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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पुराणम� - [purāṇam - ] ʱĀ
[Vol. VIII., No. 1
Sudāsa supported by Indra fought against the Ten kings and
The two sons of Vikarṇa who fought
gained a victory over them.
against Sudāsa, had along
above-mentioned Ten kings but also some others, making a total
of twenty-one tribes.
with them the tribes of not only the
एक� � यो विंशति� � श्रवस्या वैकर्णयोर्जनान� राजा न्यस्त� �
दस्म� � सद्मन्नि शिशाति बर्हिः शूरः सर्गमकृणोदिन्द्र एषाम� �
[eka� ca yo viṃśati� ca śravasyā vaikarṇayorjanān rājā nyasta� |
dasmo na sadmanni śiśāti barhi� śūra� sargamakṛṇodindra eṣām ||
] RV. VII. 18. 11.
It is perhaps an accidental coincidence that the above hymn
refers to the number of tribes against whom Indra fought as
twentyone a number that is indissolubly connected with Paraśu-
rāma in later times.
On another occasion, (RV. IX. 101, 13), the Bhrgus are
referred to, as fighting against a demon called Makha.
प्� सुन्वानस्यान्धसो मर्त� � वृ� तद्वचः �
अप श्वानमराधस� हत� मख� � भृगव� �
[pra sunvānasyāndhaso marto na vṛta tadvaca� |
apa śvānamarādhasa� hatā makha� na bhṛgava� ||
] Sāyana says here :- सुन्वानस्य [ܲԱԲⲹ ] x x X तत्र दृष्टान्तः �
मख� � � यथ� पुरापराद्ध� मखमेतन्नामान� भृगव� अपहतवन्त� तथापहतेत्यर्थः �
[tatra dṛṣṭānta� |
makha� na | yathā purāparāddha� makhametannāmāna� bhṛgava� apahatavanta� tathāpahatetyartha� |
] In the Atharva Veda (V. 18. 10-11; V. 19. 1-11) there is a
curious anecdote that narrates the irretrievable ruin of Srñjaya
Vaitahavyas when they slaughtered the cow of the Bhṛgu.6
ये सहस्रमराजन्नासन् दशशत� उत �
ते ब्राह्मणस्� गा� जग्ध्व� वैतव्याः पराभवम� �
गौरे� तान्हन्यमाना वैतहव्या� अवातिरत् �
ये केसरप्राबन्धायाश्चरमानामपेचिरन� �
[ye sahasramarājannāsan daśaśatā uta |
te brāhmaṇasya gā� jagdhvā vaitavyā� parābhavam ||
gaureva tānhanyamānā vaitahavyā� avātirat |
ye kesaraprābandhāyāścaramānāmapeciran ||
] x
x
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अतिमात्रमवर्धन्त नोदि� दिवमस्पृशन� �
भृगु� हिंसित्व� सृञ्जय� वैतहव्या� पराभवम� �
[atimātramavardhanta nodiva divamaspṛśan |
bhṛgu� hiṃsitvā sṛñjayā vaitahavyā� parābhavam ||
] 64. M. Bloomfield, S. B. E., Vol. 42, pp. 433-4.
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