तीर्थम्
Tīrtha (Sacred Geography)
Pilgrimages, sacred rivers, Kāśī, Gayā, Kurukṣetra — the geography of merit.
349 paragraphs across 8 volumes
Volume I: Part I 54 paragraphs
...rva 115. 1), ‘ānṛśamsyam paro dharmaḥ’ (Vanaparva 373. 76), ‘ācārah paramo dharmaḥ’ (Manu I. 108)...
... II. 5. 11. 5–6 (same as latter half of Vanaparva 133. 1), II. 9. 21 10 ( Manu 6. 43 has the fir...
... ('agnerepatyam' occurs in Padmapurāṇa, Vanaparva 200. 128 (Ch. eḍ), Saṁvarta (77) Inscriptionṣ Vi...
...se ‘yā dustyajā’ &c., which is found in Vanaparva 2. 36, Śānti-parva 174, 55 and 276. 12 and An...
...u III. 273-74 and Vāyu-purāṇa 82.11 and Matsya-purāṇa 204.5 ( matsya gāthās 3-17 sung by the pitṛs,...
...and the 2nd half in Manu II. 172 and in Vanaparva 180. 35). Vide also Bauḍ Dh. S. I. 2. 7 (which ...
...1), some of the verses occurring in the Matsyapurāṇa chap. 225. The Daśakumāracarita (VIII) na...
...ing various artṣ Vide Sabhāparva 5. 83, Vanaparva 150. 30-31, Śāntiparva 59. 33, 68. 35, 268. 3. The...
In the Vanaparva (32. 61) Draupadi says that her brothers were ta...
...e to the Kautiliya by the author of the Matsya-purāṇa in the present state of our knowledge. If...
...otras ( vol. III p. 421 ). Besides, the Matsya purāṇa ( Ānaṇ eḍ ) when dealing at length ( in...
...ist documents viz. Suttanipāta 976. The Matsyapurāṇa ( 15. 28 ) speaks of the river Narmadā as ‘Dakṣiṇā...
...tioned in the digvijaya of Karṇa in the Vanaparva ( chap. 254. 7 'sa Haimavatikān jitvā k...
...earth to Kaśyapa and the priests ( vide Vanaparva, 117. 9–11) ‘triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīm k...
...mending secret practices of poisonṣ The Vanaparva210 refers to the employment ...
...retical sect or monk. Ādiparva 140. 63, Vana- parva 188. 49, Anuśāsanaparva 23. 67 also employ the ...
...tikakāra ( i. e. about 300 B. C. ). The Vanaparva ( 274. 15-17 ) states that Kubera is lord of wealth, i...
...*Ādi* 120. 36 ( on 12 kinds of sons ), *Vanaparva* ( 180. 34-35 ) same as Manu ( II. 29, ...
... first half same ), 68. 31, 115. 52–53; Vanaparva 32. 39 ( kartavyam eva karmeti Manor–eşa viniś...
...ral times refers to Dharmaśāstras as in Vanaparva 207. 83, 293. 34, 313. 105, Śānti 167. 4, Anuśā...
... said to have been the brother of Nala (Vanaparva 50. 4 ff) and won in the gambling bout, while...
...e Rāmāyaṇa and also in the Mahābhārata (Vanaparva 98–99). For Ambarīṣa vide above and Śān...
...hābhyāsāt snātvātha haviṣā yajet ‖” The Vanaparva (29. 35–40) sets out five gāthās which Kāśyapa decl...
... on Cyavana in Ādiparva, chap. 6 and 8, Vanaparva chap. 122–124, Āśvamedhika 10. 32. He mar...
...ref-26-brihaspati-3">3 In the Vanaparva (150. 29) men are said to be upheld by the *nayas...
...uently mentioned as the 5th Veda, as in Vanaparva 58. 9, Udyoga 43. 41-42, Karṇaparva 87. 42, Ś...
...urs frequently in the great epic ( vide Vanaparva 207. 83, 293. 34, 313. 5; Śānti. 24. 13, 297. 4...
..., 341. 74; Anuśāsana 19. 89, 45. 17-20; Vanaparva 207. 83, 293. 35, 313. 105; Ādiparva 3. 32 and ...
... | | Dāna—Vanaparva 186, Śānti 234, Anuśāsana 57-99. ...
...7, 95. 30-31, 95.46 (about Śantanu). In Vanaparva 88. 5 there is an ānuvaṁśya gāthā about Nṛga....
...opā- khyāna it is Lakṣmaṇa who does so (Vanaparva 287.18-19 ). Besides, in the Śāntiparva (chap. 29...
...vas), the upākhyānas (abound-ing in the Vanaparva and scattered about in other parvans al...
...p. 277. Śalya 38. 39-45 are the same as Vanaparva 83. 116-121. The Śodaśarājakīya occurs twice, once ...
...Purāṇa declared by Vāyu is mentioned in Vana- parva (191. 16). The Svargarohaṇaparva (5. 46-47) state...
...he bones of the dead); are mentioned in Vana parva ( 90. 65, 67 ). A naked Kṣapaṇaka (Digambara Jain) is ...
... had already stated in the Ādiparva and Vana- parva the same rule against killing a womaṇ S...
...ry was probably interpolated later. The Vanaparva is in extent next to the Śāntiparva. Thes...
... that the Rāma tale was included in the Vanaparva at a time when the Rāmāyaṇa in its pres...
...as form the second half of the verse in Vanaparva 133.1 (the first half being ‘And- hasya panth...
...uḍapāṭha ), discusses three readings on Vanaparva 264.12. On Sabhā 61.9 (where the word ‘Ṣaṣṭivi...
He mentions Niruktabhāṣya on Vanaparva 291.70 and also Vedabhāṣya (i.e. Sāyanabhāṣya)...
...">87 ) is same as Gītā 13.13; Vanaparva 189.27 (yadā yadā ca dharmasya ) is the same a...
...s of whom Daśāśva was the 10th. But the Vanaparva ( in chap. 201-202 ) speaks of Ikṣvāku,...
... Mahābhārata narrates the Rāma story in Vanaparva ( chap. 273-292 ) in about 750 verseṣ I...
...referred to in the Sabhāparva 76.5. The Vana-parva ( chapters 147.31 to 148.19 ) summarize...
...Aṣṭāvakra, son of Kahoda is narrated in Vanaparva chap. 132–4. King Nṛga while making gifts...
...hābhārata e. g. vide Sabhāparva 50. 39, Vanaparva chap. 148–152 ( 31 verses ), chap. 274 29...
...a and the Krauñcapadī. We find even the Vanaparva stating that one does not secure those ...
... 297–98 the Mit. quotes two verses from Matsyapurāṇa (93.11–12) on the position of the planets on a dia...
...bring-ing out a critical edition of the Matsyapurāṇa has been going on in Madras under the g...
...has collected all quota- tions from the Matsya-purāṇa in nibandha works on Dharmaśāstra. His pl...
...d Matsya (53. 59 ff) for Upapurāṇaṣ The Matsya-purāṇa (chap. 53, verse 58) states that the 18...
...-iṣire ṛṣayaḥ &c ). It appears that the Matsya- purāṇa ( 53. 5-6 )
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Volume I: Part II 10 paragraphs
...ion of the prince ( in nine verses from Matsyapurāṇa and two from Mahābhārata with two lines...
...four hundred verses are quoted from the Matsyapurāṇa alone, about 160 from the Brahmapurāṇa,...
...na, Varāhapurāṇa and smaller ( svalpa ) Matsyapurāṇa are quoteḍ
... 7 verses from it are quoted on p. 33), Matsyapurāṇa (p. 37 five verses quoted), Vāyu (p. 37...
...lso Manu VII. 205, Yaj. I. 349 and 351. Vanaparva (82. 9-12) deals with this topic of Daiva and Puru...
...armakaustubha quotes profusely from the Matsyapurāṇa, the Viṣṇudharmottara-purāṇa and the Bṛ...
...ummary of the first six chapters of the Matsya-purāṇa. The interlocators are God incarnated a...
...gṛhya, pp. 17, 91. Mātsyanyāya, p. 230. Matsyapurāṇa, pp. 4, 175, 409, 413, 414, 415, 416, 4...
Volume II: Part I 36 paragraphs
...nd the inner man mark the sinful acts'. Vanaparva 207.54 and Manu VIII. 85, 91–92. Vide also Ādi...
...nion of the author of the Mahābhārata ( Vanaparva 180. 31-33 ) follows from the following words whic...
... in the Mahābhārata e. g. Sabhā 51. 23, Vanaparva 177. 12, Udyoga 19. 15.
...ribe like the Kirātas or Śabaraṣ In the Vana-parva 140. 25 Pulindas, Kirātas and Tāṅgaṇas are spok...
...on-Aryan tribes; vide Sabhā, 32. 16-17, Vanaparva 254. 18 (as inhabiting the west ), Udyoga 19. 2...
... brāhmaṇa is so by his character.’ Vide Vanaparva (313. 108–111) and Yāj. I. 200 and Vṛddha Gautama p. 6...
...31-32 above and Fick (pp. 213-214). The Matsyapurāṇa (16. 16) says that brāhmaṇas who dwell in Mlecch...
...hment from the country. Manu IX. 237 (= Matsyapurāṇa 227. 163–164), Viṣṇu Dh. S. V. 4–7 prescribe the var...
...one of a higher varṇa. The Mahābhārata (Vanaparva 133. 1) adds the blind and the deaf, (Anuśāsan...
...olates or assaults another's wife.' The Matsyapurāṇa (227. 117-119) is practically to the same effect. Suma...
...000 snātaka brāhmaṇas are spoken of. In Vanaparva 185. 34 Vainya is said to have given a thousand...
...4, Winternitz). The other references in Vanaparva 65. 23 and Anuśāsana 150. 25 bear affinity to ...
...ka ( p. 343 ) quotes a passage from the Matsyapurāṇa ( 289.7 ) on the mahādāna called Mahābhūtaghaṭa, ...
... mātrs have been named as Mātṛgaṇa. The Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 179. 9–32) names over a hundred ...
...place the Mahābhārata (Sabha 64. 14 and Vanaparva 5. 15) uses the simile of a maiden not liking...
...14 quotes the famous verse of the Matsyapurāṇa, 'the fourth and (two beyond him) among...
...s a real choice of her husband by her ( Vanaparva 54 ff. ) though she chose Nala in a vast a...
...ndry-23">23 Vanaparva 34. 97, Matsyapurāṇa 207. 39 contain a verse ‘one should desire to h...
..., Yaj. I. 83-87, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 25. 2 ff, Vanaparva 233. 19-58 (Draupadi as the speaker), Anusasana 12...
... (quoted by Aparārka p. 107). Draupadī (Vanaparva chap. 233 ) states 'whatever my husband d...
...nnobling ideal that was set before theṃ Vanaparva (205-206) tells the story of a learned brāhmaṇa, ...
... above on p. 363) which are the same as Matsyapurāṇa 227. 152–154. It will be seen that about two thousand y...
...ll womeṇ Vide also Ādi. 155. 2, 217. 4, Vanaparva 206. 46. The Rāmāyaṇa ( Bālakāṇḍa ) also breath...
...(cited above) and several verses of the Matsyapurāṇa about veśyāṣ
...ether. Vide also Śānti 11. 15, 23. 2-5, Vanaparva chap. 2. The Ayodhyākāṇḍa 106. 22 also sa...
...p. 183 ff ( Jīvānanda ), Droṇaparva 82, Vanaparva 2. 53-63, Aśvamedhika 45. 16-25, Anuśāsana-parva...
... g. in the Prajāpatismṛti, vv. 156-157, Matsyapurāṇa 22. 82-84, 124. 88-90, Vāyu 50. 170-174. Vide Apa...
...s meal (and as making one hungry). Vide Vanaparva 179. 16, 180. 16, 293. 9, Aśvamedhika parva 90....
...d be suspended from the right ear only. Vanaparva 59. 2 describes that kalī (the principle of e...
...hnika-and-āchāra-151">151 The Matsyapurāṇa 243 enumerates in 26 verses numerous auspic...
...father is deaḍ Gobhila-smṛti II. 18–20, Matsyapurāṇa 102. 14–21 are very similar to the Snāna- sūtra. A...
...s under which Yama is invokeḍ Vide also Matsyapurāṇa 213. 2–8. The Tai. Ār. VI. 5 speaks of a yajña o...
...h. S. 59. 19-20, Śaṅkha V. 1-2, Hārīta, Matsyapurāṇa 52. 15-16 and others every householder causes inj...
Volume II: Part II 39 paragraphs
..., Varuṇa, Kubera are described); in the Matsyapurāṇa chap. Ch. XIX ] 258-264; in the Agnipurāṇ...
...ighths of the height of the door). Vide Matsyapurāṇa 258. 23-25.
...ge is quoted by Aparārka on p. 338. The Matsya-purāṇa 47. 247 speaks of Buddha as the 9th (avatāra). ...
...s also an ancient one. The Mahābhārata (Vanaparva) gives expression to the idea that Praj...
...va 39. 76 and 189. 5–6, Śānti 343. 132, Matsyapurāṇa 52. 23. The 1000 names of Viṣṇu are enumerated...
About the images of the sun the Matsyapurāṇa (11. 31 and 33 ) enjoins that in painti...
...Yāj. I. 297 quotes nine verses from the Matsyapurāṇa, chap. 94, concerning the details of th...
...nd there is an Upaniṣad named after hiṃ Vanaparva 115, Anuśāsana 153, Śānti 49.36, say that h...
... barley grains and white mustard seeds (Matsya-purāṇa 267. 2 quoted in the Pūjāprakāśa p. 34). It is...
...sinī and fond of blood and wine, and in Vanaparva 39. 4 it is stated that Umā became a kirātī w...
...ain' (Rg. X. 117. 6).' The Mahābhārata (Vanaparva II. 59) says that offering food to dogs, śvapa...
...ther corṇ Gaut. V. 33, Manu III. 101 (= Vanaparva II. 54 and Udyoga 36. 34), Ap. Dh. S. II. 2. 4...
...guests, he really eatṣ Manu III. 285 (= Vanaparva II. 60) says that ‘vighasa is what is left aft...
...p. 228-229, the Smṛtyarthasāra (p. 69), Matsya- purāṇa chap. 67, Aparārka pp. 151, 427-430. Duri...
...akāṇḍa 26. 5, Araṇya 23. 28) and in the Matsyapurāṇa 104. 16. The Kapilā (brown) cow was said to be ...
...uding the flesh of wild boars and deer. Vanaparva 208. 11-121868 offers the consoling tho...
The Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 252-257) deals at length with Vā...
...first post fixed in the south-east. The Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 268) describes the procedure of ...
... in pleasures of sense become fruitlesṣ Vanaparva (200. 5–9) enumerates 16 futile gifts such as to o...
...e on these occasions are inexhaustible. Vanaparva 200. 125 is to the same effect. A gift made on A...
...urs frequently in the Mahābhārata e. g. Vanaparva 68. 4, Āśramavāsiparva 2. 10. 41, 13. 11, 14....
...otes pp. 86-151 to the 16 mahādānaṣ The Matsyapurāṇa ( 274. 11-12 ) states that the mahādānas were performe...
...ipurāṇa 210. 33), Viṣṇu Dh. S. 88. 1-4, Vanaparva 200. 69-71, Atri 333, Varāhapurāṇa 112
...d they are also described as dhenuṣ The Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 82. 17-22) speaks of ten dhenus ...
The Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 83. 92) speaks of ten kinds of d...
...r. pariśiṣṭa IV. 9, Pār. gr. pariśiṣṭa, Matsyapurāṇa chap. 58, Agnipurāṇa chap. 64 contain a m...
... (a tank) is from 200 to 800 cubitṣ The Matsyapurāṇa 154. 512 states that a vāpī is equal to ten kūpa...
...n the dedication of wells and tankṣ The Matsyapurāṇa expressly states that the procedure of ...
...d to the topic of devatā-pratiṣṭhā. The Matsyapurāṇa in chap. 264 and the Agnipurāṇa in chap. ...
...ters to be attended to according to the Matsyapurāṇa (264-66) are: the auspicious time for the consec...
...een given above at some length from the Matsyapurāṇa in order to convey some idea how in the f...
In the Matsyapurāṇa, the Agnipurāṇa, the Nṛsiṁhapurāṇa, the...
...85. 83 (about suicides at Prayāga). The Matsya-purāṇa (186. 34-35) eulogises the peak of Amarakantaka by s...
...28. **Matsya-bandhaka**, a caste, 90. **Matsya purāṇa**, 6n, 17, 61, 103, 114n, 116n, 148, 21...
...46n, 511, 647, 649, 666, 688, 737, 923. Vanaparva, 2n, 7, 14n, 61, 63n, 82, 88, 101, 215,...
Volume III 50 paragraphs
...and 33-34), Śāntiparva 77 33 and 57 15, Matsyapurāṇa 215.63, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa 27 28 and 28 36 and ...
...the kṣatriya (rājan). It is said in the Vanaparva 150. 32 that without daṇḍanīti this whole world...
...he same as Viṣṇu-dharmasūtra V. 190 and Matsyapurāṇa 227. 116-117) when dealing with vyavahāra ( a subjec...
...lized in this section; the Mahābhārata (Vanaparva 150, Sabhā 5, Udyoga 33-34, Śānti 1-130, Āś...
...n on the earth with parts of Viṣṇu. The Matsyapurāṇa (226. 1-12) mixes up the theory of the creation of ...
...ā 67 8-31, Ādi 41 27 ff, Śānti 67 3 ff, Matsyapurāṇa 225. 8-9 are the principal passages on arājaka. ...
... on all sides at one and the same time. Vanaparva 251. 5 says that subjects do not like a king w...
...tained by the three vedas (68. 35). The Vanaparva (150. 30) states that the whole world is sustaine...
...es and lodging places for brāhmaṇas The Matsyapurāṇa 215. 64 remarks that the king should give to th...
The Matsya-purāṇa (114 9–10) first gives the dimensions o...
... on the same birds and a few otherṣ The Matsyapurāṇa in chap 219-220 closely follows Kaut and ...
...as the pivot of the whole State. As the Matsyapurāṇa (219.34) finely puts it 'the king was the root a...
...s and resorted to the forest as hermits Vanaparva 202.8 mentions Bṛhadaśva who crowned his son ...
... be accomplished without helpers’? The *Matsya-purāṇa* (215. 2) prescribes ‘the king, while h...
...The R. N. P. (p. 176) after quoting the Matsya-purāṇa expressly states that the hereditary pr...
...cept when the king is about to die. The Matsyapurāṇa 220. 7 quoted in the Budhabhūṣaṇa (p. 33) pres...
...aṇika in Bengal and other countries The Matsyapurāṇa (215.24) states the qualifications of a dharmādh...
...ṣ Vide Ayodhyā 100.35, Manu VII. 63-64, Matsyapurāṇa 215. 12-13 for the qualities of a dūta. The dūta s...
...rāṣṭra, viṣaya, deśa, janapada &c.) The Matsyapurāṇa 217 5 and Viṣṇudharmottara II. 26.5 (*evamv...
...bhārata speaks of 13 dvīpas (Ādi 75 19, Vanaparva 3 52 and 134 20) and 18 dvīpas also (Droṇ...
... of cattle belonging to the State. Vide Vanaparva 239. 4 and 240. 4-6. Even such a grammatical w...
...rritory-of-a-state-47">47 The Matsyapurāṇa 221. 2 emphasizes that effort is superior Medh...
...ce the former to slay the latter. " The Matsyapurāṇa 223. 4 states that united people are more than...
...ears in case of a siege or invasioṇ The Matsyapurāṇa (217. 9–87) differs from the above description in m...
...e Mahābhārata many vyūhas are described Vanaparva (285 6-7) refers to Rāvana's arrangemen...
...oronation ceremony in many respectṣ The Matsyapurāṇa 243 15-16 and the Viṣṇudharmottara II. 163....
...ntence (Yāj. II. 278). Yāj. II. 279 ( = Matsyapurāṇa 227. 200) prescribes death by being gored by the...
...ld be held responsible for the losṣ The Matsyapurāṇa says that if a teacher having agreed to...
.... of Dh. vol. II. pp. 638-39 above. The Matsyapurāṇa (227. 144-146) states that a brāhmaṇa who visits a pro...
The Matsyapurāṇa (227.147) further states that a visitor who has h...
...side it through holeṣ Manu VIII. 238 (= Matsyapurāṇa 227 26), Yaj II. 162, Nār. XIV 40 provide t...
...oman-10">10 Yaj III. 231-233, Matsya- purāṇa 227 139-141, which latter (three) prescribe...
... he will offer śrāddha day by day’. The Matsyapurāṇa 204 (3-17) contains verses (that are called...
... 5. 113 ff), Manu (IX. 186-187) and the Matsyapurāṇa elaborates its own definition in the fo...
...lly asserted itself against this In the Vanaparva (115. 23 ) Gādhi claims as the custom of his famil...
... Ādiparva chap 177 1–6=cr. eḍ 167. 1–6, Vanaparva 130, 8–9, Anuśāsana 3 12–13); (5) Purūravas...
...sup> upon the words of the Mahābhārata (Vanaparva 313. 117), 'what is true dharma is concealed as ...
... a bull, in Manu VIII. 16 and Vanaparva 190. 9) and it declines or deteriorates by a q...
...ali-age-22">22 taken from the Vanaparva (188) is added at the end by way of sample, o...
...hen he takes ‘bhavisye kathitān’ of the Matsyapurāṇa or ‘bhavisye pathitān’ of Vāyu (99. 267...
...99. 383) refers to the Guptas while the Matsyapurāṇa is silent about theṃ The extant Purāṇas c...
...the bright half and is supported by the Matsyapurāṇa quoted above in ṇ1766. There is no reas...
...mself styled Visnuyasas ( Vāyu 98, 104, Vanaparva 190. 93, Brahma 213. 164, Visnudharmottara I. 7...
...anaṣ This shows that at the time of the Matsyapurāṇa this act was probably not included amon...
... eḍ) and explained at great length. The Matsyapurāṇa 227. 126 is liberal enough to say that the man w...
...I. 24. 24–25. धर्माधिकरणिन्—Judge. Vide Matsyapurāṇa 215. 24 and note 167 above. धर्माध्यक्ष—Vide p....
...led beforehand 476-77. Maitradatta 685n Matsyapurāṇa 3, 9, 13, 17n, 18n, 22-24, 30, 40, 51-53,...
...iva (fate) 168–169, is superior, acc to Matsyapurāṇa 170, **Puruṣārtha** rules are recommendator...
Volume IV 79 paragraphs
...h S I 2 8. 29–30, Manu VIII, 299–300 (= Matsyapurāṇa 227. 152–154), Viṣṇu Dh. S 71 81–82, Nārada (abhyupe...
... shrines and all forests are holy.’ The Matsyapurāṇa (184.18) says that a heap of sins as big as the ...
...s one for an upapātaka Manu (XI 162-168=Matsyapurāṇa 227. 41-47) and Viṣṇu 52. 5-13 prescribe various p...
...l to one purāṇa (following Bhavisya and Matsya purāṇas), that by niṣka is not meant the one i...
...seen as stars (or become stars). In the Matsyapurāṇa (276 17) it is399 stated tha...
... 22, Atri (verse 85), Saṅkha (15. 2–3), Matsyapurāṇa (18. 2–3), Brahmapurāṇa 220. 63, Viṣṇu Dh. S 22. ...
... (17–18) is the same as Daksa V. 3. The Vanaparva 200. 52 speaks of purity in speech, in actions ...
...tude), all happiness and kingdoṃ In the Matsya-purāṇa (chap. 19, verse 2) a question is asked...
...t pitṛs enter the invited brāhmaṇaṣ The Matsyapurāṇa (18. 5-7) enjoins: pindas should be offered to th...
...about the several classes of pitṛṣ Vide Matsyapurāṇa 141. 4 for the same last four names and 141. 1...
...tika, Phālguna, Caitra and Jyeṣṭha. The Matsyapurāṇa list is quoted in the Sṃ C. I. p. 58, Kr̥t...
...le-minded devotee of Śiva (verse 6) The Matsyapurāṇa (16. 11-12) recommends ‘He who expounds (the meanin...
...dha-141">141 For example, the Matsyapurāṇa states that brāhmaṇas that are ungratef...
... = Bauḍ Dh. S. II, 8, 29), Yaj. I. 228, Matsyapurāṇa 17. 13-14, Viṣṇupurāṇa III, 15.14 provide that on...
...cereals were forbiddeṇ For example, the Matsya-purāṇa and Padma (Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa, chap. 9 62-66) ...
The Matsyapurāṇa and some other works provide that the b...
The Matsyapurāṇa says in a famous passage 'ancestors fro...
...urpose). The other view was that of the Matsyapurāṇa and Viśnudharmasūtra 21.1 that the firs...
...day is said to be equal to Gayāśrāddha (Matsyapurāṇa q. by Śr. K. L p 99) The Mahālaya-śrādd...
...f śayyā to a brāhmaṇa and his wife. The Matsyapurāṇa states that on the 2nd day after the en...
...rior to sacrificeṣ But the Mahābhārata (Vanaparva 82, 9-12 and Anuśāsana 108. 3-4) lays the ...
... and legends connected with theṃ In the Vanaparva (chap. 82-156) and Śalyaparva (chap. 35...
The Vanaparva, chap 85, has a grand eulogy of Gaṅgā i...
...e different recensions of the Veda. The Matsyapurāṇa, chap. 102, which contains one of the e...
It may be noted that the verses of the Matsyapurāṇa (102. 2–31) summarised above occur (with slight var...
...ht down from heaven by Bhagiratha. Vide Vanaparva chap. 107– 109, Viṣṇupurāṇa II, 8–10 for ...
...ayāga is dwelt upon in the Mahābhārata (Vanaparva 85. 69–97, 87. 18–20, Anuśāsana 25. 36–38)
...111. 8-11, in all about 151 verses) and Vanaparva chap. 85. 79-87 and 97 and does not add a...
...unds two alternative interpretations of Vanaparva 85. IV] 83, viz, that this passage allows thos...
... 74). The answer is foreshadowed in the Matsyapurāṇa itself (182. 22-25) which
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...ovided he dies remembering Prayāga. The Matsyapurāṇa (105. 8–12) asserts:
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...gs several centuries before Christ. The Matsyapurāṇa 273, while enumerating hundreds of kings be...
...a with the shrine of Dehali-Ganeśa. The Matsyapurāṇa (in chap. 183.61-62) makes it two yojan...
...sup> (*Pañcatīrthī*). According to the *Matsyapurāṇa* the five essential *tīrthas* in the *Ā...
... Kapālamocana-tīrtha is narrated in the Matsya-purāṇa, chap. 183. 84-103 and a reference is m...
...the account of Gayā that appears in the Vanaparva and compares it with the fuller account...
...">3 Gayaśiras is named in the Vanaparva (87. 11, 95. 9), in the Visnudharma-sūtra 85,4 (in the ...
...e Vanaparva. Dr. Barua mainly relies on Vanaparva 84. 82-103 and 95. 9-29. But some preliminary rema...
Vanaparva chapter 82 sets out Pulastya’s replies to...
...hose sacred spots that are mentioned in Vanaparva 84. In Vayu 109. 15 a hill Aravindaka is said...
...have been an image of Dharma, since the Vanaparva speaks of The pilgrim to Gayā having to...
...ny sources of earlier times such as the Vanaparva, Anuśāsanaparva, Padma I 38, the Nāradī...
...d himself reaches the highest goal. The Matsyapurāṇa (22. 4-6) quoted by the Kalpataru (on tīrtha p. 1...
...tra appears to be called Brahmāvarta in Vanaparva 86.6. According to the Vāmanapurāṇa, Kurujāṅ...
...s said to be five yojanas in radius (in Vanaparva and the Vāmana Purāṇa)
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...ibed in the Mahābhārata and the Purāṇaṣ Vanaparva 83 starts by saying that all beings that a...
...her-famous-tīrthas-63">63 The Vanaparva (in chap 188 103 and chap. 222.24) ment...
... U.—Udyogaparva of the Mahā- bhārata V.—Vanaparva of the Mahābhārata. Va —Vāyupurāṇa Vāṃ—...
... Vide Ptolemy pp 108-109 and NM 43. The Vanaparva speaks of the whole country of Kāśmīra ...
...4.21 states it is a country in the west Vanaparva 222. 22 mentions the Sindhu (Indus) and Pañcana...
...T. K. pp. 182-185 quote verses 20-39 of Vanaparva chap 82 and twelve verses from P. V. 27 r...
... to be assigned to the 1st century A D. Vanaparva 85. 10 states that the pilgrim who fasts for t...
... 38.31. 'Tato vābam' is a misreading in Vanaparva
...rtha in the southern part of India, but Vanaparva points to north-west Dey p. 220 identif...
... through which Nar- madā flowed acc. to Vanaparva and in which Dvārakā was situated 704n ...
...ontain nu- merous references to it 707, Vana- parva speaks of it as a holy river in the sou...
...andapurāṇa treats them as distinct 633, Vana- parva states that by visiting Avi- mukta and ...
...f kalpa 600, Kalpataru quotes on P only Vanaparva and Matsya and no other Purāṇa 601; man...
...685, religious suicide at, mentioned by Vanaparva 608, 685 Ptolemy 765 Pṛthivīcandrodaya 351n...
...atter being superior to the former 310, Vanaparva speaks of three kinds of, viz. in speec...
... Vedāntin 604, important verse found in Vanaparva and some purāṇas relied upon for the ap...
...s 563, use of bullock-cart condemned in Matsyapurāṇa as leading to hell and of other conveya...
...hapter 12 of, is called Karmavipaka 177 Vanaparva 165, 166, 310, 371n, 559n, 561, 562, 565, 5...
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...food or one’s general behaviour. *Vide* Vanaparva 296 3, Udyogaparva 71–72, Śānti 35 39, Anuś...
...rticular vrata ). It is provided by the Matsya-purāṇa, Agni and Satyavrata
...ver five thousand verses on vratas; the Matsya- purāṇa (chapters 54–92 and 95–101) has about 1...
... on that day becomes inexhaustible. The Matsyapurāṇa (chap 65, verses 1–7), Nāradīya I 112. ...
...bed at great length in the Mahābhārata (Vanaparva chap. 293–299) and in the Purāṇas (such a...
...t on the 15th of Āsādha bright half The Vanaparva (203 12) declares that Viṣṇu sleeps on ...
...hapter-v-ekādashī-66">66 Vide Vanaparva 39 76-77, Brahmapurāṇa 130 10–11, 192 51–5...
...aid to sleep on the hoods of Śeṣa-nāga (Vanaparva 203. 12 and 272. 38–39) and Śiva wears serpents...
...dhiṣṭhira (Droṇa 149. 16–33), Draupadī (Vanaparva 263. 8–16) and Bhīṣma when about to die (Anuśāsan...
...be the husband of Ambikā or Umā. In the Vanaparva chap. 6 (where there is a long laud of Du...
...hlāda, a great devotee of Viṣṇu. In the Vanaparva (28 2) Bali asks his grandfather Prahlā...
...krāntis was regarded as a holy day. The Matsya-purāṇa (chap 98) deals with the completion of ...
...gapurāṇa. MAR = Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa MAT = Matsyapurāṇa MB = Mahābhārata. M Bh. = Mahābhāṣya. N...
...rirātravrata—performed by Sāvitrī. Vide Vanaparva 296. 3 ff. Vide pp. 92–94 above.
...ttātreya conferred boons on Kārtavīrya (Vanaparva 115, 160–185, Mat 43. 15–16), was an avatar...
...sacrifice; HV I, 1204 (only one verse). Vanaparva 30. 117 shows it was a great yajña like Aśvamed...
...eluded and reaches the highest goal. In Vanaparva Kṛṣṇa is identified with Brahma, Rudra,...
...hapter-xvi-muhūrta-13">13 The Matsyapurāṇa (in chap 22 2) refers to two muhūrtas, ...
...ves produce evil results and quotes the Matsyapurāṇa in support that 'evil actions done in for...
..., Uttarāsāḍhā and Uttarābhādrapada. The Matsyapurāṇa chap. 253, Ratnamālā chap. 17, Rājamārtaṇ...
...y works such as Bṛhatsaṁhitā 60. 20-21, Matsya-purāṇa (264), Viṣṇudharmottara III. 96, Rājamārtaṇḍa...
...be the cause of victory or defeat'. The Matsyapurāṇa after mentioning unusual occurrences an...
...4. 225 no doubt read एकाराशो. The three Matsya-purāṇa verses he quotes are not from the same ch...
...mong ancient works in the Mahābhārata ( Vana-parva, chapters 149, 188 and Śāntiparva, chap...
...k of the Greek Astrologer Pauluṣ In the Vanaparva (188 22–29) the same account as in Manu...
...everal other purāṇaṣ The description in Vanaparva 188 is summarised in H. of Dh. vol. III pp....
... then god Brahmā resorts to Yogic sleep Vanaparva (chap. 272 32-48 ) also contains a brie...
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...ārata, Sabhāparva 80. 28–31, 81. 22–25, Vanaparva 179. 41, 224. 17–18, Virāṭa 39. 4–6, 46. 24–32,...
...āśara, Sabhā-parva, Bṛhatsaṁhitā 45. 2, Matsyapurāṇa 229.5, Atharva-pariśiṣṭa LXIX (1. 2) and othe...
...14), the Baudhāyana-gṛhyaśeṣasūtra, the Matsya-purāṇa (93. 1–105), the Viṣṇudharmottara I. 93–105 and oth...
...ṭi-homa which continues for a year. The Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 94) contains nine verses on the ...
...out a far more elaborate śānti from the Matsyapurāṇa, which is passed over for reasons of sp...
...s extremely large. One passage from the Matsyapurāṇa (242 verses 2–14, quoted in Adbhutasāga...
... Some of it is mentioned here, viz. the Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 237, 241, 243), Agnipurāṇa (chap...
...e to the description of Kaliyuga in the Vanaparva (chap. 188. 30–64), one half verse bein...
... individual souls, viz. `brahman`). The Matsyapurāṇa also mentions other characteristics of ...
...treatment of Mahā-dānas declared in the Matsyapurāṇa; the Bhaviṣyapurāṇa has been assiduousl...
... four Upapurāṇas expressly named in the Matsyapurāṇa 53. 60-63) Prof. Hazra observes ('Studies' vol. I...
...ry the matter beyond 900-1000 A. D. The Matsyapurāṇa might have been tampered with. The reas...
Matsyapurāṇa (Ānandāśrama eḍ). It has 291 chapters a...
...diction that long before 1000 A. D. the Matsya-purāṇa had the same arrange-ment and presented...
...52 and Prof. Ram- chandra Dikshitar on ‘Matsyapurāṇa, a study’ (Madras, 1935, pp. 1-140). Fo...
...the avatāras of Viṣṇu as in the case of Matsya-purāṇa (I. 26) or Varāha (2. 1– 3). The japa-of Vedic ...
... other Purāṇas may be set out here. The Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 93) when describing the procedur...
...the *parvans* of the Mahābhārata, as in Vanaparva 272. 71 and Aśvamedhika-parva 54. 13. None of t...
...the author's paper on 'Kauṭilya and the Matsya-purāṇa' in Dr. B. C. Law presentation volume I...
...ned as a holy place of Śiva and Devī in Vanaparva 85. 19–20. The Vāsava- dattā of Subandhu ( p. 87 ...
...chakra-mandala-etc-19">19 The Matsyapurāṇa refers in several passages to maṇḍalas ...
... to start at the time of that war (vide Vanaparva ‘etat kaliyugam nāmacirād-yad pravartat...
... 13, Sāṅkhya kṛtānte proktāni &c ). The Matsyapurāṇa also emphasizes this aspect of the Sāṅk...
... in the Bhagavadgītā (II. 53–54) and in Vanaparva (3. 11) and in Śāntiparva 195. 19–20, Ch. eḍ). ...
The Matsyapurāṇa begins the topic of creation in the sam...
In chapters 30–32 (of ch. eḍ) of Vanaparva there is a dialogue between Draupadi an...
... *Daiva* combine to produce fruitṣ The *Matsyapurāṇa* (221. 8) asserts that *daiva*, effort ...
...24 ‘Senānīnām-aham Skandaḥ’) and in the Vana-parva 229. 22–23 he is mentioned as the commander of the...
...a brāhmaṇa. A similar passage occurs in Vanaparva 216. 14–15 ( quoted above in note 1640 pp. 1005–6 ...
...Udyogaparva 41. 5 ) and Dharma-vyādha ( Vanaparva 207 ) possessed knowledge of brahmavidyā an...
...t'. The same eight are specified in the Matsya-purāṇa 52. 8-10, Atri-smṛti 34-41. Manu V. 46 (= Viṣṇu ...
...ain information on the above topicṣ The Matsyapurāṇa (chap. 252. 2–4) names 18 expounders of...
...Ā. king Iśvarasena in Nasik cave 968n ; Matsyapurāṇa speaks of ten Ā. kings, 969ṇ Abhiṣeka, ...
...ed to ashes the sons of Sagara, acc. to Vanaparva and Viṣṇupurāṇa, 1362. Kapilaṣaṣṭhī Yog...
...om and letters of the alpha-bet ) 1058ṇ Matsyapurāṇa : 40, 45, 49, 52, 57, 61n, 88, 91–2n, 9...
... Koṭihoma acc. to Matsya 749; verses of Matsyapurāṇa describing how the figures of nine grah...
...naimittika pralaya from Kūrmapurāṇa and Vanaparva, 694; works like Harivaṁśa and Purāṇas ...
... acc. to Narasiṁha and Vāmana 922, 971; Matsyapurāṇa sets out other characteristics of P. 83...
... **Sanātanadharma**: the word occurs in Matsya-purāṇa and in Khanapur plates of Mādhava- varm...
...e 1114n, 1183, 1245; mantra in, used by Matsya-purāṇa for black magic 1114ṇ Syrian Christians...
...e- ments and its fall on the seve- ṃ by Matsyapurāṇa 623, 1653. ral limbs of a person 792; Vāstu...
...th sacrifice (yajña) 957; Meghadūta and Vanaparva mention the sleeping of Viṣṇu on the sn...
...ics of Kali-yuga in Y. closely resemble Vanaparva description, one half verse being same ...