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of language which was reinforced by all, the force of the classical
Sanskrit speech. The second point was that the Pur膩峁嘺s were not a
closed literature like the Vedas or Upanisads which had completed
their cycle. The elastic nature of the Pur膩峁噄c texts as reconstituted
almost at every new turn of a cultural cycle, is unparalleled in the
history of world literature. The enthusiasm and the inspiration, with
which the compilation of the Pur膩峁嘺s undertaken, were recurrent facts
of a resurgent religious movement being renovated from age to age.
These Pur膩峁嘺s have preserved a wonderful record of these changes.
Before identifying these elements in the Pur膩峁嘺s, it is legitimate to
understand the very nature and scope of the Pur膩峁嘺s; for, the details
thereof follow in forthcoming pages.
ii) The meaning of the word 鈥淧ur膩峁嘺鈥� :
The word Pur膩峁嘺 connotes simply an old narrative, or the
record of old events. Ancient writers derived the term 鈥淧ur膩峁嘺鈥� as
i. 啶�啷佮ぐ啶� 啶�啶掂ぎ啷�, [pur膩 bhavam, ] ii. 啶�啷佮ぐ啶� 啶ㄠ��啶�啶む��, [pur膩 n墨yate, ] iii. 啶�啷佮ぐ啶� 啶呧え啶むた. [pur膩 anati. ] The V膩yu Pur膩na derives the word
from and the root 3 and gives the meaning of the word as 鈥榯hat
which breathed in old times. The word is formed by the
addition of 'tyu' termination to the indeclinable g according to
P膩峁噄ni. He has used this word in his aphorisms more than once.
Bh膩nuji Dik峁�ita, son of the famous grammarian Bhattoji Dik峁�ita,
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1. 啶�啶膏�嵿ぎ啶距い啷嵿お啷佮ぐ啶� 啶灌く啶ㄠい啷�啶︵�� 啶�啷佮ぐ啶距ぃ啶� 啶む�囙�� 啶灌た 啶膏�嵿ぎ啷冟い啶�啷� 啷�
啶ㄠた啶班�佮�曕�嵿い啶�啶膏�嵿�� 啶�啷� 啶掂�囙�� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶�啶距お啷堗�� 啶�啷嵿ぐ啶�啷佮�氞�嵿く啶む�� || [yasm膩tpur膩 hayanat墨da峁� pur膩峁嘺峁� tena hi sm峁泃am |
niruktamasya yo veda sarvap膩pai岣� pramucyate || ] Vayu Pur膩na - I. 203.
2. 啶�啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ啶曕ぞ啶侧�堗�� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ 啶溹ぐ啶む�� 啶�啷佮ぐ啶距�� 啶ㄠさ 啶曕�囙さ啶侧ぞ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距え啶距ぇ啶苦�曕ぐ啶｀�囙え 啷�
啶呧し啷嵿�熰ぞ啶о�嵿く啶距く啷� [p奴rvak膩laika sarva jarat pur膩峁嘺 nava keval膩岣� sam膩n膩dhikara峁噀na |
补峁ａ弓腻诲丑测腻测墨 ] of Panini 鈥� II.1.49.