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)
73 (of 340)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Jan. 1966] PARASUR膧MA 65 following are the places referred in the above connection in the
Kerala-m膩h膩tmya :-
1. Sangame艣varapura"-Para艣ur膩ma instals Vi峁ａ箛u there
and bathes in the Matsyat墨rtha.
2. Sapta艣aila" and Padmatirtha nearby-Vi峁ａ箛u is ins-
talled there.
3. Subrahmanyapur墨.
4.
Kukkutapura and Kum膩radh膩r膩 nearby-Here Subra-
hmanya is installed.
5. M奴峁ka kingdom-Para艣ur膩ma kills the king of
M奴峁ka and brings his family to Subrahmany膩laya.
6. Laksm墨艣apur墨.
7.
Tri艣ir膩cala-Para艣ur膩ma meets K膩l墨.
8. Mudr膩cala-Siva, Visnu and K膩li installed.
9.
10.
Kurambaka-艢iva installed in the form of a hunter.
碍补濒测腻峁嘺驳谤腻尘补.
11. V膩t膩laya238-When Para艣ur膩ma suffers from wind-
trouble, N膩rada asks him to bring the image of
K峁涐梗峁嘺 from Dv膩ra k膩 and instal it at V膩t膩laya so that
Para艣ur膩ma may be relieved of the trouble.
12. T墨vra river-Visnu temple erected.
13.
14.
Kro岣峚puri-K膩l墨 installed.
Trip奴r峁嘺puri-K峁涐梗na's temple.
15. Sr墨tala.
21. Bombay Gazeteer, X. p. 372 mentions a Sangame艣vara at the meeting
place of the Alakananda and Varuna. The V盲desvarodaya Kavya
also refers to a Sangamesvara (J. B. B. R. A. S., New Series, Vol. 27,
pp. 73, 78).
22. K. V. Subrahmanya Iyer, J. R. A. S., 1922, p. 171 identifies Sapta-
saila with Mount De' Ely and says that the dental 'P' in Eli some-
times changed to lingual '1' that has given rise to the Sanskritised
name Sapta艣aila. Elimalai was in the M眉峁ka kingdom that ex-
tended from Tulu or South Kanara to the Kerala dominions, until
about the 12th century.
23. Probably Guruvayur which is famous as a centre of curing
rheumatism.
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