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Puranic encyclopaedia

by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222

This page describes the Story of Pattu included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana�).

Story of Pattu

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A) The ten books on rhetorics.

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(1) The 󾱳ٲⲹ岹貹ṇa of վśٳ (2) The Kāvyādarśa of ٲṇḍī (3) Kāvyaprakāsa of Mammaṭa (4) Daśarūpaka of ٳ󲹲ԲñᲹⲹ (5) Kāvyālaṅkārasūtravṛtti of 峾Բ (6) ī첹ṇṭ󲹰ṇa of Bhojadeva (7) Alaṅkārasarvasva of (8) Alaṅkārakaustubha of Kavikarṇapūraka (9) Kuvalayānanda of Appaya īṣiٲ (10) Candrāloka of Jayadeva.

B. Ten Indriyas. (organs of sense). There are ten organs of sense comprising five ñԱԻⲹ and five Karmendriyas.

C. Ten Commandments. The commandments of Christ are ten in number. (1) There is no other God but Yehova. (2) Do not instal idols and worship them. (3) Do not use God’s name vainly. (4) Do not do work on the Sabbath day but observe that day as sacred. (5) Respect your parents. (6) Do not kill. (7) Do not commit adultery. (8) Do not steal. (9) Do not give false evidence. (10) Do not desire for others' possessions.

D. The ten Kāmāvasthās. (1) 󾱱ṣa (desire). (2) Cintana (Reflection). (3) ṛt (remembrance). (4) Guṇakathana (Talking about the good qualities). (5) Udyoga (effort) (6) ʰ貹 (gabble) (7) Գ岹 madness) (8) ղ (disease) (9) ḍa (slothfulness) (10) Ѳṇa (death).

E. The ten ṇa. The good qualities are ten in number. (1) Satya (truth) (2) Vinaya (modesty) (3) Devatārādhana (worship of God) (4) Adhyayana (study) (5) Kulaśuddhi (purity of family) (6) śī (good conduct) (7) Śپ (strength) (8) Dhana (wealth) (9) Śūratā (valour) (10) Yuktiyukta Sambhāṣaṇa (intelligent and rational talk).

F. Ṛṣ gotras. There are ten Ṛṣ Gotras (families of sages): (1) 󲹰屹Ჹ gotra (2) Kauśika gotra (3) Vatsya gotra (4) ṇḍԲⲹ gotra (5) śⲹ貹 gotra (6) ղṣṭ gotra (7) 峾岹Բⲹ gotra (8) վś峾ٰ gotra (9) Gautama gotra (10) Āٰⲹ gotra. (All these ten gotras were brought down to Dakṣiṇabhārata by ʲśܰ峾).

G. 䲹ٰ. There are ten kinds of Camatkāra (poetical charm) according to the poet ṣeԻ. (1) Avicārita ṇīy (2) Vicāryamāṇaṇīy (3) Samastasūktavyāpī (4) Sūktaikadeśavyāpī (5) Śabdagata (6) Arthagata (7) Ubhayagata (8) Alaṅkāragata (9) Vṛttigata (10) Rasagata.

H. 侱ٳ屹ٳ. There are ten states of mind. (1) (lust) (2) ṅk貹 (imagination) (3) Vicikitsā (doubt) (4) Ś (attention) (5) Aśraddhā (negligence) (6) ٳṛt (resolution) (7) ṛt (wavering) (8) (shame) (9) Dhī (devotion) (10) Bhīti (fear).

I. . There are ten nādas (sounds) according to Haṃsopaniṣad. (1) Ciṇiti (2) 侱ñṇ� (3) Kaṇṭhanāda (4) Śaṅkhanāda (5) Tantrīnāda (6) Tālanāda (7) Veṇunāda (8) Mṛdaṅganāda (9) Bherīnāda (10) ѱ𲵳󲹲岹.

J. Sins (). There are ten 貹 (sins). (1) Murder (2) Theft (3) Adultery (4) Calumny (5) Harshness (6) Deceit (7) Nonsensical utterances (8) Inflicting pain on others (9) Desire for another’s property (10) Atheism.

K. ٲśṣp. There are ten holy flowers.

(1) Pūvaṅkuruntal (2) Muyalcceviyan (Sutaśreṇi—Anthericum Tuberosum) (3) Karuka (ԲԳ—Bent grass) (4) Nilappana (Tālamūlika—Curculigo Orchioides) (5) Kayyanya (ṛṅᲹ—Trailing Eclipta) (6) վṣṇkrānti (Kṛṣṇakrānti—Clikoria Ternatea) (7) Cherupūla (Illecobrum lanatum) (8) Tirutāli (Śrīhastinī—Asparagus Racemosus) (9) Uliñja (The smoothleaved heart-pea "Cardiopermum Halicacabum") (10) Mukkūṭṭi (Gaṇḍakāli—Sensitive plant).

L. ʰ貹پ. The prajāpatis are ten in number: (1) Ѳī (2) ṅg (3) Atri (4) Pulaha (5) Pulastya (6) Kratu (7) ղṣṭ (8) ٲṣa (9) ṛg (10) .

M. ʰṇa. There are ten ʰṇa (life-winds). (1) ʰṇa (2) Բ (3) ղԲ (4) Բ (5) Բ (6) (7) ū (8) ṛk (9) Devadatta (10) ٳ󲹲ԲñᲹⲹ.

N. Strength. There are ten items of strength. I. (1) ñԲ (knowledge) (2) ʰñ (wisdom) (3) īⲹ (heroism) (4) ṣa (patience) (5) Śī (uprightness) (6) Բ (charity) (7) Bala (might) (8) (resourcefulness) (9) ٳԲ (intuition) (10) ʰṇi (power of observation).

II. (1) Buddhi (intelligence) (2) ṣa (patience) (3) īⲹ (heroism) (4) ٳԲ (divine intuition) (5) ñԲ (knowledge) (6) ṛp (grace) (7) Śī (upright ness) (8) Bala (9) Բ (10) ṣ� (inattention).

III. Then there are the following ten balas: (1) ū (strength inherent) (2) Bandhubala (Strength of relatives) (3) Rājasainyabala (strength of the royal army) (4) Svakīya Senābala (strength of own army) (5) senābala (strength of reinforcement from outside) (6) Kāṭṭālabala (strength of foresters) (7) Gajabala (strength of the elephants) (8) Turagabala (strength of horses) (9) Bandhusainyabala (strength of the army of relatives) (10) Padātibala (strength of footsoldiers).

O. ٲśū. There are ten important medicinal roots: (1) Kumbil (Cayaphal). (2) Kūvala (Śrīphala—Aegle Marmelos) (3) ѳñᲹ (Śrīparṇa—Permna Spinosa) (4) Pātiri (Kṛṣṇavṛnda Trumpet Flower Tree) (5) Palakappayyāni (Śṇa첹—Bignonia Indica) (6) Orila (Padmacāriṇī—Hibiscus Mutabilies) (7) Mūvila (śī -Hedysarum Lagopodioides) (8) Karuttacuṇṭa (Pracodanī—small egg-plant) (9) Veluttacuṇṭa (white pracodanī) (10) Ñerīñjil (Gokaṇṭaka—Barleria longifolia).

P. Limbs of the king (ṅg). The ten aṅgas of a king are (1) (country) (2) Mala (mountain) (3) ī (river) (4) Ūru (village) (5) Koṭṭāra (palace) (6) Kutira (horse) (7) Āna (elephant) (8) Muraśu (War drum) (9) ṭi (flag) (10) Cenkol (sceptre).

Q. ū貹첹. (dramatic compositions). There are ten classes of rūpakas:

Nāṭaka. (drama).

The chief sentiment in a drama should be one of the three following rasas: (1) ī (sentiment of heroism) (2) Śrṅgārarasa (sentiment of love) (3) ṇa (pathos). There should be five to ten acts. The singer should be a famous one. It must have Pañcasandhis (five junctures). ŚܲԳٲ and ٳٲ峾ٲ are perfect ṭa첹.

ʰ첹ṇa.

In this kind of drama the plot is invented or fictitious and deals with the social life of the day. The hero of the play can be either a hero or a meek person. The heroine can be a noble lady or a harlot. The main sentiment should be Śṛṅ (love). ī󲹱, Mṛcchakaṭika are examples of ʰ첹ṇa.

ṇa.

There is only one character and one Act in this species. The plot is fictitious and the hero is an expert humorous libertine. Līlāmadhura and Mahiṣamaṅgala ṇa are examples.

Prahasana.

This is a farce. The plot is fictitious and is in the nature of a low comedy. Satire is the chief sentiment of this species.

Ḍi.

This has got four Acts. The plot will be famous and the chief sentiment will be one of wrath and fierceness. There will be no վṣk (interlude between Acts to give connection to the story between Acts) or ʰś첹 (introducer explaining portions of the plot which may not be put on stage but an understanding of which is necessary to follow the story). There must be sixteen haughty and excited characters like a Deva, Gandharva, ۲ṣa and ṣa. Tripuradahana is an example.

ղDz.

Female characters will be rare in this kind of dramas. There will be only one Act. The sentiments of satire or love or calmness should not be predominant. The hero should be a famous divine sage. Saugandhikāharaṇa is an example.

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The plot should be based on a story of the devas and asuras. There will be three Acts. There must be twelve brave heroes in it. The chief sentiment will be heroism. The seizure of a city, declaration of war or a big fire should be part of the play. Sumudramathana is an example.

īٳ.

This will have one Act and one actor. Any of the sentiments can be portrayed. The story must be completed by Ākāśabhāṣita (speech to which reply is given on the stage as if spoken from the sky) 䲹Ի is an example.

ṅk.

This has only one Act. The heroes should be people of the ṛt type. Pathos is the chief sentiment. This should contain the pathetic wail of many women. This is called ٲṛṣṭiṅk also. Śṣṭ-۲پ is an example.

Ī峾ṛg.

This will contain four Acts. The heroes of the play should be valiant. There must be ten ʲ-ⲹ첹 (producers of different kinds of episodical incidents in the drama). They will be Uddhatas (haughty and excited persons).

R. Metals.

There are ten chief metals: (1) Gold (2) Silver (3) Copper (4) Tin (5) Lead (6) Zinc (7) Iron (8) Steel (9) Brass (10) Mercury.

S. s.

The incarnations of վṣṇ are ten. See under .

T. Upacāras.

There are ten articles of worship: (1) Arghya (oblation of valuables) (2) (water for washing feet) (3) ĀԲ (water for cleansing mouth) (4) Madhuparka (a mixture of honey with four other sweet articles) (5) Punarācamana (water for cleansing mouth again) (6) Gandha (Sandal paste) (7) ʳṣp (flowers) (8) ٳū貹 (frankincense) (9) ī貹 (light) (10) Nivedya (articles of food offerings).

U. 貹Ծṣa.

There are many 貹Ծṣa of which only 108 ones are in print; of these the most important are ten in number and they are the following: (1) Īśāvāsya (2) Kena (3) (4) Praśna (5) ѳṇḍ (6) Māṇḍūkya (7) Chāndogya (8) ղٳپīⲹ (9) Aitareya (10) Bṛhadāraṇyaka.

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