कर्मसिद्धान्तः
Karma, Cosmology, and Rebirth
Transmigration, cosmic cycles, the doctrine of karma, punarjanma, and mokṣa.
494 paragraphs across 8 volumes
Volume I: Part I 29 paragraphs
...a &c.’ It is in the same sense that the Bhagavadgītā uses the word dharma in the oft-quoted ...
...and 37) such castes as Caṇḍāla, and the Gītā mentions the Śvapāka. The Āp. Śrauta sp...
...ee e. g. Vaṣ 3. 5, 6 and 11 are same as Manu 12. 114, 115 and Manu 2. 157 respectively, and ...
...n the Nirukta ( II. 4 ). Chap. 72.77 is Bhagavadgītā II. 70. Chapters 1, 99, 100 are entirely in verse...
...nd the first half of 93 are the same as Gītā 13. 1–2, except that in keeping with its charac...
... much to assume that the Manusmṛti, the Bhagavadgītā and Yājñavalkya borrow from such a comp...
...thashastra-of-kautilya-15">15 Bhīsma-parva quotes the dictum of Bṛhaspati that one...
...ynasties of the Kali age’ pp. 69–70 and Viṣṇupurāṇa 4. 24. 26–28 ). He has a prominent place in the Bṛha...
..., actions and correct knowledge. In the Gītā also ( in X. 13 ) Arjuna says ‘all the ...
...II. 91 and on V. S. II. 1. 11 he quotes Manu XII. 105–6. From this it is clear that he had befo...
...Śūdraṣ Therefore, Jayaswal's remarks on Manu XII. 100 are worthless for settling the date of ...
...as attempted to establish that when the Gītā ( in 13.4 ) speaks of Brahmasūtrapadas it does not ...
...hat Arjuna was called Dhanañjaya ( vide Bhagavadgītā X. 37 ‘Pāṇḍavānām Dhanañjayaḥ’ ).
...he Saṅkṣepaśārīraka on Udyoga 43.42; On Bhīṣmaparva 3.13 and 31 he quotes a work called Narapati...
...yadā yadā ca dharmasya ) is the same as Gītā IV. 7.
... the five jewels of Vaiṣṇavism viz. the Gītā and the one thousand names of Viṣṇu (in...
...sages also as in Bālakāṇḍa 52. 7–9. The Gītā also employs it in chap. 18. 72 ( Śrīkṛ...
...eve tathā guru). It is developed in the Bhagavadgītā (as in IX. 27 and 34, XI. 55), and in t...
... III. 6. 20-22 ) that the extent of the Viṣṇupurāṇa is variously given at 8000, 9000, 10000, ...
...Yāj. III. 200 repeats the very words of Gītā VI. 11 and XII. 4 in part.
...ti. It also contains many verses of the Bhagavadgītā and several passages of the Upaniṣads (...
... who wrote his famous commentary on the Gītā in 1290 A. D. and mentioned these as in t...
...quota- tions from the Manusmṛti and the Bhagavadgītā and a few from the Yāj. Smṛti itself: Y...
...curs with slight variations in the 4th; Manu XII. 114–115 (about pari- ṣad) occur in the 8th chap...
...anu III 5 ( 'asapiṇḍā ca yā' etc. ) and Manu XII. 95 (yā vedabāhyāḥ smṛtayaḥ). Two other ver...
.... he quotes on p. 961 six verses of the Bhagavadgītā as Vyāsa’s) and Vyāsa who wrote on the ...
Bühler at first took the remark on Manu XII. 19 ) about 'Śārīraka' ...
...ithi-25">25 in his comment on Manu XII. 118 he refers to Vācaspati-miśra, the autho...
Volume I: Part II 24 paragraphs
... Pāṇini, Suśruta, the Skandapurāṇa, the Viṣṇupurāṇa, Amara, Guru ( i. e. Prabhākara ).
... verses are quoted on Yāj. III from the Viṣṇupurāṇa about Nārāyaṇabali for one who committe...
...other work (except the Mahābhārata, the Bhagavadgītā and the Manusmṛti).
...ra. In the notes on p. 341 referring to Viṣṇupurāṇa ( 3 verses quoted on p. 113 ) the edi- ...
...hāṣya* on the Gītā, he would have said *Gītābhāṣye* ( nomi- native dual) or Gitābhas...
...about 1120 A. D. or a little later. The Gītābhāṣya pre-supposes the Śrībhāṣya and th...
...ce ) after the Śrī- bhāṣya. If the word Gītābhāṣyam (on p. 99 of the Vy. Kāṇḍa ) ref...
...were accepted, it would follow that the Gītābhāṣya was completed by Rāmānuja about o...
...ch is Kāṭhopaniṣad 3 12 but cited after Gītā passages (on p. 133 of 14th Kāṇḍa). On ...
...erses are quoted among the Purāṇas, the Viṣṇupurāṇa, the Mārkaṇḍeya, Narasimha, Brahma, Bra...
...the Mantra and relies on Yāj. I. 12 and Viṣṇupurāṇa in support. The Samayapradīpa of Śrīdatta...
...quotations from the Upa- niṣads and the Bhagavadgītā. It also quotes the following works and...
...rn as different animals or worms etc. ( Manu XII. 55–60 and Yāj. III. 207–216 ), they have a lo...
...es the names of the 18 Purāṇas from the Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 6. 21–23) and quotes from the Kūrma the names of ...
...glish in which on p. XLIV he quotes the Gītā verse (II. 22) - ‘ Vasāmsi Jīrnāni ’ in o...
...ks viz. (i) Amśaprakāśikā, a Coṃ on the Viṣṇupurāṇa; (ii) Śrāddhaprakāśa or Śrāddhabhāṣya; ...
...yākhyā, p. 917ṇ Amśaprakāśikā, a coṃ on Viṣṇupurāṇa, p. 981. Anādhyāya, cessation of study ...
.... Bhagavādbhaktainirṇaya, pp. 959, 963. Bhagavadgītā, pp. 4, 252, 413; verses of, borrowed b...
...ittirīya Up., pp. 3-4; mean- ing of, in Bhagavadgītā, p. 4; five-fold division of, p. 4; def...
...vali, p. 863. Jñānadeva, commentator of Gītā, p. 453. Johnston, E. H., pp. 187, 217....
...Saṁvarta, p. 543. Śvapāka, mentioned in Gītā, p. 73; avocations of, p. 142. Svāyambh...
...71, 732ṇ, quoted by Vardhamāna, p. 859. Viṣṇupurāṇa, pp. 193, 239ṇ, 421, 600, 601, 677, 739...
...had-Yoga-Yājñavalkya, p. 457; echoes of Gītā in, p. 436ṇ * Yogīśvara Paṇḍita, p. 612...
Volume II: Part I 15 paragraphs
...f-dharmashastra-19">19 In the Bhagavadgītā (VII. 11) Kṛṣṇa identifies himself with kāma that...
... the son of Duṣyanta and Śakuntalā. The Viṣṇupurāṇa says that after thousands of births a p...
...tions on the borders of his empire. The Viṣṇupurāṇa IV. 3. 21 describes that the Yavanas shaved the h...
...mour (or in armour made of hides ). The Bhagavadgītā ( 5. 18 ) puts him on the same level with dogṣ In...
...g subject to the brahmanical systeṃ The Viṣṇupurāṇa (IV. 4. 47-48) says the same. Numerous names of castes...
...y of prayer) and imparting it to pupilṣ Manu XII. 103 says 'those who have committed to memor...
... 1. 6–9 declare the same prophecieṣ The Viṣṇupurāṇa IV. 24. 44 remarks that Devāpi, descendant of Pūru...
...Raghunandana (p. 268) after quoting the Viṣṇupurāṇa IV. 23. 4 and Manu X. 43 declares that kṣatriyas ...
...ose. The man would be hankering, as the Bhagavadgītā says, after pleasures he has renounceḍ ...
...For this meaning of ' *tyakta* ' *vide* Bhagavadgītā I. 33 ' *tyaktajīvitāḥ* '. ' *Tyakta* ' by it...
...bhāmā went to a forest for *tapas*. The Viṣṇupurāṇa also says that eight queens of Kṛṣṇa, R...
...ng one's meal or ācamana. Similarly the Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 12. 20) requires that a man must not, with only...
...ī quotes passages of the Vāyupurāṇa and Viṣṇupurāṇa supporting branding. In the Kālāgnirudr...
Volume II: Part II 12 paragraphs
...ali and Bauḍ gr. II. 9. 1–2, Vaṣ XI. 6, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 11. 55 ordain that after baliharaṇa the househ...
...iṣṇu Dh. S. 67. 33, Śāntiparva 191. 12, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 9. 15, Mārkaṇḍeya 29. 31, Brahmapurāṇa 114. 3...
...hanḍ Various rules are laid down in the Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 11. 83-84) and Brahmapurāṇa (quoted in Gr. R. p. 2...
The Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 11. 94 remarks that after taking the mid-day m...
... 60, Manu IV. 57, 175-176, Yāj. I. 136, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 11. 107-109 for some of these ruleṣ Among the earli...
...o much or is deficient in a limb. Vide *Viṣṇupurāṇa* III. 11. 110-123 for similar rules on ...
...y speech, actions and mind (II. 6. 25). Manu XII. 10, which is the same as Dakṣa (VII. 30), ...
...r called Viśvarūpa (11th chapter of the Bhagavadgītā) from the 15th verse to the 33rd verse....
...eople, even if they muster in thousandṣ Manu XII. 114-115 (=Bauḍ Dh. S. I. 1. 17 and 12=Vaṣ Dh. S...
..., is well-knowṇ Vide Rāmāyaṇa I. 48 and Viṣṇupurāṇa I. 9. 21. Jaimini ( in IX. 1. 42–44 ) states tha...
... issue from widows of Vicitravīrya 603. Bhīṣmaparva, 138n, 139, 710. Bhīṣmatarpaṇa, 494, 69...
...ods, 40. Viśvarūpa, 11th chapter of the Bhagavadgītā is so called, 962. Viśvarūpa, coṃ of Yājñ...
Volume III 25 paragraphs
...janīti' occurs in Raghuvamśa 17 68 Vide Bhagavadgītā X. 38, Āśramavāsikaparva 6.5, Manu VII 177, Ś...
...haśāstra was treated as an Upaveda. The Viṣṇupurāṇa III 6. 28, Vāyu 61. 79 and Brahmāṇḍa 35. 88...
...seven-angas-of-rājya-7">7 The Bhagavadgītā (X. 38) identifies daṇḍa with the divine Kṛṣṇa ...
...ṇa should follow the profession of armṣ Manu XII 100 states that a brāhmaṇa who knows th...
... that he should meet death from steel’ (Bhīṣmaparva 17 11) The same idea is presented in Śalya...
...sas of which Bharatavarṣa is the first (Viṣṇupurāṇa II. 2. 12 ff) The Mahābhārata speaks of 13 dvīpas...
...the former and wait humbly on him’. The Bhagavadgītā in its final summing up of the philosophy...
...on an elephant when he attacked Arjuna; Bhīṣmaparva 20. 7 refers to Duryodhana as riding an eleph...
In the Bhīṣmaparva (I. 27–32) certain rules of war agreed upon betwee...
... territory (Gaut. X. 41, Manu VII. 206, Bhagavadgītā II. 37); others were the satisfaction of havin...
...> p. 82. The Vivādacandra quoting Viṣṇupurāṇa says that reunion may be implied from a...
...kaṇḍeya chap 34, Brahmapurāṇa 121. 6-9, Viṣṇu purāṇa III. chapters 11-12, Kūrmapurāṇa (uttarārdha, ...
... IV. 176, Viṣṇu Dh. S. (71. 84-85), the Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 11. 7), Śukra III. 64, Bārhaspatya-sūtra (on A...
...re outside the pale of Vedic orthodoxy. Manu (XII. 95) declared,
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...t. (28. 48, 51), Baud Dh. S. I. 1. 4-9, Manu XII. 108-109, Vaṣ I. 6, the ācāra to be followed was...
...as and all other sects (*pāsaṇḍa*). The Bhagavadgītā (IX. 23-25) proclaims that the devotees that worshi...
...rature Kali is also called Tisya (as in Bhīṣmaparva 10. 3). In the Tai Br. III. 4. 16 the word Ka...
...ars). The same periods are given by the Viṣṇupurāṇa (IV. 23 and 24) and by the Brahmāṇḍapur...
...rrence of a solar eclipse. The words in Bhīṣmaparva 3. 28 and 32-33 appear to be a mere exaggerat...
...ery closely with the description in the Bhīṣmaparva and Parāśara quoted by Utpala thereon s...
...e called Śambala (Bhāgavata XII. 2. 16, Viṣṇupurāṇa IV. 24. 26, Agni 16. 8, Nrsimha 54. 3, Kalkipurāṇa...
... a staff and also ‘restraint, curbing’. Manu XII. 10 (same as Dakṣa VII. 30) declares that t...
...d work on Daodanīti in 6000 ślokas 7, 8 Viṣṇupurāṇa, 10, 77n, 134, 137, 737n, 766, 856n, 85...
Volume IV 67 paragraphs
...ere introduced in the Upaniṣads and the Bhagavadgītā, which will be discussed later oṇ
... man in this worlḍ In another place the Bhagavadgītā (XVI. 21) says 'this
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...consequences-of-sins-3">3 The Viṣṇupurāṇa II. 6.40 lays emphasis on repentance and humble ...
...to the world of Viṣṇu after death.” The Viṣṇupurāṇa affirms that those who contemplate upon...
...s, fall into painful and horrible hellṣ Manu XII. 54 ff and Yāj. III. 206 ff provide that th...
...ests believeḍ In later times (as in the Bhagavadgītā II 37 ‘hato vā prāpsyasi svargam’ or in th...
...cording to some there are 21. Vide also Viṣṇupurāṇa V. 6.2-5, Skandapurāṇa I, chap. 39 and VI. 226-2...
...ted to be situated below the earth Vide Viṣṇupurāṇa II 6. 1 also. The Bhāga- vatapurāṇa states...
...">54 The Brahmapurāṇa and the Viṣṇupurāṇa speak in the same strain as Śabara that...
...four vocal and the rest are bodily sinṣ Manu XII. 54–59 and 62–68, Yāj. III 131, 135– 136, 207–...
... certain animals (like pigs) Similarly, Manu XII. 61 provides that one who from greed steals...
Manu XII. 69 (almost the same as Viṣṇu Dh. S. 44.45 ...
...e all-pervading Essence. Similarly, the Bhagavadgītā puts this idea in a much more clear way...
...of worms, birds and creeping beingṣ The Bhagavadgītā, basing itself on these upaniṣad passag...
...es impure for 12, 15 or 30 days and the Viṣṇupurāṇa says that the person carrying a dead bo...
... Vaik. Smārta-sūtra V. 7, Kauś. 82. 29, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 13 14, Kūrmapurāṇa (uttara) 23 and a few o...
...and digests quote certain verses of the Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 13. 34-39) wherein the rites (kriyāḥ) after death ...
...es of cases are rather mixed up. In the Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 13.7 it is provided that there is sadyaḥśauc...
...82 on Yāj. III. 6) relying on Viṣṇupurāṇa describes the Nārāyaṇabali as follows: ...
...re that is set out by the Mit. from the Viṣṇupurāṇa. The Nirṇaya- sindhu first describes Nā...
...as the promulgator of śrāddha rites and Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 1 30, Vāyu 44. 38 and Bhāgavata III. 1. 2...
...o be more beneficial than śrāddha.’ The Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 14. 1-4) avers that if a man performs śrāddha wi...
...ir. Gr. II. 10. 1, Āp. Gr. VIII. 21. 1. Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 14. 3 &c.), the Mahāpitṛ-yajña and the Aṣṭakā...
.... Vide also Skandapurāṇa VII. 1. 30-32, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 14. 4-6, Padma (sṛṣṭi 9. 128-129). Acc. to Viṣṇ...
... 'vividisā- janaka' as indicated by the Gītā 9. 27). Jaimini (VI. 3. 1-7) establishes the ...
...he Mārkaṇḍeya 32 20-24, Vāyu 78. 26-40, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 16. 12-14 and Anuśāsanaparva 91. 43-44 also conta...
..., Varāhapurāṇa 14, 3, Matsya 16. 10-11, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 15. 2-4 (anukalpesvanantarān). But Manu is care...
...and other similar heretical people. The Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 18. 70 ff) narrates how a king af...
...), Yaj. I. 228, Matsyapurāṇa 17. 13-14, Viṣṇupurāṇa III, 15.14 provide that one must feed two b...
...tion is necessary in these cases). Vide Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 15. 12 for feeding uninvited asceticṣ It is pr...
...Brahma-purāṇa 220. 154-155, Vāyu 82. 3, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 16. 5-6, Viṣṇu, Dh. S, 231 Brahmāṇḍa...
.../a> 220 169, Mārkaṇḍeya 32 17–19, Viṣṇupurāṇa III.16.11 forbid the use in a *śrāddha* of the mi...
.../a> (29.15–17 ), Vāyu (78.16) and Viṣṇupurāṇa (III 16 10) lay down that the water to ...
...omes purified by sesame and a goat. The Viṣṇupurāṇa (III, 16.14) prescribes that by tilas scattered on t...
...29. 2-8, Vayu 83. 3-9, Matsya 7. 31-35, Viṣṇupurāṇa III, 16.1-3, Padmapurāṇa (Srsti 9. 158-164 ...
...s from the Varāhapurāṇa (14. 26-31) and Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 15. 31-36, which are identical wi...
... offered with the verse 'brahmārpanam' (Gītā 4. 24) and with three more verses in which Ha...
...the 12th day or on a lucky occasioṇ The Viṣṇupurāṇa (III. 13. 26ff) makes similar provision...
...Kātyāyana (kaṇḍikā 5), Yāj. I. 253-254, Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 13.27 ff, Vișnu Dh. S. 21. 12-33, Padma (Sṛṣṭ...
The Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 13. 2–7, Mārkaṇḍeya 28. 4–7, Padma-purāṇa (sṛṣṭ...
...giratha. Vide Vanaparva chap. 107– 109, Viṣṇupurāṇa II, 8–10 for the story. The Naradiya makes...
...Tai. Up. (I. 1,8 Om-iti brahma) and the Gītā (8. 13 Om-ityekākṣaram brahma). The Tri...
...s and citizenṣ In this account from the Viṣṇupurāṇa (V 34) the names Kāśī, Vārāṇasī and Avi...
...ng high gods and sages For example, the Viṣṇupurāṇa V. 30.65 speaks of a fight between Indra and Kṛṣ...
...th Kṛṣṇa, vide Brahma chap. 205–206 and Viṣṇupurāṇa V. 33. 37–38.
...nst the heavy rains sent down by Indra (Viṣṇupurāṇa V. 11. 15–25). It is stated in the Varāhapurāna (164...
The Viṣṇupurāṇa provides that if a man repeats day and ...
...in indication of their location and the Bhīṣmaparva in chap. 9 mentions about 160 rivers with...
... of fact in all the references from the Viṣṇupurāṇa 'Godhūma' means 'wheat' and nothing mor...
...gavatapurāṇa. Bhav.—Bhaviṣyapurāṇa. Bhī—Bhīṣmaparva of the Mahā- bhārata. Bom G—Bombay Gaze...
...) V. S.—Vārāṇasī. Wilson—Translation of Viṣṇupurāṇa, edited by Dr. Hall (1864–1877)
...mālaya occurs in non-vedic works, e. g. Gītā X. 25 Himavat meant the whole mountain range ...
...son Paraśurāma), Anu. 25 50, Harivaṁśa, Viṣṇupurāṇa 39 29–31 (in Aparānta Śūrpārakā city was f...
..., seven hells, acc. to Vedāntasūtra and Viṣṇupurāṇa 162, some Purāṇas state that the number of ...
... listen to Vedic texts or sāmans or the Gītā and other works 185, dying near Sāla- g...
...śvara wrote his great commentary on the Gītā here 709n Niyamas; meaning of 124, to b...
... very succinctly put forth in Br Up and Bhagavadgītā 335 Punarupanayana, details that are done o...
... against this 259 Wilson, translator of Viṣṇupurāṇa 726, 763 Winternitz, Dr M
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Volume V: Part I 27 paragraphs
...51–53, Vāmana 67. 27–28, Varāha 70. 27, Viṣṇupurāṇa V. 18. 50, Brahmāṇḍa III. 43. 47–51, Nāradīya I. ...
...-krishnajanmāsht-5">5. In the Bhagavadgītā X. 28–29 Lord Kṛṣṇa identifies himself with Vāsu...
...ation about him from the Harivaṁśa, the Viṣṇupurāṇa, Vāyu (98. 100–102), the Bhāgavata and ...
... Phoenician or Aramaic script, that the Gītā was based on the Bible, that the very a...
...dravya (materials or money), tapoyajña (Gītā IV 28). Mantras are supposed to have a tre...
...tions of Narakāsura are narrated in the Viṣṇupurāṇa V. 29 and in the Bhāgavata X. (uttarārdha) ch...
...Vi. Dh = Viṣṇudharmottara-purāṇa. Vis = Viṣṇupurāṇa. VK = Vrata-kośa VKD = Varsakṛtya-dīpak...
...h month in order; HV I. 1158–1161 (from Viṣṇupurāṇa), (2) begin on Bh śu 10, on same tithi ...
...7 names the seven somewhat differently; Viṣṇupurāṇa I 6 21-22, Vāyu 8 150-152 and Mārkaṇḍeya ...
.... 33–34 q. by KKV 444, HV II. 865 (from Viṣṇupurāṇa ) which makes a change in reading viz. ...
...s of pitṛs, for a year, HV II, 255 from Viṣṇupurāṇa); (5) on amāvāsyā offering to pitṛs of ...
...śāsana 104. 23 ( almost same as Manu ), Viṣṇupurāṇa III, 11. 22. Pṛthivīvrata—worship of Earth ...
...nvantara is a little over 71 Mahāyugas; Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 2. 50-51, Māt. 144. 102-3, 145. 1, Brah chap 5; ...
...parties go round the whole morning, the Gītā (X 35) avers that Mārga. is the best am...
...HK 649–655, TT 187, NS 94–95, PO 86–89. Viṣṇupurāṇa III 14. 12–13 are borrowed by BB p 42.
...90. 1-3, but HV quotes same verses from Viṣṇupurāṇa
In the Bhagavadgītā the word *kāla* is used in the sense of...
... by Mitra, as if bringing death'; while Bhisma-parva remarks 'Mars is retrograde in Maghā an...
...started when Kṛṣṇa passed away ( *vide* Viṣṇupurāṇa IV. 24, 108 to 113); (4) According ...
...ratipad of Mārgaśīrṣa in Kṛtayuga. From Gītā X. 35 ( *māsānām mārgaśīrṣoham* ) it does not...
...t in other works than the Manusmṛti e g Viṣṇupurāṇa (VI.3, 11–12) fourteen Manvantaras are said to consti...
...9, Viṣṇupurāṇa III chapters 1–2) In the Viṣṇupurāṇa it is said that some gods remain for four...
...391-428, Matsya 144 32-47, Kūrma I. 30, Viṣṇupurāṇa VI 1, Bhāgavata XII. 1-2, Brahmāṇḍa II. 31...
...ame story in almost the same wordṣ The *Bhagavadgītā* (VIII 18-19) speaks of the recurrent a...
Volume V: Part II 295 paragraphs
...ens), Rāmāyaṇa, Ayodhyākāṇḍa. 4. 17–19, Bhīṣma-parva 2. 16–17, Virāṭa 46. 30, Atharva-pariśiṣṭa LXIV ...
...g and weeping of the images of godṣ The Bhīṣmaparva1243 refers to the images in ...
..., but the author of the Padma says that Viṣṇupurāṇa may not be used for this purpose, since...
... of evil deeds committed by sinnerṣ The Viṣṇupurāṇa enumerates seven hells viz. Tāmisra, Ra...
...re 1000 A. D. and was introduced in the Viṣṇupurāṇa many years before that date. Al-beruni ...
...e commentaries comment on a text of the Viṣṇupurāṇa that has only 6000 ślokaṣ Similarly, th...
...kṣauhiṇīs, the epic has 18 parvans, the Gītā also has 18 chapterṣ
... Introduction to the English tr. of the Viṣṇupurāṇa, vol. 1. (1854); F. E. Pargiter's 'Purā...
...ind out the probable date of the extant Viṣṇupurāṇa.
...a, another Āgneya (i. e. Agnipurāṇa), a Viṣṇupurāṇa containing 23000 verses, another Liṅgapur...
...āras in the context of the words of the Gītā is natural and should not be regarded as ...
...tes more than a hundred verses from the Viṣṇupurāṇa, which he regarded as one of supreme au...
...ile about 300 verses are cited from the Viṣṇupurāṇa in that kāṇḍa alone. Vide note 1604 below...
...*. It puts forward the doctrine of the *Gītā* that actions done without any desire f...
...ein) in 82. 41–42. Chapter 87 describes Gītālaṅkāras basing its treatment on the doc...
Viṣṇupurāṇa—(Vehk. Press edition and another publis...
...urānas-35">35 The date of the Viṣṇupurāṇa is a difficult questioṇ There is no doubt...
...therefore most attractive to śūdraṣ The Bhagavadgītā and the Purāṇas changed the whole outlo...
... to gods and men) eats merely sin'. The Bhagavadgītā carries the same message 'those who eat f...
...ad the donor to hell (IV. 192–194). The Bhagavadgītā also (17.22) condemns a gift given to a...
...e same sense in which it is used in the Gītā and 1640 other works on bhak...
.... eḍ 322-339) of the Śāntiparva and the Bhagavadgītā. For the antiquity of Kṛṣṇa worship (vi...
...he Śānti 348. 8 expressly refers to the Gītā as already declareḍ to Arjuna. In1...
.... 322-339 of the critical edition); the Bhagavadgītā; several Purāṇas, the most important be...
...one having knowledge after many births (Gītā VII. 19).
... the Nārāyaṇīya section represents that Gītā had already been proclaimed and that th...
...a*). Arjuna asks the Lord a question in Gītā XII. 1 ‘of the worshippers who thus constantly...
... the means of expiation of sins, as the Viṣṇupurāṇa says (II. 6. 39) that remembering Kṛṣṇa...
...iend’ (Gītā IV. 3). It appears that the Gītā regards the performance
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...legends about the fruit of reading each Gītā chapter (1005 verses in all). A few furth...
...emphatic. The Brahma-purāṇa paraphrases Gītā IX. 32 and proceeds 'my devotee even if he be ...
... which agree closely with the Gītā. The Gītā exhibits a wonderful spirit of toleranc...
...Purāṇas, entirely unmindful of what the Gītā declared (in note 1584), proceeded so f...
...bing their thoughts and aspirations the Gītā winds up ‘these perform sacrifices whic...
...n the Hindu theory as adumbrated in the Gītā (IV. 5–8) and the Purāṇas there have been many in...
...a (navamiśra) and uttara (or purāṇa) in Viṣṇupurāṇa III. 13; vol. IV. p. 265 about an ativāhika bod...
...aith and bhakti for all preached in the Gītā gradually held an irresistible appeal.
...iews derived from the Upaniṣads and the Gītā or from the Sāṅkhya and Yoga and the fi...
...no heed to the impressive advice of the Gītā (III. 21) that whatever a great or honoured man d...
...ve cited passages from the Epic and the Gītā as Smṛtis supporting the reasoning of t...
...in the Gītā or that in the times of the Gītā there were several works called Brahmas...
...iter thinks it highly probable that the Gītā had before it several works called Brah...
...ld that the word ‘Brahmasūtrapadaiḥ’ in Gītā 13. 4 refers to some sūtra works such as thos...
...ution is opposed to the Mahābhārata and Gītā (X. 8 ‘ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sa...
...preta- tion of the Veda) he relies upon Manu XII. 105–106. Kumārila is prepared to concede that p...
...erved by śiṣṭas as defined above and in Manu XII. 109). The Mī. on Yāj. I. 7 (laying down fiv...
...VI. 2. 2 (*kathamasataḥ sajjāyeta*) and Gītā II. 16 (*nāsato vidyate bhāvo*).
...his may be compared Śv. Up. III. 18 and Gītā V. 13 (navadvāre pure dehi). The Muṇḍaka Up. ...
...(II. 7. 7) echoes the very words of the Gītā (‘siddhanām Kapilo muniḥ’). In the *vaṃ...
...terially from the standard Sāṅkhya. The Gītā expressly mentions “Sāṅkhya-kṛtānta”
...which the word is used once even in the Gītā (18. 13, Sāṅkhya kṛtānte proktāni &c )....
... word Sāṅkhya is frequently used in the Bhagavadgītā in the sense of tattvajñāna (as in II. 39...
...rmashastra-and-sānkhya-60">60 Manu XII. 50 speaks of mahān and avyakta. Yāj. smṛti...
...ndriyas) or by buddhi. Verses 39-40 (of Viṣṇupurāṇa VI. 4) assert that both
...ṣads as well as in the Mahābhārata, the Bhagavadgītā and the Purāṇas and their relationship ...
...uthor of the Mahābhārata (including the Gītā), flourished towards the end of the Dvā...
...I. 12) speaks of the same two meanṣ The Gītā (in V. 4-5) emphasizes that it is the ignorant that...
...Yogasāstra at the order of Hara and the Viṣṇupurāṇa (IV. 4 107) states that Hiranyanābha at...
...stra-43">43 the tenets of the Gītā on anāsakti, the tenets of the Trīka sy...
...) as the 5th instead of aparigraha. The Viṣṇupurāṇa (VI. 7. 36-37) enumerates five yamas and five niyamas ...
...would be *bāhya āsana*) as laid down in Gītā (VI. 11), while the word āsana (in Yoga) means b...
...ācārya, the description of āsana in the Gītā (VI. 11), the relaxation of bodily activities an...
...ha onwardṣ The famous exposition of the Bhagavadgītā by Jñānadeva called Jñāneśvarī cites at...
...II. 28. 8 employs the same words as the Gītā VI, 11 about āsana (viz. ‘śucau deśe prati...
...o gaze steadily at the tip of his nose (Gītā VI. 13).
...āj. and Vācaspati also mention theṃ The Viṣṇupurāṇa in a poetic description of the Śarad seas...
...p> Vācaspati quotes two verses from the Viṣṇupurāṇa which employ the very characteristic wo...
...a (Padmapurāṇa, II. 80. 70, 77–78). The Viṣṇupurāṇa (VI. 7. 78–90) contains a passage similar to the Viṣṇu...
...ogin and honour is terrible poisoṇ’ The Viṣṇupurāṇa emphasizes that a yogin should so act t...
... learned in Veda and knows Dharma (vide Manu XII. 108–113). But Yāj. I. 9 and others say that fou...
Manu (XII. 83) states 'study of the Veda, tapas, true ...
...practical for ordinary human beingṣ The Gītā in chap. XIII. (verses 13-17) contains on...
... (Gītā V. 15), in 'utsideyur-ime lokā' (Gītā III. 24–25, II. 47, III. 8, 19, IX. 27, XVIII. 45–...
... examination Aurobindo’s ‘Essays on the Gītā’ and disagrees with him on some pointṣ ...
...ord lost to him'. Compare Īśā Up. 6 and Manu XII. 91. In the Chāṇ Up. (III. 16. 1) man is symbo...
...eliefs in God and an immortal self. The Gītā strikes the right note for most people ...
...rakṛti is dissolved in Paramātman). The Gītā (VIII. 17–18) and Manu I. 73 state that the day of Br...
... The Śāntiparva 2462 and the Gītā (II. 20, 21, 24, 25) say the same thing.
...nything that should cause surprise. The Gītā demands a life dedicated to active work...
...tred on me that is highest nirvāṇa); in Gītā II. 72 and V. 24–25 we find ‘brahmanirvāṇam’ w...
The Viṣṇupurāṇa in Chapters 2, 4, 5, 7 of the first *aṁśa...
...a (Ādi 6. 34-59), Vāmana 13. 36 ff. The Bhīṣmaparva (chap. 9) mentions countries and people...
It may be stated here that the Bhagavadgītā (VIII. 23–27) also refers to the two paths following ...
... Churcheṣ Hinduism of the Upaniṣads and Gītā is the only religion and philosophy that ...
...mpsychos-55">55 IV. 2. 8. The Bhagavadgītā mentions the word several times e. g. '...
...sorbed (or merged) in the Prakṛti. Vide Bhagavadgītā IX. 7 also ' at the end of a Kalpa all elemen...
...u knowest them not.’ In many places the Gītā touches upon the doctrine of transmigra...
...s in the present life are concerneḍ The Bhagavadgītā ( VI. 5-6 ) holds out the hope even to a sinner tha...
Though the general drift of the Gītā is in favour of Free Will, there are a fe...
... both of them are semi-divine sages and Gītā X. 13 speaks of Nārada as Devarṣi, the Vāyu-p...
...purpose concisely but very clearly. The Gītā also says (IV. 37) that the fire of kno...
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