdaÅ›yÄm samupositaá¸�' ityÄdi-
vacanena
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The quoted line is much the same as BnÄr. 16. 4.
186 A detailed discussion on the date and provenance of the Bá¹›had-
dharma-p, will be made in a subsequent Volume of the present work. See,
