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 2 (1968)
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coincide with this.
啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� - [pur膩峁嘺m - ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
[Vol. X, No. 2
The Padma-p. also opines that a woman
should not be killed. 25 From the Sukar墨-up膩khy膩na of the Bh奴mi-
khanda we come to know that the she-boar, although responsible
for the destruction of innumerable human beings, was not killed
by the king, though repeatedly asked to do so by his wife. In
fact, he did not venture to kill her (she-boar) as he was afraid of
incurring sin thereby. A man who kills a woman, commits sin and
he has to make an atonement for that sin.26
Great importance has been laid on the sacred tie that knits
the husband and wife.27 It is obvious that the sanctity of this
bondage 28 is as old as the Rg-Veda29. It has been said that the
husband is the only resting place of married woman 30 whose only
duty is to look after her husband. She is the most wretched
person who fills her stomach with food without giving the same
to her husband. Such wicked woman is born in 'naraka' in her
next birth and made to suffer. From an episode in the Uttara-
24. Cf. Mah膩bh膩rata, I. 158. 31.
'啶呧さ啶о啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶む啶班た啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶距す啷佮ぐ啷�-
啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶溹啶炧ぞ 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠた啶多啶掂く啷� [avadhy膩岣� striya ity膩hur-
dharmaj帽膩 dharmani艣vaye ] '
and R膩m膩ya峁嘺, I. 27. 3.
啶� 啶灌啶啶ㄠぞ啶啶む啶膏す啷� 啶灌え啷嵿い啷佮
啶膏啶む啶班啶膏啶掂き啶距さ啷囙え 啶班啷嵿し啶苦い啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶掂啶班啶� 啶氞ぞ啶膏啶ぞ 啶椸い啶苦 啶氞ぞ啶た
啶灌え啶苦し啷嵿く啶距ぎ啷�啶むた 啶 啶い啶苦 啷�
[na hyen膩mutsahe hantu峁�
str墨svabh膩vena rak峁t膩m |
v墨rya c膩sy膩 gati峁� c膩pi
hani峁膩m墨ti me mati岣� ||
] 25. Bh奴mi-Khanda, 27. 106-107
....... 啶呧さ啶樴啶ぞ 啶膏啶む啶班 啶膏う啶� 啶ㄠ啶� 啷� ( [avaghy膩 str墨 sad膩 n峁沺a | (] v. 1. bhavet)
啶膏啶む啶班啶｀ぞ啶� 啶掂ぇ啷� 啶す啶む啶ぞ啶 啶︵啶粪啶熰ぎ啶膏啶むた 啶︵啶掂た啶溹啶む啶むぎ啷堗 啷�
( [str墨峁嚹佱箖 vadhe mahatp膩pa峁� d峁涐梗峁璦masti dvijottamai岣� |
(] v. 1. Anss. ed. mah膩n dosa hyukta岣� Purvair-mahatmabhi岣�).
26. Ibid., 27, 116.
啶呧す啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶班
啶灌啶さ啶о啶ぞ 啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶ざ啷嵿啶苦い啷嵿い啷� 啶さ啶苦し啷嵿く啶膏た 啷�
啶呧さ啶о啶ぞ啶� 啶�
啶膏啶む啶班た啶
啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶膏啶むた啶班啶啶啷嵿く啷嬥え啶苦啶むぞ啶お啶� 啷�
[aha峁� n膩r墨
hyavadhy膩 ca pr膩ya艣citt墨 bhavi峁asi |
avadhy膩峁� ca
蝉迟谤颈测补峁�
pr膩hustiryyagyonigat膩mapi ||
] 27. Ibid., 42. 39 ff.
28. P. V. Kane, History of Dharmasastra, II, p. 427.
29. A. S. Altekar, Position of women in Hindu Civilization, pp. 31. ff.
30. Bhumi-khanda, 41. 11.
