Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 1, Part 2 (1960)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� 鈥� [pur膩峁嘺m 鈥� ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
[Vol. I, No. 2
It was an obligation on the author to define his idea of
啶呧げ啶苦啶椸 啶侧た啶傕啶啶侧え啷嵿い啷� 啶呧さ啷嵿く啶曕啶む 啶侧た啶傕啶啶氞啶い啷� 啷�
啶呧げ啶苦啷嵿啶� 啶多た啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啷佮啷嵿い啷� 啶侧た啶傕啶� 啶多啶掂ぎ啶苦い啶� 啶膏啶啶むぎ啷� 啷� 啷� 啷�
啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶� 啶啶班啷冟い啶苦ざ啷嵿啷囙い啶� 啶う啶距す啷佮げ啶苦啶椸ぎ啷佮い啷嵿い啶ぎ啷� 啷� 啷�
啶掂た啶椸啶班す啷� 啶溹啶むぞ啶� 啶侧た啶傕啶げ啶苦啶椸ぞ啶︵き啶掂い啷�
啶膏啶掂く啶 啷ムイ 啷� 啷�
( [ali峁僩o 濒颈峁僩补m奴lantu avyakta峁� 濒颈峁僩补mucyate |
ali峁単a岣� 艣颈惫补 ityukto 濒颈峁僩补峁� 艣aivamiti sm峁泃am || 1 ||
pradh膩na峁� 辫谤补办峁泃颈艣ceti yad膩hu濒颈峁僩补muttamam | 2
vigraho jagat膩峁� 濒颈峁僩补mali峁僩膩dabhavat
svayam ||| 4 ||
( ] I. 3 )
The Unmanifest Principle is e and the manifest Universe
(Pradh膩na) is 啶侧た啶傕 [濒颈峁僩补] ; Prakriti is 啶侧た啶傕 [濒颈峁僩补 ] and 啶多た啶� [艣颈惫补 ] is 啶呧げ啶苦啶�, 鈥� [a濒颈峁僩补, 鈥� ] such was
the basic metaphysical position of the Mahesvara or Pasupata
school. 啶啶班啷冟い啶� [辫谤补办峁泃颈 ] is the consort or 啶多啷嵿い啶� [艣补办迟颈 ] of 啶多た啶� [艣颈惫补 ] and 啶啶班啶� [辫耻谤耻峁 ] or 啶多た啶� [艣颈惫补 ] himself
is 啶侧た啶傕啶�-
啶啶班啷冟い啶苦じ啷嵿い啶膏啶� 啶い啷嵿え啷� 啶� 啶啶班啶粪 啶侧た啶傕啶啶氞啶い啷� 啷�
( [濒颈峁僩补岣�-
辫谤补办峁泃颈stasya patn墨 ca puru峁 濒颈峁僩补mucyate |
(] I. 75. 9)
As explained in the Mbh. the is the object of senses
and the 啶呧さ啷嵿く啶曕啶� [avyakta ] is called 啶侧た啶傕啶�
啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啷堗 啶膏啶溹啶い啷� 啶う啷� 啶い啷� 啶むい啷� 啶むう啷� 啶掂啶啷嵿い啶た啶むた 啶膏啶啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶呧さ啷嵿く啶曕啶むぎ啶苦い啶�
啶掂た啶溹啶炧啶
啶侧た啶傕啶椸啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぎ啶む啶ㄠ啶︵啶班た啶ぎ啷� 啷�
(啶嗋ぐ啶｀啶啶ぐ啷嵿さ, 啷ㄠウ啷�. 啷�)
[濒颈峁僩补岣�
indriyai岣� s峁沯yate yad yat tat tad vyaktamiti sm峁泃am |
avyaktamiti
惫颈箩帽别测补峁�
濒颈峁僩补gr膩hyamat墨ndriyam ||
(膩ra峁噛akaparva, 202. ||)
] It is the power of 啶呧げ啶苦啶� [a濒颈峁僩补 ] which transforms its 啶侧た啶傕 [濒颈峁僩补 ] mani-
festation into 7, 8, or 11 different forms, which was an obvious
reference to the Seven Pr膩nas, or Eight Murtis of 艢iva (called the
Eight Names of Kum膩ra in the Br膩hma峁嘺s and the Pur膩峁嘺s), or
the Eleven Rudras:
啶膏お啷嵿い啶оぞ 啶氞ぞ啶粪啶熰ぇ啶� 啶氞啶� 啶むぅ啷堗啶距う啶多ぇ啶� 啶啶ㄠ 啷�
啶侧た啶傕啶距え啷嵿く啶侧た啶傕啶膏啶� 啶むぅ啶� 啶ぞ啶く啶� 啶掂た啶むい啶距え啶� 啶� 啷� ( [saptadh膩 c膩峁ａ弓adh膩 caiva tathaik膩da艣adh膩 puna岣� |
li峁僩膩nya濒颈峁僩补sya tath膩 m膩yay膩 vitat膩ni ca || (] I, 3, 5)
Whatever be the varying number of Tattvas ( 啶膏啶粪啶熰啶ぞ啶班ぎ啷嵿き啶�
啶う啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ [蝉峁涐梗峁瓂腻谤补尘产丑补办补
辫补诲腻谤迟丑补] s) in earlier literature, the Pur膩nas synthesize them into three
categories which they designate as 啶む啶班た啶︵啶掂-
[迟谤颈诲别惫补岣�-
] 1 啶む啶啶 啶啶班ぇ啶距え啶︵啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶む啶班く啶ぞ啶膏啶氞啶涏た啶掂ぞ啶む啶啶 啷�
[tebhya岣� pradh膩nadev膩n膩峁� trayam膩s墨cchiv膩tmakam |
]
