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 9, Part 1 (1967)
103 (of 228)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Jan., 1967 SHORTER K弄RMA-VIBHAGA TEXTS OF PURANAS 95
罢耻峁Ｄ乺补.
Culika.
碍丑补艣补.
Pratih膩ra Bauka verse 10 "m膩峁囜笉avyapuradurge's-
min") The M膩峁囜笉avyas of the North and North-West
have not been identified however.
According to Stein (Rajatarangini I, p. 136) they are
to be located in the Upper Oxus valley.
According to the Matsya-pui膩峁嘺 (121.45) the Vak峁
(Oxus) flowed through their territory.
Modern Khakkhas to the west of Nepal.
The A艣vamukhas, Mah膩ke艣as and Mah膩n膩sas cannot be
precisely identified. In the case of ill-known tribes with whom the
Aryans would have little contact, one may expect differentiation
to be made among them on the basis of physical characteristics.
Garuda P. Lampak膩s Tanan膩ga艣 ca Madra-G膩ndh膩ra-b膩hlik膩岣� /
Him膩cal膩lay膩 mlecch膩 ud墨c墨m di艣am 膩艣rit膩岣� //
Vah. P.
Lampag膩s T膩lan膩g膩艣 ca Maru-G膩ndh膩ra-J膩hut膩h |
Himavannilay膩 mlecch膩 hy ud墨c墨m di艣am 膩艣rit膩h //
There is somewhat more variation between the two texts
than has previously been the case. The inaccuracy of Maru in
the Vah.P. text is proved not only by the corresponding text
of the Garuda P. but also by the internal evidence of the Vdh.P.
itself. At the end of its list of peoples, it gives the name of the
country which is considered to represent the region as a whole.
For the N-W region Madra is given. There is also a discrepancy
between the Bahlikas of the Garuda P. and the Jahutas of the
Vdh.P. The latter name appears to be a corruption of Jagu岣峚,
which is similarly located in the north by the Bhuvanako艣a texts
Bahlika is a well-known name, but here is perhaps the result of
a copyist's effort to correct a corrupted portion of the text. The
T膩lan膩gas are identical with the Talag膩峁嘺s of the pur膩峁嘺s, which
similarly locate them in the northern division along with the
Lampakas. Dey wrongly divides the text as Lamp膩ka Stana-
N膩ga and identifies the middle name with Kustana i. e. Khotan
in East Turkestan, thereby inventing a country that does not exist.
Lampaka. The Lambatai of Ptolemy (VII. 1. 42) who locates
them near the sources of the Koa (Kabul) river,
