Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana
by Chaitali Kadia | 2021 | 91,183 words
This page relates 鈥楳eaning of the word Purana鈥� of the study on the historical elements of the Matsya-purana: one of the eighteen Mahapuranas which are Sanskrit texts that have preserved the cultural heritage, philosophy, religion, geography, etc of ancient India. This Matsyapurana was originally written in 20,000 verses and deals with topics such as architecture, ancient history, polity, religion and philosophy.
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Meaning of the word 笔耻谤腻峁嘺
Veda is the main source of Indian culture as it reflects every time, every day and everywhere in the Indian Culture entirely.
According to the 惭补苍耻蝉尘峁泃颈鈥�
鈥�艣谤耻迟颈 sm峁泃yudita峁� dharmamanuti峁ａ弓han hi 尘腻苍补惫补岣� |
iha k墨rtimav膩pnoti pretya c膩nuttama峁� sukham || 2 /8 鈥�
The Veda helps us to choose the right way that what should be done or should not be done. The Veda is auspicious which blesses us in all the steps of our life. So the Veda is omniscient. But the Vedic thoughts are reflected in the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 . To know about the norm of ancient India and the true color of Indian culture the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 are only the simple and best way. We don鈥檛 realize the meaning of the 艢谤耻迟颈 without the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 . As per the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 we can say鈥撯赌�辫耻谤腻峁嘺p奴r峁嘺candre峁嘺 艣谤耻迟颈jyotsn膩 辫谤补办腻艣颈迟腻 .... | (腻诲颈辫补谤惫补 1 /86 )鈥�. No one is considered as a learned without leaning the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 as no one knows the Sanskrit language without learning the 痴补颈测腻办补谤补峁嘺 碍补耻尘耻诲墨 .
According to the Padma 笔耻谤腻峁嘺鈥�
鈥�yo vidy膩ccaturo ved膩na s膩峁単opani峁do 诲惫颈箩补岣�
na cet辫耻谤腻峁嘺峁� sa峁僾idy膩nnaiva sa sy膩d vicak峁峁嘺岣� || 蝉峁涐梗峁璱 办丑补峁囜笉补 2 /52 鈥�
The important thing is to know the etymology of word 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥撯赌�parati argre gacchat墨ti 辫耻谤腻 | 鈥� The word 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 is formed by the word 鈥�Pura 鈥�. 笔腻峁噄苍颈, 驰腻蝉办补 even 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 itself have represented the etymology of word 鈥�笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥�.
According to Y膩sk膩c膩rya, the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 means 鈥�辫耻谤腻 苍补惫补峁� bhavati 鈥� that is old but treated as new (Nirukta 3/19).
According to 惭补丑补谤峁 笔腻峁噄苍颈鈥撯��辫耻谤腻 bhavam 鈥� that is incident which was happened in the past time.
The word 鈥�笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥� available in the 峁欢惫别诲补 in many places and the meaning which is described in 峁欢惫别诲补 of the word 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 is ancient or incident happened in the ancient time.
According to the V膩yu辫耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥撯赌�yasm膩t 辫耻谤腻 dyanattk墨da峁� 辫耻谤腻峁嘺峁� tena tat sm峁泃am 鈥� (V.P.鈥�1/203) that is the incident which was alive in the past.
According to the Padma 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥撯赌�辫耻谤腻 辫补谤补尘辫补谤腻峁� 惫补峁ａ弓颈 辫耻谤腻峁嘺峁� tena tat sm峁泃am 鈥� (P.P.鈥�5/2/53) that is one which wishes for the tradition of antiquity is called 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 .
Apart from this, there is another different derivation of the word 鈥�笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥� in the 叠谤补丑尘腻峁囜笉补 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥撯赌�yasm膩t 辫耻谤腻 dyabh奴ccaitat 辫耻谤腻峁嘺峁� tena tat sm峁泃am 鈥� means 鈥渋t happened in ancient times.鈥� (叠谤补丑尘腻峁囜笉补 鈥�1/1/173).
There are also other descriptions of the word 鈥�笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥� in the various text. Such as, according to Madhusudana Saraswati鈥撯赌�vi艣vas峁涐梗峁璭r颈迟颈丑腻蝉补岣� 辫耻谤腻峁嘺m鈥� that is 鈥渢he history of the creation of the world is called 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥�
According to S膩ya峁嚹乧膩rya鈥撯赌�jagata岣� pr膩g膩vasyam anukramya sarga 辫谤补迟颈辫腻诲补办补峁� 惫腻办测补峁� 箩腻迟补峁� 辫耻谤腻峁嘺m | 鈥� (Aitreaya 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 叠丑腻峁补 叠丑奴尘颈办补 by S膩ya峁嚹乧膩rya).
The Ch膩ndogya Upani峁da also described about 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 鈥撯赌�颈迟颈丑腻蝉补 辫耻谤腻峁嘺峁� 辫补帽肠补尘补峁� ved膩n膩峁� vedam 鈥� (Ch. U.鈥�7/19).
惭补丑补谤峁 驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办补 also says鈥撯赌�惫别诲腻谤迟丑补 辫耻谤腻峁嚹乶i setih膩s膩ni 艣aktita岣� jayayaj帽a prasiddh膩rthavidy膩峁� c膩dhy膩tmik墨jagat || 鈥� (驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办补 厂补峁僪颈迟补 鈥�1/10). 5
According to the Gautama Dharmasutra 鈥撯赌�tasya ca vy膩vah膩ro vedo dharma艣膩str膩峁噄 a峁単膩ni upaved膩岣� 辫耻谤腻峁嘺m 鈥� (Gautama Dharmasutra 鈥�11/21).
The Matsya 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 also says鈥撯赌�辫耻谤腻tanasya kalpasya 辫耻谤腻峁嚹乶i vidurvidh膩岣� 鈥� (M.P.鈥�53/71).
In the 础谤迟丑补艣腻蝉迟谤补 , 碍补耻峁璱濒测补 gave his opinion about the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 . He said鈥�
鈥�mukhyaivag峁沨墨ta峁� v膩 谤腻箩腻苍补峁� tat priy膩艣rita岣� |
颈迟颈丑腻蝉补辫耻谤腻峁嚹乥hy膩峁� vodhayedartha艣膩stravid | 鈥�[1]
碍腻濒颈诲腻蝉补 also says about the 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 in the Vs. 1-2 of 鈥�惭腻濒补惫颈办腻驳苍颈尘颈迟谤补尘 鈥� as鈥撯赌�............. 迟惫补尘腻诲颈诲别惫补岣� 辫耻谤耻峁岣� 辫耻谤腻峁嘺岣� 鈥�
According to M. Winternitz鈥�
鈥淭丑别 word 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 means old. The 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 therefore, contains the old traditions and histories.鈥� (A History of Indian Literature , P-517 ).
According to Mac Donnell鈥�
鈥淭丑别 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 somewhat vaguely to express 鈥榓ncient legendary lore鈥� implying didactic as well as narrative matter, and pointing to an old collection of epic stories. One passage of epic describes 笔耻谤腻峁嘺蝉 as containing stories of the gods and genealogies of the sages.鈥� (A History of Indian Literature , P-299).
According to Gold 厂迟辞肠办别谤鈥�
鈥淭丑别 笔耻谤腻峁嘺 itself as designating a class of writings, occurs as early as in the law鈥�book of Manu, through this book itself as we have been, may be called recent when compared with the Vedic texts.鈥� (Inspired writings of Hinduism, P-107).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
础谤迟丑补艣腻蝉迟谤补鈥�5/6.