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Indian Culture (Journal of the Indian Research Institute) October 1936

1936

From the Paramdtman spring the two Purusas the Primal and the Secondary who become the source of the series of incarnate divine forms just in the same way as the sun is the source or ground of its own rays. [...] The so-called VibhiltAvataras who consist of the great Rsis the Manus the Devas the sons of the Manus and Prajapati are included in the term Kald which also means a part but which indicates the manifestation of a small ' This has been dealt with along with the general doctrine of Avatära of the Bengal school by the present writer in an article contributed to the Kuppusvami Commemoration [...] As the rest of the topic is concerned with the establishment of this important theme it is necessary to quote the half-verse here and summarize Jiva Gosvamin's explanation of the same in the light of the theological views of his school. [...] The verse (i 3 28) concludes the list of Avataras with the statement 1 : fiumsah krsnas tu bhagavän svayam ` These are the Ainas and Kalas of the Purusa but Krsna is the Bhagavat himself.' As this assertion stands at the end of the list of Avataras it implies according to Jiva Gosva.min that the appearances mentioned in the list are the various Amor Kala-Avataras of the Purusa ; but Krsn [...] It is taken as syntactically connected with the first pada of the verse being separated from the second pada by the particle tu (tu-fabdena vakyasya bhedandt).154 INDIAN CULTVItt the twentieth in the list (i 3 23) is the Anuvada or the already known subject and the Bhagavat is the Vidheya or the predicate mentioned here (i 3 28) for the first time with reference to Krsna.
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Pages
155
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120020
Segment Pages Author Actions
The Theology and Philosophy of Bengal Vaisnavism
251-280 S. K. De view
The Lost Arya of the Samkhya-Karika
281-285 M. Ledrus view
Appendix
286-288 unknown view
Rajpots
289-302 Bisheshwar Reu view
The Ancient Kingdom of Punnata
303-318 B.A. Saletore view
The Crime of Thagi and its Suppression Under Lord W. C. Bentinck
319-328 Ishwar Sahai view
Bahadur Shah of Gujrat (1526-37)
329-342 S.K. Banerji view
Distinguished Men and Women in Jainism (III)
343-352 B.C. Law view
Miscellanea
353-390 Vaddadi Apparao view
Reviews
391-400 unknown view
Important Contributions to Oriental Journals
401-403 unknown view

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