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Bibliotheca Indica a Collection of Oriental Works the Márkandeya Purána Translated by F.E. Pargiter C.S.

1888

The prefixing of the discourses delivered by the Birds to the Purina proper raised the Birds to the primary and chief position and tended to derogate from Markancleya's pre-eminence ; but clashing was avoided and Markaryleya's supremacy was preserved by two expdients ; first he was introduced at the very beginning in order that he might expressly declare the wisdom and authority of the Birds ; [...] For instance he conjectured the collective writings known as the Skanda Purana to be modern and the greater part of the contents of the Kaii Khanda anterior to the first attack upon Benares by Mahmud of Ghizni " (Preface p. lxxii)— which must mean that the Kali Khancla is earlier than the 11th century A. D. But Mahamahopdayaya Haraprasad Rdstri found in the Royal Library in Nepal a copy of the [...] She instructed him in the duties and conduct 28 of a king ; in the duties of the four castes and of a brd148 29 man's life ; in the general duties of a grhastha and various 151 30 religious matters ; in the duties of a gihastha in detail ; 155 31 in the 4räddha ceremonies ; in the performance of the 157 32 vana graddha and the persons to be excluded ; in the pa164 titular foods periods site [...] He mentioned the nine divisions of Bharata 283 and then dealt with India in detail ; naming its seven 284 mountain ranges and its scattered hills ; and its rivers di290 tinguishing them according to their sources in the Himlaya the Paripatra the Vindhya the Ilksa the &Ilya 293 the Malaya the Mahendra and the S'uktimat ranges. [...] 303 He named the various peoples inhabiting India and its 307 confines according as they dwelt in the Middle Land (Madhya-deta) iu the north-west outside northwards 311 in the north in the east in the south in the west 324 around the Vindhya mountains and beneath the Himalayas.
philosophy religion
Pages
769
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120141
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-ii F.E. Pargiter view
Frontmatter
i-xxxii F.E. Pargiter view
Additions and Corrections
xxxiii-xxxv F.E. Pargiter view
The Markandeya Purána. Om! Reverence to the Adorable Vishnu !
1-689 F.E. Pargiter view
Index
690-730 F.E. Pargiter view

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