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Anuśāsanaparva
The Book of Instructions — dāna, ācāra, dharma teachings from Bhīṣma's deathbed.
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Volume I: Part I 21 references
1 Meaning Of Dharma 1
... praśamsanti sa dharma yadgarhente sosdharmaḥ’. There are several other more or less one-sided definitions of dharma such as ‘ahimsā paramo dharmaḥ’ (Anuśāsanaparva 115. 1), ‘ānṛśamsyam paro dharmaḥ’ (Vanaparva 373. 76), ‘ācārah paramo dharmaḥ’ (Manu I. 108). Harita defined dharma as ‘śrutipramāṇaka<...
7 Dharmasutra Of Āpastamba 1
... Manu, the mythical progenitor of mankind, and not to the Manusmṛti. It is noteworthy that Āpastamba (II. 17. 8) quotes a verse, which is the same as Anuśāsanaparva 90. 46 (sambhojani nāma &c. ). The Āpastambadharmasūtra stands in a peculiar relation to the Pūrvamīmāmsā. It is the only extant Dharmasūtra that contains m...
10 Vishnudharmasutra 2
...74 and Vāyu-purāṇa 82.11 and Matsya-purāṇa 204.5 ( matsya gāthās 3-17 sung by the pitṛs, 10 of which begin with ‘api syāt sa kuleśmakain etc. ). Vide Anuśāsana-parva 88. 12-17 ( Ch. eḍ ). There is one verse (72.6) which has eleven letters in the first *pāda* and twelve in the remaining three.
...d says they were sung by pitrs ; vide 78. 52–53, 80. 14, 83. 21, 85. 65–67. They bear close resemblance to the gāthās sung by the pitrs quoted in the Anuśāsana-parva 88. 11–15 and a half verse ‘eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyekopi Gayām vrajet’ is the same in Vi. 85. 67 and Anu. 88. 14. The Viṣṇusmṛti enumerates twenty- one hell...
14 Arthashastra Of Kautilya 3
...tory of king Nṛga, who donated a Brāhmaṇa's cow by mistake and became a chameleon because he did not speedily deal with the dispute, is nar- rated in Anuśāsanaparva 6. 38 and Āśvamedhika-parva 90. 99–100 and in the Rāmāyaṇa, Uttarakāṇḍa, chap. 53. 6-26. Not only in the epics, but in some of the Purāṇas also Rājadharma ...
...etailed above in section 13. From the references to Svāyambhuva Manu and Prācetasa Manu contained in the Mahābhārata, parti- cularly in the Śānti and Anuśāsana parvans it appears that there were two works in verse on dharma and politics attri- buted to these two or there was one work containing both. These works w...
...anu also (in I. 118 and IV. 30) employs the words Pāṣaṇḍa and Pāṣaṇḍin in the sense of heretical sect or monk. Ādiparva 140. 63, Vana- parva 188. 49, Anuśāsanaparva 23. 67 also employ the word in the same sense as in Manu. But Aśoka employs the word *pāṣaṇḍa* in the sense of a religious order or sect and not in a deroga...
21 Cyavana 1
The Anuśāsanaparva (18.38) states that Garga acquired on the banks of the Sarasvatī astronomy with its 64 aṅgaṣ In the same *parva* it is said that Vṛddha-Gargya inquired about...
27 Bharadvāja And Bhāradvāja 1
...ṇ. I. 1. 56, Vārtika 4 on IV. 1. 79). That is, the Bhāradvājīyas were a school of grammarianṣ Bharadvāja is said to be the eldest son of Bṛhaspati in Anuśāsanaparva 30. 24 ff. In Śāntiparva7 chap. 140 the...
31 The Manusmriti 4
...ter on a sound footing, a Sanskrit Smṛti setting out a scale of fees for law- yerṣ Hopkins says that the words 'the śāstra of Manu' occur only in the Anuśāsana-parva and so only that parvan knew the Manusmṛti, while in the other parvans we have the expression 'Manu said,' and therefore these other books did not kn...
... sinṣ Here the author of the Anuśāsana expressly says that he puts forward his own opinion after hearing Manu's ordinance. There is no doubt that the Anuśāsanaparva clearly refers in several places to the extant Manusmṛti. In Anu. 19. 88–89 reference is made to those who know Dharmaśāstras about adultery. In Anu. 45...
... either referring to the Mānava-dharmasūtra or to the floating mass of popular verses, but not to our Manu. We must now closely examine the data. The Anuśāsana- parva distinctly speaks of ‘a śāstra declared by Manu’.44 ...
...hese abovementioned facts, against the Mahā-bhārata and in favour of the Manusmṛti being the earlier of the two. Hopkins at all events holds that the Anuśāsana-parva knew a Manusmṛti essentially the same as we have now. Bühler expresses himself more cautiously and says that the Śānti and Anuśāsana *parvans* knew a...
32 The Two Epics 6
...ta became very much inflated by additions made at different timeṣ Anyone could add a story by saying ‘atrāpyudāharantimam itihāsam purātanam’. In the Anuśāsanaparvan alone in 25 chapters stories are introduced with these words, apart from several stories introduced in a different manner. Chap. 98 of that parvan i...
... not mentioned in those chapters and this story was probably interpolated later. The Vanaparva is in extent next to the Śāntiparva. These two and the Anuśāsanaparva cover about two-fifths of the whole of the extant Mahābhārata. The 4th passage (quoted in the note below )
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...pics-46" id="fnref-32-the-two-epics-46">46 The Dināra is not mentioned in the 18 parvaṇs of the Mahābhārata ( not even in Śāntiparva nor in Anuśāsanaparva ) as Hopkins admits on p. 387. Supposing for a moment that the mention of dināra in Harivamśa is not interpolated, still from the reference to Hariva...
...that in the Anuśāsanaparva there are 146 adhyāyas and 8000 verseṣ In the Chitrasbālā edition there are 365 chapters in the Śānti parva and 168 in the Anuśāsanaparva. Thus the chapters in the two parvans (in the present text ) exceed the number of chapters stated in Ādiparva, chap. 2. It is possible that later red...
...di. 2.325–331 ) it is stated that in the Śāntiparva there are 329 adhyāyas (chapters) and 14732 verses and in Ādi. 2.331–338 it is stated that in the Anuśāsanaparva there are 146 adhyāyas and 8000 verseṣ In the Chitrasbālā edition there are 365 chapters in the Śānti parva and 168 in the Anuśāsanaparva. Thus the c...
...ahābhārata is predominantly a Vaiṣṇavite work and contains two of the five jewels of Vaiṣṇavism viz. the Gītā and the one thousand names of Viṣṇu (in Anuśāsana- parva 149. 14–120).
33 The Purānas 1
... the effects of even the most heinous sinṣ8 For example, the Anuśāsanaparva (25. 42) says– In Gayā a man is purified even of the murders of brāhmaṇas, if he visits Asmaprṣṭha (Pretasīlā in Gayā), the hill called Niravinda and the Krau...
50 Yama 1
The Anuśāsanaparva of the Mahābhārata (Chap. 104 verse 72 ) states that those who are conversant with ancient times recited verses (*gāthās*) of Yama and then follow 84...
Volume I: Part II 3 references
71 Vijnāneshvara 1
...rs later than the completion of the Mitākṣarā. In the colophons Vijñāneśvara is described as Paramahamsa and Parivrājaka ( a sannyāsin ). Acc. to the Anuśāsanaparva ( 141. 89 ), the Vaikhānasaśūtra VIII. 9 and several other authorities asce- tics were of four grades, the last being called Paramahamsa; vide H. of Dh. Vol. II ...
94 Madanapāla And Vishveshvarabhatta 1
The word Karmavipāka occurs in Yāj. III. 133 and in Anuśāsana-parva ( 144. 43 Ch. eḍ ) and Yogaśūtra II. 17 ( sati mūle tadvipāko jātyāyurbhogaḥ ) i. e. sinners are born as different animals or worms etc. ( Manu XII. ...
113 The Vīramitrodaya Of Mitramiśra 1
...the east, south, west and north respectively. Śalyaparva (chapters 35-39) describes the tīrthas which were visited by Balarāma in his pilgrimage. The Anuśāsanaparva (chapter 26) is full of the greatness of the Gangeṣ
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Volume II: Part I 22 references
Chapter Ii Varna 4
...s of people and so Manu (X. 40), Vasiṣṭha94 (18.7) and Anuśāsana-parva 148. 29 laid down that men’s sub-caste was to be known from their actions and occupationṣ This shows that according to most writers castes in the times of th...
...other varṇa, by marrying women who ought not to have been married (such as a sagotra girl) and by neglect of the duties peculiar to one’s varṇa’. The Anuśāsanaparva 48. 1100 remarks that ‘varṇasaṃkara arises from wealth, gr...
...pring of a śūdra from a vaiśya womaṇ The Bhāradvāja-śrauta sūtra (XI. 22. 12) forbids the study of the Veda in the presence of the antyāva- sāyiṇ The Anuśāsana-parva (22. 22) speaks of Medas, Pulkasas and Antāvasāyins (the printed text is corrrupt). Śānti (141. 29-32) gives a graphic description of a hamlet of cāṇḍālas and...
...th countries (Amba, Magadha, Videha etc.), that some others are based upon race such as Ābhīra, Kirāta and Śaka. Manu (X. 43-45) and the Mahābhārata (Anuśāsana-parva 33. 21-23 and 35. 17-18) were prepared to admit that several foreign races like the Śakas, Yāvanas, Kambojas, Drāviḍas, Daradas, Śabaras, Kirātas etc. were ori...
Chapter Iii The Duties Disabilities And Privileges Of Varnas 5
... should not despise brāhmaṇas, whether they be squint-eyed, humpbacked, dwarfs, indigent or diseased, since they are my forms ( i. e. of Kṛṣṇa)'. The Anuśāsanaparva ( 152. 19 )
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152.19
...illage, one who is in the service of a village or town, one who does not perform saṁdhyā adoration in the morning and evening at the proper time. The Anuśāsanaparva (33. 11 ff) shows that some brāhmaṇas were great rogues, others engaged in austerities, some resorted to agriculture and rearing cattle, others subsi...
... priests in sacrifices). Ṛg. IV. 50. 7-9 say that a king and others for whom the purohita offers prayers win battles, secure booty and help from godṣ Anuśāsana-parva
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...at he could not touch a brāhmaṇa, though at one time he could be a cook in a brāhmaṇa household and a brāh-maṇa could eat food from his house. In the Anuśāsanaparva (59.33) it is said
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59.33
...10) As the śūdra could not be initiated into Vedic study, the only āśrama out of the four that he was entitled to was that of the householder. In the Anuśāsanaparva (165. 10) we read
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Chapter Iv Untouchability 1
... be made to clarify the positioṇ The theory of the early smṛtis was that there were only four varṇas and there was no fifth varṇa. Vide Manu X. 4 and Anuśāsanaparva 47.18.6 When in modern times the so-called u...
Chapter V Slavery 1
...deed stint oneself, one’s wife or son (as to food) if guests come, but never a dāsa who does one’s menial work (or a dāsa and hired servants). In the Anuśāsana-parva7 it is stated ‘one should not sell a human being who i...
Chapter Vii Upanayana 2
...edas as unauthoritative, to carp at the words of the sages, and to be wavering on all points lead to one's destruction’. Vide Viṣṇu Dh. S. 71. 83 and Anuśāsanaparva 37. 11 for the same ( in the latter the 2nd pāda is śāstrāṇām cābhilaṅghanam ).
.... 1. 3 exhorts a person studying the Madhu-vidyā not to look at ‘woman, śūdra, the dog and the black bird that are all untruth’. In Manu II. 213-214, Anuśāsanaparva chap. 19. 91-94, chap. 38 and 39 there is severe condemnation of womaṇ Such ideas, and ideas about pollution and the early marriage of girls are probab...
Chapter Ix Marriage 2
...it for three years (to see if she is given away by her father or brother &c.) but after this period she should seek a husband who is similar to her.' Anuśāsanaparva 44. 16 is to the same effect. Bauḍ Dh. S. IV. 1. 14 and Vaṣ V. Dh. S. 17. 67–68 give the same rule as in Manu IX. 90. But both add (Vaṣ 17. 70–71 and Bauḍ D...
...ate enumerations of gotras and pravaraṣ The Mahābhārata sets out at length the subdivisions (such as Madhuc-chandas, Devarāta ) of Viśvāmitragotra in Anuśāsanaparva 4. 49–59. Digests like the Smṛtyarthasāra ( pp. 14–17 ), the Smṛ. Pr. ( pp. 591–680 ), the Saṁ. K. ( pp. 637–692 ), the Nirṇaya- sindhu, the Dharmasindhu, the...
Chapter Xi Polygamy Polyandry And Rights And Duties On Marriage 4
...The Mahābhārata very frequently harps upon the duties of wiveṣ26 The Anuśāsana parva 146. 55 says ‘the husband is the god of a woman, her (sole) relative, her goal’; the Aśvamedhika-parva 90. 51 declares ‘the husband is the highest deity.’ ‘T...
...try should give up play, the adornment of the body, visiting samājas (note 986 above) and festivals, laughing, going to the house of a stranger.’ The Anuśāsana-parva33 (123. 17) indicates that a wife whose husband is gone abroad does ...
...vv. 38-39) that when Damayantī cursed by her faithfulness to her husband the young hunter who had evil designs on her, he fell down a dead maṇ In the Anuśāsanaparva 123 Śāṇḍilī who37 had attained heavenly worlds tells Sumanā Kaikeyī how ...
...s mother except by the performance of the Sautrāmaṇi sacrifice. ' Yāj. I. 35 holds that the mother is superior to the guru, ācārya and upādhyāya. The Anuśāsana parva75 (105. 14-16) says that 'the mother excels in her greatness ten fat...
Chapter Xvii Āhnika And Āchāra 3
...ual, outstanding or important matters alone can be dealt with here. Some of the works contain moral exhortations to the householder. For example, the Anuśāsanaparva9 (141. 25-26) says 'ahimsa, ...
...45-106, Kūrmapurāṇa ( _uttarārdha_ chap. 15-16 ), Laghu-Hārīta IV. p. 183 ff ( Jīvānanda ), Droṇaparva 82, Vanaparva 2. 53-63, Aśvamedhika 45. 16-25, Anuśāsana-parva 97. Among the digests may be mentioned the Sṃ C. (I. pp. 88-232), the Smṛtyarthasāra (pp. 18-48), the Madanapārijāta ( pp. 204-345 ), the Gṛhastharatnāk...
... actionṣ18 Manu (IV. 152 = Anuśāsana parva 104. 23) also enumerates in one place the principal daily actions that must be got through in the morning viz. answering calls of nature, toilet, bathing, br...
Volume II: Part II 15 references
Chapter Xix Devayajna 1
...r-xix-devayajna-48">48 *Vide* Vanaparva 39. 76 and 189. 5–6, Śānti 343. 132, Matsyapurāṇa 52. 23. The 1000 names of Viṣṇu are enumerated in Anuśāsanaparva 149. 14–120 and the 1000 names of Śiva in Anuśāsana 17 and Śānti 285. 74 ff.
Chapter Xx Vaishvadeva 2
... and Bṛhat-Parāśara p. 156 hold that vaiśvadeva must be performed before śrāddha. *Vide Smṛtimuktāphala* (āhnika pp. 406-407) also; on the other hand Anusāsana-parva (97. 16-18) directs that on śrāddha day, pitṛ-tarpana comes first, then offering of bali, and then vaiśvadeva. The Madanapārijāta p. 318 says that the food for t...
...fering food to dogs, śvapacas and birds on the ground is known as vaiśvadeva, which is performed in the morning and evening. The same verse occurs at Anuśāsanaparva 97. 22-23. Aparārka p. 145 says that vaiśvadeva comprises all actions from the offering into fire oblations of food up to the throwing of food to dogs and the ...
Chapter Xxii Bhojana 2
...food and the Viṣṇu Dh. S. 68. 41 and Āp. Dh. S. II. 8. 19. 1-2 allow a man to face the south, except when the diner's mother is alive. Manu II. 52 (= Anuśāsanaparva 104. 57) states ‘one facing the east eats food which tends to long life, one facing the south eats food which leads to fame, one facing the west eats (so as ...
...up> XV. 28-29, Bauḍ Dh. S. II. 8. 2, Āp. Dh. S. II. 7. 17. 21-22, Vaṣ Dh. S. III. 19, Viṣṇu 83. 2-21, Manu III. 184-186, Śaṅkha ( in verse ) 14. 1-8, Anuśāsanaparva 90, 34, the Vāyu ( chap. 79 and 83, Ānanḍ eḍ) and several other purāṇas contain long lists of those brāhmaṇas who sanctify the company of diners when th...
Chapter Xxv Dāna Gifts 7
The literature on dāna is of enormous extent. Apart from casual references in the other parvans of the Mahābhārata, the major portion of the Anuśāsana parva is devoted to the various aspects of dāna. The Purāṇas, particularly Agni (chap. 208-215 & 217), Matsya (chap. 82-91 and 274-239) and Varāha (chap. 99-...
... thing and what one prizes most in one's house may be given to a man endowed with good qualities by a donor who desires inexhaustible (merit) from it—Anuśāsana parva 59. 7.27 According to Devala, that is a proper s...
...t the gift of vidyā is the best of all gifts such as those of water, food, cows, land, garments, sesame, gold and clarified butter. On the other hand Anuśāsana-parva (62. 2) and the Viṣṇudharmottara (quoted by Aparārka p. 369) say that the gift of land surpasses all other giftṣ The Viṣṇu Dh. S. 92. 1 says that the gift of...
... his welfare in the next world by stinting those whom he is bound to maintain results in un- happiness to him while living and also after death’. The Anuśāsana parva (37. 2-3) declares that if one makes a gift stinting one’s servants, he makes himself a sinner, even though one may say that one would give whatever any one be...
...and that whoever makes such a gift stays in heaven for as many years as there are hair on the cow's body. Vide Samvarta verses 71, 74-75 also. In the Anuśāsana-parva 72 (51. 26-34 and chapters 77, 78 and 81) ...
...lves) reaches those worlds called 'anandāḥ' (without delights)." The Mahābhārata (Anuśāsana 77. 5-6) echoes the very words of the Kāṭhopaniṣaḍ In the Anuśāsana-parva 66. 53 80 it is said that one should not bestow o...
...me add suvarṇadhenu, navanīta-dhenu (cow of butter) and ratnadhenu (cow of jewels). The Agnipurāṇa (210. 11-12) enumerates the same ten dhenuṣ In the Anuśāsana-parva 71. 39-41 the three dhenus of ghṛta, tila and japa are mentioneḍ The Varāhapurāṇa (chap. 99-110) describes in detail twelve dhenus, viz. all mentioned in the M...
Chapter Xxvi Pratishthā And Utsarga 1
...p class="fn-ref">19 The Mahābhārata (Anuśāsanaparva 58. 23-32) highly eulogizes plant life and divides plants into six kinds viz. vṛkṣa (tree), latā (creepers that cling to trees), vallī (creepers that spread on...
Chapter Xxvii Vānaprastha Forest Hermit 1
...'.19 The Anuśāsanaparva (25. 62-64) says that if a man knowing the Vedānta and understanding the ephemeral nature of life abandons life in the holy Himālayas by fasting, he would reach ...
General Index 1
..., iṣṭi for, in Rājasūya, 1215. Anupravacanīya, sacrifice after part of Veda is learnt, 283. Anurūpa, a triplet in a śāstra, 1186. Anus, tribe of, 39. Anuśāsana-parva, 2n, 7, 10n, 56n, 59, 60, 63n, 66, 71, 73, 77, 81, 86, 88, 92, 100n, 313n, &c. Anuvāda, 289. Anuvākyā (same as puronuvākyā ). Anuyājas (offerings sub...
Volume III 11 references
Chapter I Preliminary 2
...at literary activity on the science and art of government went on for many centuries before the Christian era follows from several considerations The Anuśāsanaparva (chap 39 8) speaks of the śāstras composed by Bṛhaspati and Usanas The Śānti- parva (81–3) names as expounders of rājaśāstra Bṛhaspati, Bharadvāja, G...
...s the king to appoint as purohita a brāhmaṇa well-versed in dharma and artha, it is clear that Āpastamba has in view dharmaśāstra and arthaśāstra The Anuśāsanaparva says that Bṛhaspati and others composed artha- śāstras (39.10–11) Droṇaparva 6 1 speaks of a science of artha composed by Manu (Mānavī arthavidyā) Vi...
Chapter Ii Seven Angas Of Rājya 2
...ings to be made to himself (and not to the gods) and violated dharma, was killed by the brāhmaṇas (Śāntiparva 59 93-95, Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. 14 ) The Anuśāsanaparva 16 (61 32-33) solemnly s...
... make new rules is limited and if he does not act up to the rules of dharma he may be deposed, disobeyed or killeḍ Vide quotations from Śukranīti and Anuśāsanaparva cited above. When Manu (VII. 111-112) says that a king who harasses his kingdom loses his life, his family and his kingdom, it is implied that people ar...
Chapter Iii Duties And Responsibilities Of The Ruler 1
...ntury A. D repaired the Sudarśana lake at great cost from his own treasury without levying fresh taxes or benevolences (pranaya) or forced labour The Anuśāsanaparva says that good kings should
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Chapter Xvi Contracts 1
...r mortgage was given as against the loan, 5th when only a surety was offered and two per cent per month when money was lent on personal security. The Anuśāsanaparva 117.20 condemns to Hell those who take exorbitant interest. Kaut. prescribed (as stated in ṇ 688) fines for taking heavier interest than that allowed by hiṃ...
Chapter Xxvii Dāyabhāga Partition Of Wealth 1
...sons like the *dattaka, krita &c*. could be had by a man having no aurasa son,123a The chief concern of the smṛtis as shown clearly by the Anuśāsanaparva (chap. 49 quoted above on p. 645) and the coṃ of Nīlakaṇṭha was to provide for the maintenance and the performance of the saṁskāras of those children...
Chapter Xxxiii Customs And Dharmashastra Works 1
... eulogies of it in the earliest smṛtis and purāṇaṣ Vide Manu IV. 155-158, Vaṣ VI. 6-8 (the first and last of which are the same as Manu IV. 157-158), Anuśāsanaparva 104. 6-9, Viṣṇu Dh. S 71. 90-92 (which are almost the same as Manu IV. 155, 156, 158), Mārkaṇḍeya chap 34, Brahmapurāṇa 121. 6-9, Viṣṇu purāṇa III. chapters 1...
Chapter Xxxiv Kalivarjya Actions Forbidden In The Kali Age 1
General Index 2
...crops or men, 501, 528 Anīmandavya, 255ṇ Anjana, Mr 20. Anu, mlecchas sprang from, 937 Anūbandhyā cow, sacrifice of, forbidden in Kali, 627-628, 941. Anuśāsanaparva, 2, 6, 8, 26, 37, 49, 53n, 59-61, 168, 243, 255n, 359n, 416, 421, 534, 576n, 578n, 598, 645n, 650, 652n, 703n, 708, 776n, 794, 845, 857, 875, 913, 91...
...atnākara** 13, 25, 39, 70, 96, 107, 118, 160, 187n, 189n, 201, 271n- 274n, 277n, 278. **Raja Rao**, Mr M. 879n **Rājaśāstra**, expounders of, acc. to Anuśāsana-parva and Śāntiparva 2. 56. expoonders of, acc to Kauṭilya 3. expounders of, acc Nītiprakā- śikā 4 Rājaśekhara, author of Kāvyamīmāṁsā 47n, 67, 136 Rājasūy...
Volume IV 27 references
Chapter Ii Means Of Reducing Consequences Of Sins 1
...escribes a fast for three days as a penance for theft of grass, firewood, tree, dry food (i e. grains of rice), jaggery, clothes, hide and flesh. The Anuśāsanaparva (106 1) remarks
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Chapter Vii Eschatology 1
...who is devoted to the worship of gods and the honouring of brāhmaṇas, he who does not bear malice to anyone—these have a happy death.' Similarly, the Anuśāsanaparva of the Mahābhārata (chap. 104. 11–12, chap. 144. 49–60) states at length the causes of premature death and of long life. Some of them may be translat...
Chapter Ix Shrāddha 12
...he moral of the story of Nimī who performed śrāddha for his predeceased son and repented for having done so as it was dharmasańkara is the same. Vide Anuśāsanaparva 91. Aparārka (p. 538) quotes a verse from Śattrimśan-mata that a father should not perform the śrāddha of his son nor an elder brother of a younger one....
...st as the latter half of a month is IV] preferable to the first half so the afternoon is preferable to the forenoon for the performance of a śrāddha. Anuśāsanaparva 87. Manu III. 276. Yaj. (I. 217-218), the Kūrma (II 20. 2-8), Mārkaṇḍeya (28. 20 ff) and Varāhapurāṇa 13. 33-35 sum up in one place the times for perfor...
...r indigo-coloured or yellow-red garments and those who follow heretical viewṣ The Mārkaṇḍeya 32 20-24, Vāyu 78. 26-40, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 16. 12-14 and Anuśāsanaparva 91. 43-44 also contain long lists which are passed over here. The Skanda-purāṇa VI 217. 43 also speaks about a dog, a woman in her monthly illness, a patita an...
...b less or more (i. e. having eleven or nine fingers &c.), he should be ejected from the place where śrāddha is to be performeḍ' It is provided by the Anuśāsanaparva (127.13) that śrāddha food should not be seen by a woman in her monthly illness or by a sonless woman or by one suffering from white leprosy. Viṣṇu-dharmasūtr...
...185-186, Yaj I, 219, Varāhapurāņa 14.2 contain almost the same words about those who sanctify the company of diners (i. e. who are pañktipāvana). The Anuśāsanaparva (90. 25-31), Kūrmapurāṇa II. 21. 1–14, Matsya 16 7–13, Brahmapurāņa 220. 101-104, Vāyu 79. 56-59 and 83. 52-55, Skanda VI. 217. 21-25 give long lists of pañktipā...
... 82. 3–29, Atri (verses 345–359 and 385–388), Bṛhad-Yama III. 34–38, Bṛhat-Parāśara pp.149–150, Vṛddha-Gautama pp. 580–581, the Vāyu-purāṇa 83.61–70, Anuśāsana-parva 90.6–11, Matsyapurāṇa 16.14–17, Kūrma (II 21. 23–47), Skanda VII. 1.205.58–72, VI. 217.11–20, Varāhapurāṇa 14.4–6, Brahmā-purāṇa 220. 127–135, Brahmāṇḍapurāṇ...
...ubsti-tutes the brushing of the teeth (with a twig), tāmbula, bath after applying oil to the body, and fast for the first four of the above eight The Anuśāsanaparva (90. 12-13) and Padma (Pātālakhaṇḍa 101. 94-95) also contain a list of actions that should be avoided Briefly put, the following were the obser-vances for both i...
...6) makes Śrīkṛṣṇa say ‘tilas have sprung from the perspiration on my body and are holy; asuras, dānavas and daityas run away on account of tilaṣ’ The Anusāsana-parva (90.22) says that yātudhānas and goblins snatch away the havis when the śrāddha is offered without tilaṣ The Kṛtyaratnākara (p. 540) quotes a verse as follow...
Manu III. 267-272, Yāj. I 258-260, Vispu Dh. S. 80 1 ff, Anuśāsanaparva chap. 88, the Śrāddhasūtra of Kātyāyan (kandikāṣ 7-8), Kūrmapurāṇa II, 20. 40-42, 29. 2-8, Vayu 83. 3-9, Matsya 7. 31-35, Viṣṇupurāṇa III, 16.1-3, Padm...
...( natural or stop-mothers) and the mothers of one's father may cook the śrāddha food and also a woman of the same gotra who is mild by temper. In the Anuśāsana parva (92,15) it is stated that a woman belonging to a gotra other than that of the deceased should not be employed for cooking śrāddha fooḍ One's brother, paterna...
... 224). The Viṣṇudharmottara (I. 141. 8) prescribes that when a śrāddha is performed at a tīrtha, the piṇḍas should be cast into the sacred water. The Anuśāsanaparva 125. 38–40 and some of the purāṇas such as Vāyu (76 32–34) and Brahma (220 150–152) provide that certain consequences follow from the disposal of piṇḍas in one ...
...(190 121) says that the performer may eat the first pinda himself, he should give the middle to his wife and the third he should cast into water. The Anuśāsanaparva (125. 25,26) provides that the first and the third should be thrown into water or fire and the middle pinda should be eaten by the wife. It is provided by Bṛhaspa...
Chapter X Ekoddista And Other Shrāddhas 4
...rṣ56 The Anuśāsana-parva (chap. 96) states the origin of the practice of giving an umbrella and sandals on the completion of a śrāddha.
...sup class="fn-ref">75 In the Anuśāsanaparva the pitrs are represented as saying that by letting loose a dark-coloured bull, by offering water mixed with sesame and by lighting lamps in the rain...
... with gold, by stating that such a gift not only saves the donor in the other world but also his sons, grandsons and family for seven generationṣ The Anuśāsanaparva (77.10 ff) sets out a legend why the kapilā cow is the best of all cowṣ
...-and-other-shrāddhas-82" id="fnref-chapter-x-ekoddista-and-other-shrāddhas-82">82 according to the recension of the Veda he has studieḍ The Anuśāsana parva (57. 28–29 ) eulogises the gift of a kapilā cow with the calf, given with a milking pail of bell-metal, whose horn tips are decked with gold, by stating that such...
Chapter Xii The Ganges 1
Chapter Xiv Gayā 3
...n- tion the hill Krauñcapada (Muṇḍa-pṛṣṭha was so called) There- fore it is clear that three important sites in the Gayāmāhātmya are mentioned by the Anuśāsanaparva.
...meant to be exhaustive as regards the holy spots in Gayā or the legends about Gayā. This conclusion is very much strengthened by the fact that in the Anuśāsanaparva three sacred spots in Gayā are mentioned which do not occur in Vanaparva 84. 82–103 viz. 'In Gayā a man becomes purified in Āśmapṛṣṭha (the same as P...
...urāṇa, cannot be placed so late as the 13th or 14th century A. D. It is really a patch-work from many sources of earlier times such as the Vanaparva, Anuśāsanaparva, Padma I 38, the Nāradīya (uttara) chap. 44-47 Several verses and half verses of it are repetitions (such as the half verse ‘Gayāyāṁ akṣayaṁ śrāddham...
Abbreviations Employed In This List Alone 1
...anslated by Blochmann and Jarrett in three volumes (1873-1894). Al.—Alberuni’s ‘India’ translated by Dr. E. C. Sachau, 2 volumes, 1886 (London). Anu.—Anuśāsana-parva of the Mahā- bhārata. A. S. R.—Archaeological Survey of India Reportṣ B.—Brahmapurāṇa. Bār. S.—Bārhaspatya-sūtra edited by Dr. F. W. Thomaṣ Bh.—Bhāga...
General Index Of Vol Iv 4
... are treated by Manu and Yāj. as equal to or like those that are mahāpātakas 106, persons guilty of, were purified by Aśvamedha or by pilgrimages 106 Anuśāsanaparva, 54, 164, 166, 180, 185n, 223, 311, 347n, 348, 364, 371, 372–74, 380,385, 390,392, 400n, 411, 419, 423, 434n, 466, 480, 481, 535, 539n, 545, 555, 585...
...āna 575, all sins are destroyed by performance of śrāddha at Gayā 654; ancestors to whom śrāddha is offered at G are either six, nine, or twelve 669, Anuśāsanaparva mentions three spots in Gayā that are not mentioned in Vanaparva chap 84, 649, ascetic has to offer no śrāddha, but should put down his staff on Viṣṇ...
...es** at Nāsik 710n **Paṅktipāvana**, (those who sanctify by their presence a company of diners) 384-386, 389, long lists of paṅktipāvana brāhmaṇas in Anuśāsana-parva and some purāṇas and in Saṅkhabīlita and other works 385-386, qualifications of, acc to Hārīta, are that he must be born in a good family, must be en...
...eaning of 23, 129, 139n Suvarņakṛcchra 151 Suvāstu (modern Swat), a river men- tioned in the Ṛgveda 534 Svarga, actions that lead to, enumer- ated in Anuśāsanaparva 166, an- cient astronomical works located svarga thousands of yojanas above earth 168, description of the plea- sures of 165-166⋅ definition of svarga in...
Volume V: Part I 7 references
Chapter Ii Vrata In Vedic Literature Sūtras And Smritis Definition And Importanc 1
...sup> Gayā, Puṣkara, Vārāṇasī, Prayāga or holy places to the east or west thereof, or to the north are not superior or equal to the Kārtika vrata. The Anuśāsana-parva
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Chapter V Ekādashī 3
...on the fruits of observing ekabhakta on each of the thirty days of a month The Kṛtyakalpataru on vrata (pp 457–468) sets out practically the whole of Anuśāsana- parva chap 107 (which the editor appears not to have noticed) and Hemādri on vrata vol II. pp. 930–931 does the same The Kṛtyakalpataru (on vrata pp. 419–421...
...ekādaśī) The Anuśāsanaparva (chap. 106 verses 17–30) declares the rewards secured by observing ekabhakta in each month from Mārgaśīrṣa to Kārtika and Anuśāsanaparva (chap 107. 13–126) dilates upon the fruits of observing ekabhakta on each of the thirty days of a month The Kṛtyakalpataru on vrata (pp 457–468) sets...
Ekabhakta is also a vrata independently performed (without reference to ekādaśī) The Anuśāsanaparva (chap. 106 verses 17–30) declares the rewards secured by observing ekabhakta in each month from Mārgaśīrṣa to Kārtika and Anuśāsanaparva (chap 107. 1...
List Of Vratas And Utsavas 2
... eulogies of tapas Devala (in KR 16) defines tapas as mortification (lit. heating and burning) of the body by vratas, fasts and restrictive ruleṣ The Anuśāsanaparva 103. 3 says that there is no higher tapas than fasting. Vide H. of Dh. vol IV pp. 42-43 for further detailṣ Tapaścaraṇavrata—begin on 7th of Mārg. Kr.; tith...
...d secures progeny; HK K 503, TT 58, NS 221, SM 61 One whose father is alive also can offer water to Bhīṣma ( SM 61 ). This tithi is probably based on Anuśāsanaparva 167. 23 ( Magho- yam samanuprap̃to.. tribhāgāseṣaḥ pakṣoyaṃ śuklo bhavi- tumarhati ). With great respect to Prof. P. O SenGupta I must say that his interpret...
Chapter Xv Units Of Kāla 1
.... **Abhijit**—not mentioned in Tai S. and Kāṭhaka, though mentioned in Tai. Br., Atharva and Mai. S It is sometimes mentioned in later works e g. the Anuśāsanaparva (64 5-35) mentions the consequences of gifts to brāhmaṇas on 28 nakṣatras from Kṛttikā to Bharaṇī. **Śroṇā**—Atharva calls it Śravaṇa and Kāṭhaka spe...
Volume V: Part II 19 references
Chapter Xxii Origin And Development Of Purāna Literature 1
...of-purāna-literature-71">71 quotes two verses about the spiritual prowess of Viśvāmitra and about his assertion that he was a brāhmaṇa. The Anuśāsanaparva
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Chapter Xxiv Influence Of Purānas On Dharmashastra 3
... showing proper respect to invitees, propriety of place and time, cleanliness and the securing of worthy brāhmaṇas and It was further provided by the Anuśāsana-parva
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...gifts) in all its aspects has been dealt with in the H. of Dh. vol. II. pp. 837-888. The Mahābhārata in numerous places (particularly in the whole of Anuśāsana-parva) and the Purāṇas such as Matsya chap. 82-92 and 274-289, Agni chap. 208-213, Varāha 99-111, Padma V. 21. 81-213 (which agree almost verbatim with Mat...
...per recipient for a gift, but he had to possess qualities of what is called ‘pātra’. A few definitions of pātra may with advantage be cited here. The Anuśāsana-parva
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Chapter Xxix Some Fundamental Doctrines Of Pūrvamīmāmsā 1
... usages of those who know the Vedas are the sources of Dharma. Therefore, the *Śāntiparva* (137. 23, 135. 22 in Citrao eḍ) mentions dharmaśāstras and Anuśāsanaparva (45, 17) quotes gāthās from Yama's dharmaśāstra. Therefore, Jaimini had to consider whether smṛtis and usages were authoritative in the matter of Dharma and, ...
Chapter Xxxii Yoga And Dharmashastra 1
...aka and Pañcarātra are one and are aṅgas of each other. In Śānti 326. 65 Hiraṇyagarbha is again connected with Yogāśāstra. Vide p. 1371 above. In the Anuśāsanaparva 13 Sanatkumāra...
Chapter Xxxiv Cosmology 1
...14. 20-33, Kūrma I. 47. 28-39, Brahmāṇḍa II. 16. 24-39, Vāmana 13, 20-35 and 34, 6-8, Brahma 19. 10-14 and 27. 25-40, Padma (Ādīkhaṇḍa 6. 10-32). The Anuśāsanaparva (chap. 165. 19-29) mentions many riverṣ
Chapter Xxxv The Doctrine Of Karma And Punarjanma Transmigration Or Metempsychos 2
...-chapter-xxxv-the-doctrine-of-karma-and-punarjanma-transmigration-or-metempsychos-66">66 This story occurs in the very first chapter of the Anuśāsanaparva.
...ma-transmigration-or-metempsychos-67" id="fnref-chapter-xxxv-the-doctrine-of-karma-and-punarjanma-transmigration-or-metempsychos-67">67 The Anuśāsanaparva states ‘just as the calf finds its own mother from among thousands of cows, so karma done in a previous life pursues the doer of it.’ The Āśvamedhika...
Chapter Xxxvi Fundamental And Leading Characteristics Of Hindu Culture And Civil 4
...enjoy a life of pleasures in such a way as not to conflict with Dharma and Artha, that one should not lead a life devoid of pleasures altogether. The Anuśāsanaparva (chap. III. 18-19) states that Dharma, Artha and Kāma are the three prizes (fruits) of human life, these three should be striven for but in such a wa...
...rld and to *svarga*, and the latter to *nihśreyasa* (mokṣa) and requiring complete absence of all hankerings preceded by realization of *brahma*. The Anuśāsana-parva (chap. 146. 76-80 ) divides Dharma into *pravṛttilakṣaṇa* (characterised by persistent activity) and *nivṛttilakṣaṇa* (characterised by abstention fr...
... duty, do not fall into temptations, perform duties for their own sake (Gītā II. 47, III. 19 ), do unto others as you would be done by ( Gītā VI. 32, Anuśāsanaparva 113. 8–9, Śānti 259. 20. = Cr. eḍ 251. 19 ), earn wealth but without conflict with dharma and without injury to others and lead a chaste sexual life and enjoy...
..., a tenant of his land on the rent of half share of crops ( vide above p. 1266 ). The varņas were only four, there was no fifth varṇa ( Manu X. 4 and Anuśāsanaparva, chap. 48, 30), though in modern times untou- chables are often spoken of as pañcamas ( against Smṛti usage ). The word jāti in the sense of caste ha...
Index To Vol V 6
...clause from one sentence to another or other sentences, provided all the sentences are of the same type or form 1304; illustrations of, 1304–6, 1339. Anuśāsana-parva, 27, 44, 55n, 81n, 98, 101, 127, 129, 207, 500, 660, 742n, 780n, 821, 853n, 876n, 908, 915, 931, 933, 937, 939n, 945, 949 (on parks), 1248n, 1257 (qu...
...aṇita in Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa 478; had become one of the six aṅgas (auxiliary lores) of Veda several centuries before Christ, 477-78; had 64 aṅgas acc. to Anuśāsanaparva 742; he who knows J. knows sacrifices 478; included in later times three branches (*skandhas*) viz. Tantra (movements of planets by Mathematics), Horā or...
Naciketas, story of, in Kathopa- niṣad and Anuśāsana-parva 915, 1535; story of, in Tai. Br., slightly different from that in Kathopaniṣad 1535.
...n or 19 rivers are men- tioned in order from Ganges in the east to Kubhā (Kabul river), Gomati and Krumu (Kurram) in the west 1528; many rivers m, in Anuśāsana- parva 1528; several Purāṇas mention rivers as flowing from the principal mountains 1528; seven Sindhus mentioned in Ṛg. 1528; six rivers mention- ed as very hol...
...4. Yale, John, edited ‘What Vedānta means to me’—a symposium 1707-8ṇ Yama: smṛti of, 112n, 80n, 949n, 1257 (gāthās from Yama’s dharmaśāstra quoted by Anuśāsanaparva), 1381-82 (verses on Sāṅkhya quoted from), y. while mentioning 25 tattvas adds Puruṣottama as 26th tattva, 1382ṇ Yama and Yamī 209, 915, 1203 (dialog...
...yajña) 957; Meghadūta and Vanaparva mention the sleeping of Viṣṇu on the snake Śeṣa and waking up 110, 127; one thousand eight names of V. set out in Anuśāsana parva, chap. 149 and Garuḍapurāṇa I. 15. 1–160, 977n, 780n; possible explanations of sleep of Viṣṇu for four months 109; steps called V. in sacrifices 191;...