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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana

by Chaitali Kadia | 2021 | 91,183 words

This page relates ‘Lineages of Kashyapa� 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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Diti, Danu, ṣṭ, ܰ, Surabhui, Vinata, , ǻ󲹱ś, Irā, ū, վś and Muni were thirteen wives of Ṛṣ śⲹ貹.[1] Aditi received some superior sons named Indra, ٳ, Bhaga, ձṣṭ, Mitra, ղṇa, Yama, վ, Savita, ʳṣ�, Anśumān and վṣṇ by connection with Ѳī’s sons śⲹ貹. Diti received two sons named ᾱṇy첹ś and ᾱṇyṣa from the contact of Ѳ󲹰ṣi śⲹ貹. ᾱṇy첹ś had four sons named ʰ岹, Գܳ岹, Sanhlāda and . ʰ岹 had four sons name Āṣm, ś, ṣk and Virocana. Virocana received Bali as a son. Then a hundred sons were born to Bali, of whom ṇa was the eldest. Apart from these ٳṛtṣṭ, ūⲹ, Candra, 䲹Իnśutāpana, ܳ󲹲, ҳܰṣa, Kukṣibhīma, վīṣaṇa and so on had many more sons, who were younger than Բ, but possessed all superior qualities.[2] Diti’s second son Hiraṇyakṣa had four sons named ū첹, ŚܲԾ, Bhūtasantapana and Ѳ. The number of sons and grandchildren born to them was seventy-seven million.[3]

Similarly, Danu also got hundred powerful sons by the relation with śⲹ貹, of whom Ѳī Vipraciti was the head. Apart from this Danu had lot of sons named Dvimūrdhā, ŚܲԾ, Śankuśirodhara, Ayomukha, Ś, 辱ś, 峾Բ, ī, ѱ𲵳󲹱, 岵ś, վṇa, Ketu, Katuvīrya, Śatahrida, Indrajita, Saptajit, ղ, Ekacakra, Mahāvāhu, ղṣa, , dz, ʳܱdz Bindu, Ѳܰ ṇa, Գ and ṛṣ貹. Some of them had also daughter such as Գ’s daughter ʰ, ʳܱdz daughter Śī, Maya’s daughter Upadānvī, ѲԻǻ岹ī and ܳū, Vṛṣparvā’s daughter Śṣṭ, ܲԻ岹ī and 䲹Ի and ղśԲ’s daughter ʳܱdz and Kālkā. Among them ʳܱdz and Kālkā were the wives of śⲹ貹. Sixty thousand demons originated from both of them in the past. śⲹ貹. Received two sons, Pauloma and Kālkeya from the womb of Puloma and Kālkā respectively. Vipraciti gave birth to thirteen sons from the womb of Sinhikā. These were ᾱṇy첹ś’s nephews. Their names are–Vyansa, Kalpa, Ի, Nala, , Ilvala, Namuci, Śvsṛpa, Ajana, Naraka, , and famous īⲹ. All these were supposed to increase the Danudynasty. Son of the demon Sanhlād famous by the mame ٲ첹.[4] gave birth to six girls named Śܰī, Śyanī, ī, Sugrībī, Gṛdhikā and Śܳ from Kaśyap. Among them Śܰī produced Śܰ첹 and ū첹 by the relation of Dharma. Śī originated ŚԲ and ī originated Kurura. ṛdī produced Gīdhas, Padukis and Pigeons. From the womb of Śܳ, swan, cranes, conch emerged. ܲīī gave birth to goat, horse, jackal, camel and donkeys.[5] Vinta’s two sons Garuda and ṇa are the masters of all birds. Her third child is a girl named ܻ峾ī. ṇa had two sons named پ and Jatāyu. Among them پ had two sons, Babhru and Śī. Jatāyu had also two sons known as Karṇikar and Śٲ峾ī. Apart from these Jatāyu also had three sons named , Rajjubāla and ṇḍ.Sursā and ū gave birth to thousands of snakes. Among them twenty-six were head. Their names are Śṣa, ܰ쾱, Karkātaka, Ś԰, 屹ٲ, Kambala, Dhananjaya, Ѳī, Padma, śٲ, Takṣka, 貹ٰ, Ѳ貹峾, ٳṛtṣṭ, 󲹰첹, Ś԰pāla, Ѳś԰, Puṣpadanṣṭra, Śubhānana, Śankuromā, Bahula, 峾Բ, ṇiԲ, Kapila, Durmukha and Patanjalī. Surabhi generated beautiful cows and buffaloes by connection with śⲹ貹. Muni created Muni and community. In the same way ṣṭ gave birth to a lot of shemale and Gandharva. All the tree, lasses and bush have been originally originated from Ira. Similarly, վś gave birth to a lot of dollars and monsters and Diti gave birth to forty-nine Marutas by connection with śⲹ貹.[6] These were the description of the lineages of śⲹ貹.

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[1]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 6/1�

[2]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 6/5�12

[3]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 6/14

[4]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 6/25�28

[5]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 6/31�33

[6]:

Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 6/37�47

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