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 6, Part 2 (1964)
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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
[Vol. VI., No. 2
The meaning of all the three letters i. e. Om, the beginning
of Gayatri, is traced in the statement Janmadyasya yata岣�' The
word 'Janma', representing the creation, stands for 'a' or Aja
Brahm膩 i. e. Hiranyagarbha Brahm膩. The word 'Adi' in Janm膩di
includes sublimation and destruction. These are functions of
Vis峁噓 and Mahe艣a. The three mah膩vy膩h峁泃is are the object of
creation in the sense of Bh膩gavata verse. The word 'Tat' means
the well-known, established by the scriptures, or which cannot be
defined. The Brahman is also anirvacaniya.
The First Verse of the Bh膩gavatamah膩pur膩峁嘺 also includes
the idea of the following five Ved膩ntas奴tras of B膩dar膩ya峁嘺 :-
1. Ath膩to Brahmajij帽膩s膩, Brahmasutra, 1, 1, 1. Then,
therefore, an enquiry into Brahman.
2. Janmadyasya yata岣�, Brahmasutra, 1, 1, 2. (Brahma is
that). From whom arises the origin and rest of (world).
3. 艢膩strayonitv膩t, Brahmas奴tra, 1, 1, 3. Because Brahman
has scripture for his source.
4. Tattu samanvay膩t, Brahms奴tra, 1, 1, 4. But that
follows from the concordance. (The Brahman has
scripture as his sole proof).
5. Ik峁tern膩艣abdam, Brahmasutra, 1, 1, 5.
creator) sees, (Pradh膩na is) not
universe) it is not scriptural.
Because (the
(the cause of the
The sense of all these five above-mentioned Brahmasutras is
distinctly visualised below:-
1.
Brahmasutra, 1, 1, 1.
a. Brahma
i. Supreme being
free from
all li-
mitations (up膩-
Bh膩gavata, First Verse
or
Param: foremost chief
supreme being i e. Absolute
Ultimate Reality as soul of all
dhi) and imper- the beings yet being above all.
fections i. e. Ul-
timate Reality,
the lord of all.
1. G. N. Mallik, The Philosophy of Vaisnava Religion, Vol. I. p. 37
