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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THE LOST 艢膧KTA UPAPUR膧峁咥S 477 tu bh膩峁tam' for the above line of the K奴rma-p.; 43 (3) in the
lists of the eighteen Upapur膩峁嘺s given in the Par膩艣ara-
upapur膩峁嘺, Madhusudana Sarasvati's Prasth膩na-bheda,
and
the 艢iva-m膩h膩tmya-kha峁囜笉a of the S奴ta-samhit膩
of the Skanda-p., the third Upapur膩峁嘺 is named 鈥楴膩nda'
(i.e. the Pur膩峁嘺 on Nanda); (4) 'Skanda' is the name for
the third Upapur膩峁嘺 in some of the Mss of the Prabh膩sa-
khanda of the Skanda-p., but 鈥楴膩nda' in the rest; 45 and
(5) Narasimha V膩japeyin, who quotes K奴rma-p. I. 1. 16
(any膩ny upapur膩峁嚹乶i etc.) and then gives, in his Nity膩c膩ra-
pradipa, p. 19, the titles of the eighteen Upapur膩峁嘺s
according to the list contained in the K奴rma-p., names
the third Upapur膩峁嘺 'Nandi-pur膩峁嘺' and not 'Skanda'.
The Nandi-p. was also called 'Vayaviya'. In his
Malam膩sa-tattva Raghunandana quotes the line 'anyany
upapur膩峁嚹乶i etc.' with the mention of the K奴rma-p. as its
source and then says that this line refers to the 'Narasimha-
p., Nandi-p., Aditya-p., K膩lik膩-p. etc.'46 Raghunandana
then reproduces those lines of the Kurma-p. which contain
the list of the Upapur膩峁嘺s. According to the second of
these quoted lines 'the third Upapur膩峁嘺 is the V膩yaviya
spoken out by Kum膩ra'," there being no mention of any
'Nandi-p.', 'Nanda-p.', 'Nanda-p.' or 'Sk盲nda-p.' in any
of these quoted lines. So, it is evident that according to
Raghunandana the V膩yaviya-upapur膩峁嘺 (spoken out by
Kum膩ra) and the Nandi-p. were the same. The mention
4陋 Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄, II. i, p. 21, and Viramitrodaya, Paribh膩峁Ｄ�-prak膩艣a,
p. 13. In Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄, I, p. 532, the erroneous reading 鈥榥盲radam' is found in
place of 'nandam'.
44 Eggeling, Ind. Off. Cat., VI, p. 1230. Prasth膩na-bheda(ed. Vani Vilas Press,
Srirangam, 1912), p. 10. Eggeling, Ind. Off. Cat., VI, p. 1378.
In the list of Upapur膩峁嘺s given from the 'Brahmavaivarta' in Gop膩lad膩sa's Bhakti-
ratn膩kara, the second Upapur膩峁嘺 is called 鈥楴膩nda'. (See Mitra, Notices, IX, p. 32).
45Skanda-p., VII. i. 2. 11b鈥攖峁泃墨yam sk盲ndam (v. 1, 鈥榥盲ndam' in the Venka峁�, and
Vanga. editions) uddi峁ａ弓am kum膩re峁�-膩nubh膩峁tam.
* Sm峁泃i-tattva, I, pp. 792-3-
kaurme鈥�'any膩ny upapur膩峁嚹乶i munibhi岣� kathit膩ny api'/t膩ni ca narasimha-nandy-
膩ditya-k膩lik膩pur膩峁嚹乨墨ni, yath膩-'膩dyam sanatkum膩roktam..
47 ,
鈥榯峁泃墨yam v膩yaviyam ca kum膩re峁嘺 ca bh膩峁tam'.-Sm峁泃i-tattva, I, p. 793.
The Vanga, ed. of the Malam膩sa-tattva (p. 264) reads 鈥榢um膩re峁嚹乥hibh膩峁tam'. So also
does Candicara峁嘺 Sm峁泃ibh奴峁峁嘺's edition (p. 213).
