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)
67 (of 340)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Jan., 1966] PARASUR膧MA 啶む啶掂く啷嬥お啶︵た啶粪啶熰啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶む啶班啶� 啶膏啶侧ぞ 啶啶啶むぞ 啶く啶� 啷� 啶掂た啶ㄠた啶むぞ 啶う啶ㄠ啶膏啶啶む啶ぞ 啶多啷嵿い啶苦じ啷嵿じ啶� 啶むお啶膏じ啷嵿い啶� 啷� [tvayopadi峁ａ弓en膩stre峁嘺 sakal膩 bh奴bh峁泃膩 may膩 | vinit膩 yadanusm峁泃y膩 艣aktiss膩 tapasastava || ] 59 Brahma峁囜笉a, III. 51, 艣ls. 3-4.
Naturally when Sagara was smarting under the grief of
childlessness, he again thought of Aurva and sought his help.
Aurva then ordains that Sagara will beget Asama帽jasa through
Ke艣in墨 and 60,000 sons through his other wife Sumati.
The Brahma峁囜笉a (chapters 51-56) then narrates the well-
known incidents of Sagara's performance of A艣vamedha sacrifice
and his sons, the S膩garas, digging the earth in the course of their
wanderings in search of the sacrificial horse. The oceans were
thenceforth called the S膩garas.
啶膏啶班じ啷嵿く 啶膏啶む啶班啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷嵿さ啶班啶оた啶む 啶啶班ぞ啶侧く啶� 啷�
啶むい啶� 啶啶班き啷冟い啶� 啶侧啶曕啶粪 啶膏ぞ啶椸ぐ啶距啷嵿く啶距ぎ啶掂ぞ啶啶むさ啶距え啷� 啷�
[sagarasya sutairyasm膩dvardhito makar膩laya岣� |
tata岣� prabh峁泃i loke峁 s膩gar膩khy膩mav膩ptav膩n ||
] The waters that rushed forth inundate the whole earth,
including the famous Gokarna. The sages appeal to Para艣ur膩ma
for help and Parasur膩ma requests Varuna to withdraw. Asked
by Varu峁嘺 the limit from where he can retreat, Parasurama
throws the sacrificial vessel (sruva) far away. The vessel falls at
艢奴谤辫腻谤补办补.
Scattered references to Para艣ur膩ma as a brahman-soldier,
as a creator of the territory of West Coast (Apar膩nta), and as one
who keeps to his pledge are found in literature and epigraphy. Apart
from such references in the work of great poets like Asvaghosa,
K膩lid膩sa, B膩峁嘺 and Bhavabh奴ti, there are whole works devoted to
Parasur膩ma and his achievements. There are, among them,
Ranna's Parasurama carite (in Kannada) known only through
references and the Kum膩ra Bhargaviya,12 a Campu in Sanskrit by
Bh膩nudatta, the Ala峁僰膩rika, son of Ganapati.
11. R. Narasimhacari, Karnataka kavicarite, Vol. I, p. 62.
12. See No. 4010, Catalogue of Sanskrit Mss. at the Library of the
India Office, Julous Eggeling (1904). Also "The boet Bhanukara",
Dr. Har Dutt Sharma, A. B. O. R. I. Vol. XVII, p. 255.
