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 LOST 艢膧KTA UPAPUR膧峁咥S 469 Tithi also, Devi is to be specially worshipped with the offer
of animals and the performance of vocal and instrumental
music as well as other kinds of merry-makings.
In his Durg膩-p奴j膩-tattva, p. 3 Raghunandana quotes
the following four verses with the mention of the 'Nandi-
ke艣vara-p.' as their source:
and
nau-y膩nair nara-y膩nair v膩 n墨tv膩 bhagavat墨m 艣iv膩m /
sroto-jale prak峁peyu岣� kr墨岣嵞�-kautuka-mangalai岣� //
parair n膩k峁pyate yas tu param n膩k峁pate tu ya岣� /
tasya ru峁ａ弓膩 bhagavati 艣膩pam dady膩t sud膩ru峁嘺m //
rk峁-yog膩nurodhena r膩trau patri-prave艣anam /
visarjanam v膩cayed ya岣� sa-r膩峁ａ弓ra岣� sa vina艣yati //
bhagavaty膩岣� prave艣膩di-visarg膩nt膩艣 ca y膩岣� kriy膩岣� /
tith膩v udaya-g膩miny膩m sarv膩s t膩岣� k膩rayed budha岣� //
All these verses are again quoted by him on p. 44 but are
ascribed to the 'Brhan-nandike艣vara-p.' 艢奴lap膩峁噄 also quotes
the first two verses in his Durgotsava-viveka, p. 24 and
ascribes them to the B峁沨an-nandike艣vara-p. But this ascrip-
tion to the B峁沨an-nandike艣vara-p. must be wrong, because
(1) in these verses Devi is not the speaker, and (2) the third
verse is ascribed to the 'Nandi-p.'10 in Durgotsava-viveka,
p. 8, and the fourth verse is ascribed to the Nandike艣vara-p.
in 艢奴lap膩峁噄's Durgotsava-viveka, p. 9 and V盲sant墨-viveka,
p. 28. The line 'bilva-patrair gh峁泃膩ktai艣 ca tila-dh膩ny膩di-
samyutai岣�' is ascribed to the Nandike艣vara-p. in Durg膩-
p奴j膩-tattva, p. 38 but to the B峁沨an-nandike艣vara in Durgot-
sava-viveka, p. 22.
Though no tract on Vrata, M膩h膩tmya etc. is found to
claim to be a part of the B峁沨an-nandike艣vara-p., there are
Mss of an anonymous Sm峁泃i-work called B峁沨annandike艣vara-
辫耻谤腻峁噊办迟补-诲耻谤驳补-辫奴箩腻-辫补诲诲丑补迟颈.&辩耻辞迟;
10 In the Dacca Univ. Mss Nos. 938D, 1642, 2115A (dated 1746 艢aka) and 4332
(dated 1753 艢aka) of the Durgotsava-viveka, this verse is ascribed to the 'Nandi-p.鈥�
11 Shastri, ASB Cat., III, p. 836, No. 2828. Shastri and Gui, Calcutta Sans.
College Cat., II, p. 309, No. 334 (鈥榓 very old' Ms). Dacca Univ. Mss Nos. 2261 (modern
and complete) and 4055 (worm-eaten, and missing some of its folios; dated 1678 Saka).
In the Dacca Univ. Mss the work is called 'B峁沨annandike艣vara-pur膩峁嚹乶ug峁沨墨ta-bhavi峁a-
辫耻谤腻峁噊办迟补-诲耻谤驳腻-辫奴箩腻-辫补诲诲丑补迟颈'.
It should be mentioned here that all these Mss are written in Bengali characters.
