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well as with the Yajus in the Atharvaveda, the theory of the origin
of the universe from sacrifice as expounded in the Puru峁�a-s奴kta of
the 峁歡ueda and the topics constituting the 鈥楶膩riplava 膩khy膩nas' or
recurring narration in the A艣vamedha sacrifice, tend to indicate that
the Pur膩峁嘺, as a branch of learning, had its beginning in the Vedic
period and originated in the narrative portion (膧khy膩na bhaga) of
the Vedic sacrifice, which in the Br膩hma峁嘺s, is repeatedly identified
with the god "Praj膩pati鈥�. In the extant Pur膩峁嘺s, there is a verse
which tells us that at the beginning of creation, Brahma had
remembered the Pur膩峁嘺 first of all the scriptures, before the Vedas.
This statement, however absurd it may appear to be, will have
validity, if we take the word 'Pur膩峁嘺' to mean not the Pur膩峁嘺
literature, but 鈥榓ncient stories' and legends, which in every country
came into being much earlier than versified compositions"."
iii) Rise of the Mah膩pur膩峁嘺s :
Although it is not known to us that this original Pur膩峁噄c heritage
began to give rise to different Pur膩峁嘺 Samhit膩s, it can hardly be
denied that more than one Pur膩峁嘺 had come into existence long
before the beginning of the Christian era. In the law books of Manu
and Y膩帽jnavalkya and in the Taittiriya 膧ra峁噛aka the word Pur膩峁嘺
has been used in the plural number. The Mah膩bh膩rata speaks of
Pur膩峁嘺 proclaimed by Vayu and the 膧pastambha-dharma-sutra
11. Cultural Heritage of India, Vol.II. C.P. Ramaswamy Iyar, Calcutta, 1931,
p-241.