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Essay name: Purana Bulletin

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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies

The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.

Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)

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60 (of 135)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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पुराणम�- [ܰṇa- ] ʱĀ
[Vol. VI., No. 1
table:
The difference between these may be seen in the following
Propagators'
names.
Name of the
Brahmanda Purana Visnu Purana
Ś첹ūṇi
Ś첹ūṇi
Bh. Purāṇa
Jatukarnya.
Rathetara.
Tathetara
ṣa첹
students. 1.
Paila
2.
3.
ٲ첹
4.
Gaja
Krannca
Paija
ղ첹
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Viraja
In the Vijaya commentary on the Śrīmadbhagavata the
name is written as Paingi instead of Paija or Paila. Nothing is
known about these Sakhās.
According to the Puranic tradition Baṣkala is mentioned as
the teacher of the three other students (Baṣkala and his four other
students are already mentioned). The variation of this
name is also Baṣkali. According to the Śrīmadbhāgavata
Baṣkali collected all Khilas from all the Sakhās and made
a Valakhilya-Samhita. This Samhitā was entrusted to Bala,
Nirbhajya and Kāsāra. The Viṣṇu-Purāṇa tells us that Baṣkala
composed another three Samhitas and his three pupils were
Kālāyani, Gārgya and Kathājava. The Vayu-Purana tells that
Baṣkali, the Bhāradvāja, taught his three Samhitās to three
pupils who were sages (Mahātmānah) and qualified persons
(Gunānvitas). Their names were Nandāyanīya, Pannagāri and
Arjava. Similar data are seen in the Brahmanda-Purana in
whose opinion these three pupils are Apanipa, Pannagari and
Arjava.
CANAKYA'S APHORISMS IN PURĀṆAS
By
LUDWIK STERNBACH
[ अस्मिन� निबन्ध� प्राधान्ये� गरुडपुराणान्तर्गतवृहस्पतिसंहितायाः
( ग० पु�, अध्यायाः १०�-११� ) चाणक्यराजनीतिशास्त्रस्य �
नीतिवचनाना� तुलनात्मकम� श्रध्ययन� प्रस्तुतम् � तदर्थं � चाणक्यरा�-
नीतिशास्त्रस्यात्र द्वौ मुद्रितमन्थौ षट� प्राची� क्रोशाश्� समाकलिता� �
विदुषा लेखकेनाप� भूमिका निर्धारितपाठ पाठभेदादिसहितं � चाणक्यरा�-
नीतिशास्त्रमन्यत्र मुद्रितम� � तस्य निर्धारितपाठोऽप्यत्र निर्दिष्टः �
गरुडपुराणस्य बृहस्पतिसंहिताया� ३६� श्लोका� सन्त� � तेषु
३३� श्लोकाना� चाणक्यराजनीतिशास्त्रस्य छोकै� सह साम्यं वत्र्तते, ११
श्लोका� चाणक्यनिर्मितेष्वन्येष� ग्रन्थेष� वर्त्तन्ते, � श्लोका� अन्य संस्कृ�-
ग्रन्थेष� विद्यन्त� तस्माद� बृहस्पतिसंहिताया� केवल� ३९ श्लोका एव� गरुडपुरा
शास्� स्वकीया� श्टोका प्रवशिष्यन्त� �
अन्येऽपि ३१ श्लोका� चाणक्यग्रन्थेष� पुराणेषु � समान� उप-
लभ्यन्ते � ते सर्वेऽप्यत्र निबन्ध� वर्णक्रमानुसारेण आक� निर्देशपूर्वकम�
उल्लिखिताः � १६ श्लोका� सादृश्ये� पुराणेषु चाणक्यग्रन्थेष� चो�-
लभ्यन्ते, तेऽप्यत्� भाकरनिर्देशपूर्वकं निर्दिष्टा� �
चाणक्यराजनीतिशास्त्रं ना� ग्रन्थों दशम्या� खीस्ती� शताब्दद्या�
भिक्षुरिनचेनजोनपोनाम्न� तिब्बतदेशीये� विदुषा स्वकीये संग्रहग्रन्येऽन्�-
र्भावि� आसीत् � एतेनास्य ग्रन्थस्� तदानीमप� पर� महत्वमासीदिति
स्पष्ट� प्रतीयत� � अतएव गरुडपुराणेऽस्य प्रायश� सर्वेषामेव श्लोकाना
संग्रह� कृतः � ]
[asmin nibandhe prādhānyena garuḍapurāṇāntargatavṛhaspatisaṃhitāyā�
( ga0 pu0, adhyāyā� 108-115 ) cāṇakyarājanītiśāstrasya ca
nītivacanānā� tulanātmakam śradhyayana� prastutam | tadartha� ca cāṇakyarāja-
nītiśāstrasyātra dvau mudritamanthau ṣa� prācīna krośāśca samākalitā� |
viduṣ� lekhakenāpi bhūmikā nirdhāritapāṭha pāṭhabhedādisahita� ca cāṇakyarāja-
nītiśāstramanyatra mudritam | tasya nirdhāritapāṭho'pyatra nirdiṣṭa� |
garuḍapurāṇasya bṛhaspatisaṃhitāyā� 360 ślokā� santi | teṣu
334 ślokānā� cāṇakyarājanītiśāstrasya chokai� saha sāmya� vatrtate, 11
ślokā� cāṇakyanirmiteṣvanyeṣu grantheṣu varttante, 5 ślokāca anya saṃskṛta-
grantheṣu vidyante tasmād bṛhaspatisaṃhitāyā� kevala� 39 ślokā eva� garuḍapurā
śāsya svakīyā� śṭokā pravaśiṣyante |
anye'pi 31 ślokā� cāṇakyagrantheṣu purāṇeṣu ca samānā upa-
labhyante | te sarve'pyatra nibandhe varṇakramānusāreṇa ākara nirdeśapūrvakam
ullikhitā� | 16 ślokāca sādṛśyena purāṇeṣu cāṇakyagrantheṣu copa-
labhyante, te'pyatra bhākaranirdeśapūrvaka� nirdiṣṭā� |
cāṇakyarājanītiśāstra� nāma grantho� daśamyā� khīstīya śatābdadyā�
bhikṣurinacenajonaponāmnā tibbatadeśīyena viduṣ� svakīye saṃgrahagranye'nta-
rbhāvita āsīt | etenāsya granthasya tadānīmapi para� mahatvamāsīditi
spaṣṭa� pratīyate | ataeva garuḍapurāṇe'sya prāyaśa� sarveṣāmeva ślokānā
saṃgraha� kṛta� | ]
]
1. In his previous study “The Cānakya-raja-niti-śastra and
the Brhaspati-Samhita of the Garuda purāna� in the Annals of the
Bhandarkar Or. Res. Institue (ABORI XXXVII, pp 58-110) this
author came to the conclusion that the Brhaspati-Samhita of the
Garuda-parāna (GP) is almost identical with Cānakya's aphorisms,
the Canakya rajanīti śāstra version (CR). He was able to prove
that seventy per cent of the Brhaspati-Samhita maxims of the
Garuda purām are identical with CR. This study was based
on three texts of CR, viz. the text of the Cannkya-raja-nitis
śāstram ed. by Pt. īśvarn Chandra Sastrī (Calcutta Or. Series,
No. 2) (CRC), the MS. Sansk. f. 15 in the Bodleion Library
in Oxford (CRB) and the MS. 1559 in the Library
of the
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