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膧峁咥S
to a king (who is addressed as 'vis膩mpate' and 'vatsa' in
some other verses).92
The Nandi-p. seems to have been a non-Bengal work.
The crops mentioned in connection with bh奴mi-d膩na exclude
rice.93
6. The S膩rada-pur膩峁嘺.
This Upapur膩峁嘺 is not mentioned in any of the lists of
Upapur膩峁嘺s; but it is drawn upon in Hem膩dri's Caturvarga-
cint膩ma峁噄," Gop膩labha峁弓a's Hari-bhakti-vil膩sa,95 and Vi峁ａ箛u-
bhatta A岣峚valya's Puru峁Ｄ乺tha-cint膩ma峁噄 (K膩la-kha峁囜笉a).96
So, it must have been written earlier than 1000 A.D.
* See Caturvarga-cint膩mani, I, pp. 571-2; III. i, pp. 45, 64 and 668; and III. ii,
p. 691.
93 See the verses of the Nandi-p. in D膩nas膩gara, pp. 331-2.
94 Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄, III. ii, p. 202鈥�
and
*蝉腻谤补诲腻-辫耻谤腻峁噀鈥�
dina-karma dine sarvam kartavyam yadi tad dine/
naiva siddhim av膩pnoti tad膩 r膩trau vidh墨yate//'
'办腻濒颈办腻-蝉腻谤补诲腻-辫耻谤腻峁嘺测辞岣�-
svalpaiva dv膩da艣i yatra sn膩na-d膩n膩dik膩 kriy膩/
rajany膩m eva kartavy膩 d膩na-hom膩di-samyut膩//'
pp. 223-4-
'蝉腻谤补诲腻-辫耻谤腻峁噀鈥�
upo峁膩 dv膩da艣墨 艣uddh膩 ek膩da艣y膩m dina-k峁ye/
mumuk峁bhir da艣膩viddh膩 nopo峁aik膩da艣墨 tithi岣�//'
p. 238鈥�
'蝉腻谤补诲腻-辫耻谤腻峁噀-
ek膩da艣y a峁ａ弓ami 峁峁ａ弓hi p奴r峁嘺m膩si caturda艣i/
t峁泃墨y膩 ca caturthi ca am膩v膩sy膩峁ａ弓ami tath膩//
uposyah para-samyukt膩 noposyah p奴rva-samyut膩h//
and p. 286-
'蝉腻谤补诲腻-辫耻谤腻峁噀鈥�
辫耻谤腻峁嘺-苍测腻测补-尘墨尘腻尘蝉腻-诲丑补谤尘补艣腻蝉迟谤-腻谤迟丑补-肠颈苍迟补办腻岣�/
sad膩c膩ra-par膩 ye vai tad-uktam yatnata艣 caret//"
* Hari-bhakti-vil膩sa, p. 776-'蝉腻谤补诲腻-辫耻谤腻峁噀-ek膩da艣墨 tath膩 峁峁ａ弓h墨 paur峁嘺m膩s墨
caturda艣i etc.' (same as in Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄, III. ii, p. 238);
p. 840鈥斺�樷�︹��. s膩rad膩-pur膩峁噀-dina-karma etc.' (same as the first verse in Caturvarga-
cint膩ma峁噄, III. ii, p. 202);
p. 841鈥斺�榢膩lik膩-s膩rad膩-pur膩峁嘺yo岣� svalpaiva dv膩da艣墨 yatra etc.' (same as the
second verse in Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄, III. ii, p. 202), and
sanka峁璭 visame pr盲pte dv膩da艣y膩m p膩rayet katham/
adbhis tu p膩ra峁嘺m kury膩t punar bhuktam na do峁k峁泃//
** Shastri, ASB Cat., III, p. 332. Vi峁ａ箛ubhatta Adavalya was a Sout Indian author
and flourished after Raghunandana.
