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 8, Part 1 (1966)
111 (of 340)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Jan., 1966] THE GARUDA PURANAM 103 the second is the real Garuda Pur膩峁嘺 as the common mass is
familiar with this only. These three k膩峁囜笉as are independent.
Pretak膩峁囜笉a is the chief and the early part of the Garu岣峚 Pur膩峁嘺.
It is probable that the Ac膩rak膩峁囜笉a is added afterwards by
about 9th cent.A. D. Brahmak膩峁囜笉a is still later as it has the
influence of the Bh膩gavata Pur膩na it; still, it is not later than
the 10th cent.A. D. The Uttarakhan岣峚, a part of the Garu岣峚
Pur膩峁嘺 is interesting as it depicts interesting prakara峁嘺s describing
rites to be performed at the approach of death, obsequial cere-
monies to be performed by the son, the life of the preta, Naraka-
y膩tan膩, exaltation of the Sat墨, the efficacy of the Gay膩艣r膩ddha.
As the garuda Pur膩峁嘺 also possesses the alternative name
Supar峁嘺 it is cited by the Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 as Saupar峁嘺 P.
The connection of the present Garuda P. with the Garuda rests
on the account that Visnu revealed the Pur膩峁嘺 to Garuda at its
request and it in its turn announced it to Kasyapa. Besides,
Vi峁ａ箛u granted the request of Garu岣峚 namely of setting free* its
mother from the servitude of the serpent, obtains Soma and makes
it his Vehicle."
As soon as Ka艣yapa listended the Garuda Pur膩峁嘺, as an
example of the mystic power attained through it he turns a dried
up tree once again green. Otherwise, there is no reference to the
Garuda-Myth in the present Garuda-Pur膩峁嘺. The Account of the
Matsya Pur膩峁嘺鲁 that fundamentally the Garuda Pur膩峁嘺 deals with
the birth of Garu岣峚 ought to refer to another text or it is only
derived from the title of the Pur膩峁嘺. The short sketch of the
Matsya Pur膩峁嘺 regarding the contents of the Pur膩峁嘺s are quite
general. The account of the Agni pur膩峁嘺 also is to be judged in
5. Garuda P. 2. 17ff.
10 6. She was a prey to the lost bet with Kadru. Cf. Supar峁嚹乨hy膩ya 3 and
4, M. Bh. I. 1189ff.
7. Cf. Uttara. Kh. I. 9.
8. Mats. P. 53. 53 : 啶う啶� 啶� 啶椸ぞ啶班啶∴ 啶曕げ啷嵿お啷� 啶掂た啶多啶掂ぞ啶｀啶∴ぞ啶む 啶椸ぐ啷佮ぁ啷嬥う啷嵿き啶掂ぎ啷� 啷�
啶呧ぇ啶苦啷冟い啷嵿く啶距が啷嵿ぐ啶掂啶む 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶班啶椸ぞ啶班啶∴ 啶むう啶苦す啷嬥啷嵿く啶む 啷�
[yad膩 ca g膩ru岣峞 kalpe vi艣v膩峁囜笉膩t garu岣峯dbhavam |
adhik峁泃y膩brav墨t vi峁ａ箛urg膩ru岣峚峁� tadihocyate ||
] 9. That one such was existing is rendered possible from the citation
of Hem膩dri from the Garuda P.
10. Mats. P. 53. 13ff,
