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 10, Part 1 (1968)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� - [pur膩峁嘺m - ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
[Vol. X., No. 1
priests, being throughout a meritorious act does not involve any
question of sin and therefore does not lead to any aftermath or
punishment in hell as in the Mbh. The human sacrifice in the
Mbh. has, by itself, got poterey of conferring a hundred sons on the
performer of the sacrifice; in the Sk, on the other hand, it is the
contiguity of the Hanumat-kunda with its sacred waters which
confers on the sacrifice the poterey of bestowing a hundred sons
on the performer of the sacrifice. In the Mbh., the first son
40 Helias mi
having been sacrificed, the king has in the end total of one hundred
sons; in the Sk., cn the other hand, the king, along with the
first son, has in the end a total of one hundred and one sons.]
REFERENCES TO THE STORY OF SOMAKA IN OTHER 笔鲍搁膧狈础S
HOTOWA
1607 The story of Somaka and his son Jantu is referred to though
very briefly, in the Matsya (M) and Vayu (V) Pur膩峁嘺s. The M
gives the past genealogy of King Somaka as follows: Divod膩sa-
Mitrayu-Maitreya-Caidyavara-Sud膩sa-Soma ka. After giving the
genealogy, the M further says: "Somaka had a son named Jantu;
after Jantu was killed, there were born a hundred sons of Somaka.
The V gives a shorter genealogy: Cyavana-Sud膩sa-Somaka. The
V. further says: Somaka had a son called Jantu; after Jantu
was killed, there were born a hundred sons of Somaka"s o
Though the M and V do not give in detail the rite by which
Jantu was killed and Somaka was enabled to get hundred sons,
even the laconic references to Jantu in these works appear to suggest
that the redactors of these portions of the M and V may have
before them the story and its version appearing in the Mbh. From
these references one may be led to infer that the Moh. version of
the story of Somaka is older than the one appearing in Sk,
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Man
1. The editions used are those of the Gurumat dala Series published by
Nandlal Mor.
2. M. 5 13-15
13. 啶膏啶啶膏啶� 啶膏啶む 啶溹え啷嵿い啷佮ぐ啷嵿す啶む 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶多い啶� 啶き啷� 啷� [somakasya suto janturhate tasmin 艣ata峁� babhau | ] Bonic arre
113.
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啶啶む啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶啶啶⑧じ啷嵿く 啶膏啶啶膏啶� 啶す啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啷�
啶す啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ
啷むイ [putr膩峁嚹乵ajam墨岣峢asya somakasya 尘补丑腻迟尘补苍补岣� ||
尘补丑腻迟尘补苍补岣�
|| ] M. 50.16
4. V. 99. 208
5. 啶膏啶啶膏啶� 啶膏啶む 啶溹え啷嵿い啷佮ぐ啷嵿す啶む 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶多い啶� 啶掂た啶 啷�
啶啶む啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶啶啶⑧じ啷嵿く 啶膏啶啶む啶掂 啶す啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啷�
[somakasya suto janturhate tasmin 艣ata峁� vibho |
putr膩峁嚹乵ajam墨岣峢asya somakatve 尘补丑腻迟尘补苍补岣� ||
] V. 99. 209-210
