Essay name: Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas
Author:
Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
The essay studies the Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas by exploring the significance of the ten principal incarnations of Lord Vishnu as depicted in various ancient Indian texts like the Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas. The research also investigates the social, political, philosophical, and religious impact.
Chapter 2 - Varieties of Myths
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The only admissible conclusion seems to be that the personal
view of the god, could in ancient Vedic times, alternate within
impersonal. Indra is called the lord of 艢avas and Son of Savas. He is
the lord of heroism, prowess, superiority and is the invincible, strong
and victorious god. 18 The idea of complete dependence upon Indra is
poetically presented in these words, "We lean on thee like old men on
a staff 19
Again, Indra in the Yajurveda, is described as the king of the
gods, lord of speech, Vi艣vakarman, Sun, Marutv膩n, god of battles, and
deliverer from miseries, V峁泃rahan, representative of the R膩janyas,
impeller of rein and lord of the universe. Like this, he is described in
the Yajurveda, as the presiding power behind different cosmic phenomena,
as an anthropomorphic god having superhuman powers of bestowing
riches to the people of this world and helping them out of their
difficulties. He is described here as a god who stays out of our vision
and listens to our prayers and helps us to follow the path of 峁歵a. He is
also described as identical with the supreme one on the microcosmic
lines, Indra is described as individual soul within human body.
In Yajurveda 19. 80-9 there is the transfiguration of Indra as
creation delineated through sacrificial symbolism. The process of the
creation of the world is dealt with as one of a transformation from
18. 啶膏啷嵿く啷� 啶� 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ 啶掂ぞ啶溹た啶ㄠ 啶ぞ 啶啶� 啶多さ啶膏じ啷嵿お啶む 啷�
啶む啶掂ぞ啶き啶� 啶啶班ぃ啷嬥え啷佮ぎ啷� 啶溹啶むぞ啶班ぎ啶ぐ啶距啶苦い啶 啷� [sakhye ta indra v膩jino m膩 bhema 艣avasaspate |
tv膩mabhi pra峁噊numo jet膩ramapar膩jitam || ] Ibid., I.11.2.
19. 啶� 啶む啶掂ぞ 啶班ぎ啷嵿き啶� 啶� 啶溹た啶掂啶班く啷嬥ぐ啶班き啶� 啶多さ啶膏じ啷嵿お啶む 啷�
[膩 tv膩 rambha峁� na jivrayorarabh膩 艣avasaspate |
] ZYALA AT HULI 鲁蟺 || Ibid., VIII.45.20.
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