Essay name: Studies in the Upapuranas
Author: R. C. Hazra
This book studies the Upapuranas: a vast category of (often Sanskrit) literature representing significant historical, religious, and cultural insights of the ancient Indian civilization. These texts provide rich information, especially on Hinduism covering theology, mythology, rituals, and dynastic genealogies.
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THE S膧KTA UPAPUR膧峁咥S 279 word see also Mah膩bh膩g. 20. 15; 21. 10; 22. 5 and 44; 24. 4
and 50; 25. 30; 29. 18; and 33.10);
(f) kuputri du艣caritr膩 tvam cak峁峁r me bahir bhava鈥�9.
73b (the second half of this line meaning 'go out of my sight');
s膩 tvam me cak峁峁r b膩hyam 艣墨ghram bhava dur膩tmike (9. 76b);
aham te cak峁峁r b膩hyam bhavisy膩mi na kevalam (9. 81a);
(g) apakarma svayam k峁泃v膩 param d奴峁yate kudhi岣�
(8.43b).
(h) v膩cam niyaccha kaly膩峁嘺m yadicchasi sudurmate /
chinde jihv膩m mah膩m奴rkha
. // (9. 65b-66a);
(i) use of Locative in place of Ablative-艣rutv膩 tava
mukh膩mbhoje kath膩m
(2. 3a).
(vi) That part of the country which is watered by the
Ganges has been praised in Mah膩bh膩g. 74. 30f. as follows:
"One, who leaves the banks of the Ganges and resides else-
where, searches for hell by setting aside final emancipation
lying in his hand. Blessed is that land in which there is
the Ganges that sanctifies the three worlds. No country
deserves to be called as such, if it is bereft of the Ganges.
One should prefer begging and death on the banks of the
Ganges to royalty elsewhere
place the Mah膩bh膩gavata says, "A sacrifice without 艢iva
is just like a country without the Ganges" (7.61).
...
"
In another
(vii) Almost all of the numerous Mss of the Mah膩bh膩-
gavata, hitherto discovered, were found in Bengal, mostly
in its eastern part, and are written in Bengali script.
(viii) So far as we have been able to find, it is only the
authors of Bengal who refer to or draw upon the Mah膩bh膩-
gavata. (For these references see below).
(ix) Independent Mss of the Navagraha-kavaca,
Bhagavati-g墨t膩, 艢iva-sahasra-n膩ma-stotra, K膩m膩khy膩-kavaca
etc., claiming to be parts of the Mah膩bh膩gavata, are found
scattered all over Bengal. Some of these Mss have been
collected by the Dacca University and the Asiatic Society
of Bengal. 634
The above evidences are perhaps sufficient to show that
* See Shastri, ASB Cat., V, pp. 774-5, Nos. 4117-18; Dacca Univ. Mss Nos. 645B
(found in Rangpur), 645C (found in Rangpur), 526P (found in Bogra), and so on.
