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 7, Part 1 (1965)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� - [pur膩峁嘺m - ] PURANA
[Vol. VII., No. 1
vadha, Dak峁yaj帽abhanga, P膩rvat墨janma etc. are events pertaining
to 艢iva which are prior to those of Skanda, Linga and K奴rma
笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉.
In the Vratar膩ja there are quotations from the V膩. P. (as
regards Vratas falling on each and every day) so also Apar膩ditya
quotes from the Va. P. From quite early times the Pur膩峁嘺s are
considered as sourses of Dharma (Cf. Y膩j. I. 3). This tradition
is the main reason why the Nibandha authors have profusely
drawn upon the Pur膩峁嘺s in their respective works. Apar膩ka艣
com. on Y膩j., D膩nas膩gara, Sm峁泃icandrik膩 of Devannabha峁弓a,
Caturvargaci峁噒膩ma峁噄 of Hem膩dri, K峁泃y膩c膩ra of 艢r墨datta Upadh
y膩ya峁� K峁泃yaratn膩kara of Ca峁囜笉e艣vara, Madhav膩c膩rya's com.
on Par膩艣ara smrti, 艢r膩ddha viveka of Sulap膩峁噄, T墨rthacint膩ma峁噄 of
V膩caspatimi艣ra, Nity膩c膩ra paddhati of Vidy膩kara V膩japeyin,
Var峁kriy膩kaumudi of Govind膩nanda, Suddhikriy膩kaumudi of
Govind膩nanda, 艢raddha kriy膩kaumudi of Govind膩nanda, K膩las膩ra
of Gadadhara, Sm峁泃itattva of Raghunandana, Nity膩c膩raprad墨pa
of Narasimha V膩japeyin, Haribhaktivil膩sa of Gop膩labhatta have
similar verses or verse portions as are found in the Va. P. Dr. R.
C. Hazra in his work has given an analysis of these in a tabular
form (See pp. 296298).
Besides, verse or verses from the Va. P. are qoted in K膩la-
viveka of Jim眉tav膩hana p. 360, Sm峁泃icandrik膩 of Devanabha峁弓a
ii. 363, Madanap膩rij膩ta of Madanap膩la p. 62, Sm峁泃itattva of
Raghunandana I. 356, 415, 840, II. 76, 139, 148, 563, 623,
Y膩tr膩tattva of Raghunandana p. 19.
