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 UPAPUR膧NAS
as a hearer, to whom Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatkum膩ra and San膩tana
speak respectively in the four sections (P膩da) of the First Part (Purva-
bh膩ga) only. Now, the question arises as to when the Naradiya-p.
incorporated the B峁沨ann膩radiya to form the first section of its First
Part. An Examination of the Smrti commentaries and Nibandhas
shows that several hundreds of verses on Sraddha, Tithi-nir峁嘺ya,
Ganga-m膩h膩tmya, Ganga-sn膩na, etc. have been quoted from the
'Naradiya-p.' or 'Naradiya' in Devanabhatta's Sm峁泃i-candrik膩, Hem膩-
dri's Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄, Bh膩guri's Sm峁泃i-s膩ra-samuccaya (fol. 41b),
Sr墨datta Upadhy膩ya's Samaya-prad墨pa (fol. 10a), Cande艣vara 峁琱ak-
kura's K峁泃ya-ratn膩kara (p. 637) and Tithi-nirnaya (fol. 12a), M膩dha-
v膩c膩rya's commentary on the Par膩艣ara-sm峁泃i, Madanap膩la's Mada na-
p膩rij膩ta (pp. 265, 507, 539), Vidy膩pati Up膩dhy膩ya's Ga峁僩膩-v膩ky膩val墨,
Rudradhara Upadhy膩ya's Var峁-k峁泃ya (pp. 157-158), K峁涐梗峁嚹乶anda
Agamav盲gisa's Tantras膩ra (I, p. 47), V膩caspati-mi艣ra's T墨rtha-cinta-
mani, Raghunandana's Sm峁泃i-tattva, Gopala-bhatta's Haribhakti-vil盲sa,
Gadadhara's K膩las膩ra, Mitra Mi艣ra's Viramitrodaya, S奴ra Mi艣ra's
Jagannatha-prak膩艣a (fols. 74b, 78b, 79a), and many other works.
Most of these quoted verses occur in the Uttara-bhaga of the present
Naradiya-p., 190 but only a very few lines101 can be traced in Purva-
190 For a list of these verses see Hazra, Puranic Records, pp. 315-317.
The verses ascribed to the 'Naradiya-p.' or 'Naradiya'
(1) Cande艣vara's
Tithi-nirnaya,
fol. 12a
in
(3) Ganapati's
N盲r. I. 23.
Ganga-bhakti-
迟补谤补苍驳颈峁噄,
(2) Vidy膩pati's
fol. 5b
Nar. II. 39. 25b-26a.
骋补苍驳补-惫腻办测腻惫补濒颈,
p. 259 Nar. II. 38. 38.
fol. 15b
Nar, II. 38. 34.
fol. 52a Nar. II. 38. 38.
鈥�
191 Viz., two lines 鈥榶膩ni k膩ni ca p膩p膩ni etc.' (=N膩r. I. 23. 8) quoted in
Hem盲dri's Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄, II. i, p. 995, and III. ii, p. 153, Ca峁囜笉e艣vara's
Tithi-nir峁嘺ya, fol. 12a, and Gad膩dhara's K膩las膩ra, p. 127; seven lines from
鈥榓艣vayuk-艣uklanavami etc.' (=N膩r. I. 25. 52b-55) quoted in Hem膩dri's
Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄, III. i, p. 255; two lines b膩l膩paty膩艣 ca garbhinya岣� etc.'
(=N膩r. I. 7. 52) quoted in M膩dhav膩c膩rya's commentary on the Par膩艣ara-sm峁泃i
(II. i, p. 59); eight lines (=N膩r. I. 28. 2b, 20b, 63-64a, 67 and 69a) quoted in
