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the valuable works exclusively based on the AP. It was reprinted by
Rajendranath Sharma from Delhi in 1985.
BHAVI峁�YA PUR膧NA
The BSP mainly deals with the solarcult. The Brahmaparvan of BSP
describes a temple dedicated to Sun-god."
55 Apastambadharmas奴tra
56 quotes some slokas from a Pur膩峁嘺 named, Bhavi峁�yat Pur膩峁嘺. It helps
us to assume that in the fifth-fourth century BC such a Pur膩峁嘺 was in
existence. MP (53.30-31), V膩yu (99.292), AP (272.12) and N膩radiya
(1.100) also provide some accounts of the contents of the Bhavi峁�ya not
tallying with the extant matter of the contemporaneously known Bhavi峁�ya
which is divided into four parvans namely Br膩hma, Madhyama, Pratisarga
and Uttara. It is only the Br膩hmaparvan 57 that can claim an early date,
even the Pratis agaparvan is a modern fabrication containing description of
medieval and modern India. The mention of Mughal kings and even British
rulers indicate such a late date as the nineteenth century. Scholar do not
agree on any certain date or even any distinct set of upper and lower limits
for its date so, instead of determining a specific date it seems better to
treat this voluminous text as an aftermath of editing, re-editing, extraction,
incorporation and compilation by several skilled literacy hands at different
times in the span spreading over more than 2000 years.
The Var膩ha Pur膩峁嘺 presents an interesting evidence about the
rewriting of Bhavi峁�ya. 58 It exhibits that Samba, the son of K峁涐梗峁嘺,