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)
137 (of 150)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Feb., 1960] THE PA艢UPATA YOGA 啶忇啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啶む啶班た啶粪啶掂き啷傕う啷嵿さ啶苦ざ啷嵿さ啶啶曕啶� 啶ぐ啶苦ぐ啶曕啶粪た啶むぎ啷� 啷ムガ啷� 啶忇啷囙え啷堗さ 啶灌啶む 啶掂た啶多啶掂 啶掂啶ぞ啶啶む 啶む啶掂啶掂 啶多た啶掂啶� 啶む 啷� 啷ゥ ( [ekasm膩t tri峁abh奴dvi艣vamekena parirak峁tam ||6|| ekenaiva h峁泃a峁� vi艣va峁� vy膩pta峁� tveva峁� 艣ivena tu || 7|| (] I. 3) 239 also
What Manu mentions as 啶啶溹お啷嵿ぐ啶︵ 啶た啶むぞ, [b墨japrada岣� pit膩, ] is called here 鈥� '啶呧げ啶苦啶椸
啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶溹 啶� 啶忇さ 啶ぐ啶啶多啶掂ぐ啶� [补濒颈峁僩墨
bhagav膩n b墨j墨 sa eva parame艣vara岣�] ' ( I. 3. 8). 啶多た啶� [艣颈惫补 ] is 啶啶班啶� [辫耻谤耻峁 ] and 啶啶班啷冟い啶� [辫谤补办峁泃颈 ] is 啶多啶掂,
[艣补颈惫墨,
] called 啶呧啶�, [补箩腻, ] as in the Upanishads :-
啶むぞ啶啶距 啶侧啶灌た啶むぞ啶� 啶多啶曕啶侧ぞ啶� 啶曕啶粪啶｀ぞ啶啶曕ぞ啶� 啶す啷佮お啷嵿ぐ啶ㄠぞ啶 啷� 啷оォ啷�
啶呧え啶� 啶溹え啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶溹啶むぞ啶� 啶膏ぞ啶溹啶� 啶膏ぎ啶оた啶粪啶犩た啶むぞ 啷� 啷оオ啷� ( [t膩maj膩峁� lohit膩峁� 艣ukl膩峁� k峁涐梗峁嚹乵ek膩峁� bahupran膩m || 13||
an膩 janitr墨 jagat膩峁� s膩jena samadhi峁ａ弓hit膩 || 14|| ( ] 1. 3)
This produces for the sake of creation the Primordial
Principle of 啶す啶む ( [mahat (] I. 3. 15). Then follows the scheme of S膩峁卥hya
cosmogony which both the Saivas and the Bh膩gavatas accepted
in toto with their particular retouching. Along with this the
scheme of Vedic cosmogony described by Manu in terms of the
啶灌た啶班ぃ啷嵿く啶距ぃ啷嵿ぁ ( [hira峁噛膩峁囜笉a (] Golden Egg), the same as the Vedic 啶灌た啶班ぃ啷嵿く啶椸ぐ啷嵿き啶�, [丑颈谤补峁噛补驳补谤产丑补峁�, ] was also
admitted in both the Pasupata and Pa帽char膩tra systems.
Out of the Egg is born Brahm膩 (啶溹げ啶啶啶掂い啷嵿い啶膏啶ぞ啶︵さ啶む啶班啶｀ 啶た啶むぞ啶す啶�,
[jalabubuvattasm膩davat墨r峁嘺岣� pit膩maha岣�,
] I. 3. 28); he is identical with and fat when functioning in
the cosmos :
啶� 啶忇さ 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啶班啶︵啶班 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶班啶掂た啶多啶掂啶む 啶啶班き啷佮 啷� ( [sa eva bhagav膩n rudro vi峁ａ箛urvi艣vagata岣� prabhu岣� | (] I. 3. 29)
The cosmos is a single Egg, but within it each Pr膩峁噄c centre
is itself an egg :
啶曕啶熰た啶曕啶熰た啶啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶氞ぞ啶｀啶∴ぞ啶ㄠた 啶曕ぅ啶苦い啶距え啶� 啶む ( [ko峁璱ko峁璱yut膩nyatra c膩峁囜笉膩ni kathit膩ni tu ( ] I. 3. 33 )
The egg is thus a pulsating unit of life with its throbbing
nucleus called Brahm膩, from the root to grow, since it repre-
sents the principle of growth which inheres in each egg ( 啶むじ啷嵿く啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶�
啶曕ぎ啶侧ぞ啶膏え啶�, [迟补蝉测腻迟尘腻
办补尘补濒腻蝉补苍补岣�, ] I.3.33 ; cf. Manu, 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦啷嵿啶溹啶炧 啶膏啶掂く啶� 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶侧啶曕お啶苦い啶距ぎ啶灌 ) [tasmi帽jaj帽e svaya峁� brahm膩 sarvalokapit膩maha岣� ) ] With-
in the Egg is an epitome of the world ( 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿え啶｀啶∴ 啶む啶掂た啶 啶侧啶曕ぞ 啶呧え啷嵿い-
啶掂た啶多啶掂ぎ啶苦う啶� 啶溹啶む, [tasminna峁囜笉ai tvime lok膩 anta-
vi艣vamida峁� jagat, ] I. 3.29). The inner world of the Egg reflects the
enveloping macrocosm outside it. Both comprise seven Principles,
viz. The Five Elements, Ahamk膩ra (the principle of Individuation)
and Mahat (of Universalisation ) ( I. 3.30-32). These seven en-
veloping shells are the ( 啶膏お啷嵿い啶距ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶距さ啶班ぃ, [蝉补辫迟腻峁囜笉腻惫补谤补峁嘺, ] I. 3-33). In each centre the
