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)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� - [pur膩峁嘺m - ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
[Vol. VIII., No. 1
need not, on that account, be regarded as later than the time
of Bhavabhuti.
Again, as already shown, the Bhavi峁apur膩峁嘺 also mentions
the Sun-temple at K膩lapriya in the following verse 16-
啶膏ぞ啶傕え啶苦ぇ啷嵿く啶� 啶ぎ 啶啶班啶掂ぞ啶灌啶ㄠ 啶膏啶む啶班 啶︵啶班啷嵿し啷嵿く啶む 啶溹え啶� 啷�
啶曕ぞ啶侧お啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啷� 啶� 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶距す啷嵿え啷囙そ啶ぐ啶距す啷嵿ぃ啷� 啶氞ぞ啶む啶� 啶ㄠた啶む啶ざ啶� 啷�
[s膩峁僴idhya峁� mama p奴rv膩hne sut墨re drak峁ate jana岣� |
k膩lapriye ca madhy膩hne'par膩h峁噀 c膩tra nitya艣a岣� ||
] Nay, the passage is still older; for it occurs in the follow-
ing corrupt form in the Sambapura峁嘺 as shown by Dr. Hazra"-
啶膏ぞ啶傕え啶苦ぇ啷嵿く啶� 啶ぎ 啶啶班啶掂ぞ啶灌啶｀ 啶夃う啶苦い啷� 啶班啷嵿く啶む 啶ㄠえ啶� 啷�
啶曕ぞ啶侧ぞ啶む啶く啷� 啶� 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶距す啷嵿え啷� 啶膏ぞ啶ぞ啶灌啶ㄠ 啶氞ぞ啶む啶� 啶ㄠた啶む啶ざ啶� 啷�
[s膩峁僴idhya峁� mama p奴rv膩h峁噀 udite rajyate nana岣� |
k膩l膩tyaye ca madhy膩hne s膩y膩hne c膩tra nitya艣a岣� ||
] From this it is clear that the Sambapura峁嘺, which is the
oldest Pur膩峁嘺 in which the story of Samba and the temple at
M奴lasth膩na occurs, must have known the other two prominent
places of Sun-worship viz. K膩lapriya and Sut墨ra. So the attempt
of Dr. Kane to show that the Varahapura峁嘺 and with it the Sun-
temple at K膩lapriya are later than the age of Bhavabh奴ti has
failed completely.
Even supposing that all these passages in the Pur膩峁嘺s are
of a later age than Bhavabh奴ti, there remain the references to
K膩lapriya in the Cambay plates and the Kavyamim膩峁僺膩 of R膩ja-
sekhara, both of which belong to the beginning of the 10th century
A. D. Have we any evidence that K膩lapriya came into existence
and became famous as a centre of Sun-worship within about 150
years after Bhavabh奴ti? On the other hand, it will be shown
below that the temple of K膩lapriya must have been famous before
the seventh century A. D.
Objection 3-Dr. Kane says there is not an iota of evidence
to suppose that Bhavabh奴ti stayed long at K膩lapriya or visited
the place frequently. One may ask in return if there
evidence that he stayed long at Ujjayin墨 (for Dr. Kane previously
held that Bhavabh奴ti's plays were staged at the fair of Mah膩k膩la
16. Bhavisya. I, 129.
17. See Studies in the Upapuranas, p. 101.
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