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 4 - Significance of Vaishnava Myths
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Var膩ha in the Vedic Literature :
In the 峁歡ueda several gods are equated with Var膩ha myth. In
the form of demon V峁泃ra, this myth plays a significant role in the
vedic mythology which laid the foundation of the whole of the Var膩ha
myth in the latter period.96
Several mantras are connected with this myth in the 峁歡veda.
Vi峁ａ箛u carried away hundred buffalo and cooked rice milk, which are
guarded by a boar called Em奴峁, who had apparently taken up His
station on the other side of the mountain.97 Em奴峁 is the name of
Var膩ha first occurs in the 峁歡veda. Em奴峁 is a symbolical term
composed of three elements a+im+usha (啶�+啶囙ぎ啷� [im] +啶夃し啷� [耻峁� ] from the root 啶掂じ啷� )
[vas )
] that which envelops His earth and the cosmos. In the Vedas, V峁泃ra
is the personification of the clouds; and therefore, the Var膩ha myth
is identified with V峁泃ra representing the natural phenomena.
The Maruts are called the 鈥榠ron tusked boars', and the 'wild
boars'. 98 Rudra is addressed as the boar of the sky. He is spoken of
96. 啶呧え啷佮い啷嵿啶� 啶す啷�啶� 啶囙い啶� 啶ぞ啶溹じ啷� 啶囙い啶� 啶呧啶曕啶班 啶囙い啶� 啶︵啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶曕啶粪ぞ啶� |
啶う啶むぞ啶� 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啷� 啶む啶掂ぎ啷� 啶掂い啷嵿ぐ啶 啶嗋ざ啶ぞ啶ㄠぎ 啶膏た啶班ぞ啶膏 啶す啶� 啶掂啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶膏た啶膏啶掂お啶� 啶掂ぐ啶距す啶 ||
[anutk膩 mah墨峁� iti p膩jas墨 iti acakre iti dy膩v膩k峁Ｄ乵a |
madat膩ma indra岣� karman | tvam vatram 膩艣ay膩nama sir膩su maha岣� vajre峁嘺 sisvapa岣� var膩ham ||
] Rgveda : I. 121.11
啶呧じ啷嵿く 啶囙い 啷� 啶囙い啶� 啶ぞ啶む啶� 啶膏さ啶ㄠ啶粪 啶膏う啷嵿く啶� 啶す啶� 啶た啶む啶� 啶お啶苦さ啶距え 啶氞ぞ啶班 啶呧え啷嵿え啶� 啷� 啶啶粪ぞ啶い 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶� 啶啶むぎ啷�
啶膏す啷�啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶о啶い啷� 啶掂ぐ啶距す啶� 啶むた啶班 啶呧う啷嵿ぐ啶苦ぎ啷� 啶呧じ啷嵿い啶� | [asya ita o峁� iti m膩tu岣� savane峁 sadya岣� maha岣� pituma papiv膩na c膩ru ann膩 | m耻峁Ｄ亂ata vi峁ａ箛u岣� pacatam
sah墨y膩n vidhyat var膩hama tira岣� adrim ast膩 | ] Ibid., 1.61.7.
啶膏 啶囙い 啶︵ぞ啶膏ぎ啷� 啶む啶掂た啶洁ぐ啶掂ぎ 啶い啶苦 啶︵え啷� 啶粪啷� 啶呧啷嵿し啶 啶む啶班た啶多啶班啶粪ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� 啶︵ぎ啶ㄠ啶い啷� 啷� 啶呧じ啷嵿く 啶た啶む啶班 啶ㄠ 啶撪啶膏ぞ 啶掂啶оぞ啶ㄠ
啶掂た啶ぞ 啶掂ぐ啶距す啶� 啶呧く啶冟そ啶呧啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ 啶灌え啷嵿え啶苦い啶� 啶灌え || [sa岣� ita d膩sam tuvi'ravama pati岣� dan 峁峁� ak峁m tri艣墨r峁Ｄ佱箛am damanyat | asya mitra岣� nu ojas膩 v峁沝h膩na岣�
vip膩 var膩hama aya岣�'agray膩 hanniti hana || ] Ibid., X.99.6.
97. 啶掂た啶多啶掂ぞ 啶囙い啷� 啶むぞ 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶� 啶� 啶呧き啶多啶む 啶娻ぐ啷佮啷嵿ぐ啶 啶む啶掂ぞ啶洁啶粪た啶む 啶多い啶 啶す啷�啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ 啶曕啶粪啶班お啶距啶� 啶撪う啶ㄠぎ 啶掂ぐ啶距す啶�
啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶忇ぎ啷佮し啶 || [vi艣v膩 it t膩 vi峁ａ箛u岣� 膩 abha艣t 奴rukrama岣� tv膩'i峁ta岣� 艣atam mah墨峁Ｄ乶 k峁Ｄ玶ap膩kama odanama var膩hama
indra岣� em耻峁m || ] Ibid., VIII.77.10
98. 啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶掂げ啷嵿ぎ 啶班啷嵿し啶苦い啶距ぐ啶� 啶︵啶оぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷囙ぃ啶洁啶� 啶掂た 啶氞啶班啶むぐ啶掂啶� 啷�
啶膏啶掂啶︵ぞ啶傕啷嵿啶苦そ啶た啶� 啶嗋そ啶多た啶班ぎ啷� 啶囙啷嵿啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶呧ぐ啷嬥う啶い啷� 啶ぃ啶苦ぎ啷� 啶嗋啶距 啶呧ぎ啷佮し啷嵿ぃ啶距い啷� 啷� [indra岣� valma rak峁t膩rama dudh膩n膩ma kare峁嘺'iva vi cakartarave峁嘺 |
sved膩峁兠眏i'bhi岣� 膩'艣iram iccham膩na岣� arodayat pa峁噄m 膩g膩岣� am耻峁ａ箛膩t || ] Ibid., X.67.7
