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)
13 (of 340)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Jan. 1966] 啶︵啶掂啶� 啶曕啶むぞ 啶︵啶掂 啶膏啶む啶むた啶� [devai岣� k峁泃膩 dev墨 stuti岣� ] 5 Pur膩峁嘺 no Devi-stuti is given on this occasion, but it is
only alluded to :-
啶︵啶掂啶ぞ 啶溹く啶� 啶︵啶掂啶｀ぞ 啶掂た啶侧啶曕啶�
啶膏啶む啶掂え啷嵿い啶� 啶︵啶掂啶� 啶膏啶む啶むた啶た啶班啶す啶班啶粪 啷� ( [devy膩 jaya峁� devaga峁嚹� vilokya
stuvanti dev墨峁� stutibhirmahar峁 | (] 20.50 ab)
(3) When 艢umbha and Ni艣umbha, the two brother-demons,
began to oppress the gods, they (the gods) remembered
Devi and praised Her in order to seek Her help for their
protection. While they were thus praising, the Goddess
appeared from the kosa (sheath) of P膩rvat墨, and hence
was called Kausiki (Mark. 85. 40; Devi-Bh膩g. V. 23. 2;
V膩m. 54.25).
This Stuti is given in the Devi-M膩h膩tmya (Adh.5)
of the M膩rka峁囜笉eya-Pur膩峁嘺 (85. 7-36) in 30 slokas, and
in the Devi-Bh膩gavata (V. 22. 25-42) in 18 艣lokas as
given above. But in the Vamana a stuti on this occasion
is neither given nor alluded to.
(4) When both Sumbha and Ni艣umbha were killed by
Goddess Kausiki (known also as Ambik膩), she was
again praised by the gods as appearing in her various
manifestations including the seven Mat峁�-s or Saketi-s of
seven gods-Brahm膩, Vi峁ａ箛u, Mahe艣a, Kum膩ra (Skanda),
Nrsimha, Var膩ha and Indra.
This Stuti is given in the Devi-M膩h膩tmya (Adh. 11)
of the M膩rk -P. (91. 2-33), and in the V膩mana-Pur膩峁嘺
(56. 56-63); but in the Devi-Bh膩gavata it is only
alluded to (V. 31. 62 f.).
The present Stuti of the Devi-Bh膩gavata (V. 22. 25-42), as
given above, was uttered by the gods before the appearance of
Devi from the kosa of Parvati. Dev墨 has been praised here as
'governing the whole Universe, controlling the life-principle, ever
blissful, giver of the happiness to the gods, destroyer of the
demons, fulfilling the various objects of men, approachable
only through devotion.-(25): She has the innumerable names,
Her real nature is unknowable, She is the Energy for the creation
