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Description:An excerpt from the Introduction: The Purana is clearly divisible (as Dr. Banerjea noticed) into five distinct parts, namely: - 1. Cantos 1-9, in which Jaimini is referred by Markandeya to the wise Birds, and they directly explain to him the four questions that perplexed him and some connected matters. 2. Cantos 10-44, where, though Jaimini propounds further questions to the Birds and they nominally expound them, yet the real speakers are Sumati, nicknamed Jada, and his father. 3. Cantos 45-81: here, though Jaimini and the Birds are the nominal speakers, yet the real speakers are Markandeya and his disciple Kraustuki. 4. Cantos 82-92, the Devi-mahatmya, a pure interpolation, in which the real speaker is a rsi named Medhas, and which is only repeated by Markandeya. 5. Cantos 93-136, where Markandeya and Kraustuki carry on their discourse from canto 81. The 137th canto concludes the work; it is a necessary corollary to the first part. There can be no doubt that only the third and fifth of these parts constituted the Purana in its original shape as Markandeya's Parana. The name would imply that originally Markandeya was the chief figure, and it is only in the third part that he appears as the real teacher. There is, however, clearer evidence that the Purana began with the third part originally, for this is asserted almost positively in canto 45, verses 16 to 25. There Markandeya, after declaring that this Purana, equally with the Vedas, issued from Brahma's mouth, says - "I will now tell it to thee Hear all this from me as I formerly heard it when Daksa related it." These words plainly mean that the true Purana began here; or, if the necessary words of introduction be prefixed, that it began at verse 16 or 17, which verses have been slightly modified since in order to dovetail them into the preceding portion. * * * * * N. B.: Diacritic marks and glyphs appear in this edition as they do the original publication.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Markandeya Purana. To get started finding The Markandeya Purana, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 770

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1494210363

Description: An excerpt from the Introduction: The Purana is clearly divisible (as Dr. Banerjea noticed) into five distinct parts, namely: - 1. Cantos 1-9, in which Jaimini is referred by Markandeya to the wise Birds, and they directly explain to him the four questions that perplexed him and some connected matters. 2. Cantos 10-44, where, though Jaimini propounds further questions to the Birds and they nominally expound them, yet the real speakers are Sumati, nicknamed Jada, and his father. 3. Cantos 45-81: here, though Jaimini and the Birds are the nominal speakers, yet the real speakers are Markandeya and his disciple Kraustuki. 4. Cantos 82-92, the Devi-mahatmya, a pure interpolation, in which the real speaker is a rsi named Medhas, and which is only repeated by Markandeya. 5. Cantos 93-136, where Markandeya and Kraustuki carry on their discourse from canto 81. The 137th canto concludes the work; it is a necessary corollary to the first part. There can be no doubt that only the third and fifth of these parts constituted the Purana in its original shape as Markandeya's Parana. The name would imply that originally Markandeya was the chief figure, and it is only in the third part that he appears as the real teacher. There is, however, clearer evidence that the Purana began with the third part originally, for this is asserted almost positively in canto 45, verses 16 to 25. There Markandeya, after declaring that this Purana, equally with the Vedas, issued from Brahma's mouth, says - "I will now tell it to thee Hear all this from me as I formerly heard it when Daksa related it." These words plainly mean that the true Purana began here; or, if the necessary words of introduction be prefixed, that it began at verse 16 or 17, which verses have been slightly modified since in order to dovetail them into the preceding portion. * * * * * N. B.: Diacritic marks and glyphs appear in this edition as they do the original publication.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Markandeya Purana. To get started finding The Markandeya Purana, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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