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 7, Part 1 (1965)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� - [pur膩峁嘺m - ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
[Vol. VII., No. 1
or audumbara tree and the tree in that case was presumably
worshipped by the tribe as a totem.12
Thus the connection between the sage and the tribe gleaned
from the Vayu and the Brahma峁囜笉a-Pur膩nas is confirmed not
only by a particular variety of the coins of the Audumbaras but
also by the Kalika-Purana which is believed to have been
composed between seventh and tenth centuries A.D. Together,
all these Puranas, therefore. are found to have thrown valuable
light on the origin of the Audumbara.
-KALYAN KUMAR DAS GUPTA
12. It may be noted that on the reverse of the Visvamitra type of coins
a tree in an enclosure occurs, the enclosure perhaps indicates the
sacred character of the tree. The tree may be identified with the
udumbara and thus can be associated with the sage Visvamitra, but
the tree-motif is so common on ancient Indian coins that no definite
conclusion can be drawn with regard to the identification of the tree
with the udumbara tree.
13. For a discussion of the date of the Kalika-Purana see Dr. R. C.
Hazra's Studies in the Upapuranas, Vol. II, Calcutta, 1963 p. 240f.
