The Smrti-chapters of the Puranas

Rajendra Chandra Hazra

The Smrti-chapters of the Puranas

Vol. 11 · No. 1March - 1935pp. 108–130English

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“The old canon of ‘Purdna Paficalaksana’ has really become absolete with reference to the extant Purinas, almost all of which owe their hulk often to topics other than those laid in this canon.”
“Hence it can be supposed that the story एव Sumati (or Jada) was inserted into the Mdark.-P. after the Mahdbhdrata had attained its final - form.”
“From what has been said above it seems highly probable that the story of Sumati was inserted into the Mark.-P. after the Greai Epic had gitained its present extent, rontents and character.”

Works cited in this article

Farquhar, Oulline of the Religious Literature of India, pp. 148 and 179-180
Brhat-samhitd (edited by Kern), chapters 58 (Pratima-Jaksanam nama)
Kane, History of Dharma-édstre, vol. I, p. 346

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Sumati 8
Alarka
Manu 59
Markandeya 15
Yajhavalkya
Jaimini 14
Madailasa
Raghunandana 22
Farquhar 3
Vardhacmihira
Devana-bbatta
Hopkins 11

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Vayu-P.
Mahabharate
Markendeya-Purinae

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Vol. 11 · No. 1

1–31The Nyayavarttika of Uddyotakara and the Vadanyaya of DharmakirtiAndrew Vostrikov 32–45The Eastern CalukyasDhirendra Chandra Ganguly 46–56A Sanskrit Version of Kaena-na MazdaPinakin Trivedi 57–69Bombay and English Constitutional LawArthur Berriedale Keith 70–76AdisuraPramode Lal Paul 77–90A Study of the Smrti Passages in the MahabhasyaAmalananda Ghosh 91–107Prince Shah Jahan in BengalSri Ram Sharma 108–130The Smrti-chapters of the PuranasRajendra Chandra HazraCurrent article 131–134The Indefinite Pronoun in Indo-IranianSukumar Sen 135–136The So-called Bell-CapitalO. C. Gangoly 137–141The Conception of Soul in JainismJagadish Chandra Jain 142–144Uddiyana and SihoreNalini Nath Das Gupta 145–146The So-called City Council of PataliputraDasharatha Sharma 147–148The Kaumudimahotsava and the Date of KalidasaDasharatha Sharma 149–152The Invasions of Jaisalmer by the KhaljisDasharatha Sharma 153–166A History of the Village Communities in Western IndiaA. S. Altekar 167–168Origin of the Pratihara DynastyDhirendra Chandra Ganguly 169–179Ancient Gita Commentaries—A RejoinderB. N. Krishnamurti Sharma 181–182ReviewsJadunath Sarkar 183–193Select Contents of Oriental Journals 194–197Bibliographical Notes

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