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 12, Part 1 (1970)
72 (of 240)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷� - [pur膩峁嘺m - ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
啶呧ざ啷嵿さ啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶班ぅ啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶掂た啶粪啶｀啶曕啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶掂じ啷佮え啷嵿ぇ啶班 啷�
[ [a艣vak膩nte rathak膩nte vi峁ａ箛ukr膩nte vasundhare |
[] Vol. XII, No. 1
-PP., Uttara Khanda, 40, 28 and 47, 43.
and
啶む啶掂く啶� 啶侧啶曕ぞ啶膏啶む啶班く啶� 啶曕ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぞ啶� 啶啶班ぞ 啶膏啶掂啶班啶掂た啶曕啶班ぎ啷堗じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶苦き啶苦 啷�
啶む啶掂く啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶多啶� 啶曕啶む 啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ 啶掂げ啶苦ぐ啷嵿が啶︵啶о 啶す啶距じ啷佮ぐ啶� 啷�
- [tvay膩 lok膩straya岣� k膩nt膩岣� pur膩 svairvikramaistribhi岣� ||
tvayendra艣ca k峁泃o r膩j膩 valirbaddho mah膩sura岣� |
-] PP, Uttara Khanda 77, 18.
Besides these, the celebrated poet K膩lid膩sa also refers to
V膩mana in a beautiful verse as having taken the kingdom of Bali :
啶むぎ啷佮う啷嵿さ啶灌え啷嵿い啶� 啶ぅ啶苦き啷嬥啶曕え啷嵿く啶距 啶班啶班啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹え啷嵿く啶椸ぃ啶� 啶� 啶︵啶啶む 啷�
啶げ啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶︵た啶粪啶熰ぞ啶� 啶多啶班た啶ぎ啶距う啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ 啶む啶班啶掂た啶曕啶班ぎ啶� 啶ぞ啶︵ぎ啶苦さ啷囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶多い啷嵿ぐ啷佮 啷�
[tamudvahanta峁� pathibhojakany膩峁� rurodha r膩janyaga峁嘺岣� sa d峁沺ta岣� |
balipradi峁ａ弓膩峁� 艣riyam膩dad膩na峁� traivikrama峁� p膩damivendra艣atru岣� ||
] Worship of Vamana
啷�
- [||
-] Raghuvamsa, 7, 35.
Worship of Vamana appears to have been in vogue in ancient
India. The Matsya Purana" refers to a temple at Kruk峁tra dedi-
cated to Vis峁噓 as V膩mana. A magnificent temple built in
honour of Vamana also exists at Khajuraho. In the garbhag峁沨a
of this temple is enshrined a 4' 8" image of the god showing also
the various incarnations of Vis峁噓 and the personified weapons on
its either side. The arms of the deity are now lost.
SCULPTURAL
Vamana in Art.
V膩mana is generally shown either in dasavatara panels
(Plate I) or on the stele of a Vi峁ａ箛u image along with other
incarnations. A colossal da艣avatara slab found at Kumher shows
Vamana and other incarnations standing in a row. An interesting
feature in this panel is that over these figures are also depicted
It relates to the 10th
seated sapta-mat峁沰膩s and Navagrahas.
century A. D. and is displayed in the Bharatpur Museum (No. 54).
A meticulously executed standing image of Vis峁噓 from Lotana
shows on its back frame miniature figures of Matsya, Var膩ha,
on his right and Kacchapa,
Vamana, R膩ma and Buddha
Narasimha, Parasur膩ma, Balarama and Kalki on the left. It is
5. Ibid.
6. K. Deva, Ancient India, New Delhi, No. 15, 1959, p. 57.
