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 1, Part 2 (1960)
105 (of 150)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Feb., 1960] SEVEN-SEA GIFT IN MATSYA PUR膧峁咥 (ch. 43), and 207 -f (ch. 44), the last being an extra one
(啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶むぎ啷嬥い啷嵿い啶�) [蝉补谤惫补诲腻苍辞迟迟补尘辞迟迟补尘补) ] to round off the ceremonies.
There is also only reference to some of these, viz. fa
HET, HI, in the Agni Pur膩峁嘺, ch. 213 (Jivanand edn).
These extraordinary gifts involving huge quantities of gold and
jewels could be conceived in an age of exceptional prosperity,
such as the Golden Age of Indian history. In the paintings of
that period we actually find the depiction of 啶掂た啶多啶掂啶曕啶� ( [vi艣vacakra (] e. g. 啶さ啶氞啷嵿ぐ
[bhavacakra
] on the ceiling of Ajanta Cave) and
etc.
The 'Gift of the Seven Oceans' was specially appropriate
in an age when merchants and travellers and naval captains
crossed the seven seas for trade and commerce, navigation and
religious missions. We need consider the significance of such
ritual as the 褔, and specially examine the appropri-
ateness of its name.
In the compound of the present site of the Mathura
Museum there is an ancient deep well known
In a compaign of well-clearance
(popular 啶膏ぞ啶むじ啶え啷嵿う啶班 啶曕啶嗋 ).
[s膩tasamandar墨 ku膩峁� ).
] carried out on behalf of the Museum, the well was drained off
and a large number of Kushana and Gupta sculptures were
recovered, establishing the antiquity of the Well. What probably
had happened was that at the time of some devastating raid of
the city like that by the H奴峁嘺s in the last quarter of the fifth
century, stone statues and reliefs from neighbouring temples
were deposited in the Well with the idea of being redeemed
later; that contingency, however, never came up.
The Well continued to be used as a place for performing
some religious ceremonies until its being closed up recently with
a platform of cement-concrete. Its name, however, is a pointer
to its real original significance. Sea-faring in those times
was fraught with great danger. Those who went out to the
sea bade last farewell to their relations and friends and had
not much hope of a safe return. In case they came back safe
and secure they brought enormous wealth and were greeted with
