The Vishńu Puráńa: a System of Hindu Mythology And Tradition, volume 8
The Vishńu Puráńa: a System of Hindu Mythology And Tradition, volume 8
Horace Hayman Wilson, Fitzedward Hall
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"The class of Pitiris derives support from the moon; and the moon is sustained by acts of austere devo- tion, f Hence, the appointment of one who practises austerities t is most desirable. A Yogin set before a These explanations are also noticed in the Nirnaya Sindhn, p. 302; and, upon the authority of the Mataja Parana, Kntapa is said to mean eight things which equally consume (Tap) all sin (Ku), or, — noon, a vessel of rhinoceros -horn, a Nepal blanket, silver, holy grass, sesamum, kine, and ...a daughter's son : ^irefw ^?RrwT(W i ^ The notion originates with Manu, III., 202.** See Vol. II., pp. 298—803; and compare VoL L, p. 90. I Yogin, § I find ^f^M mzM ^y^> *^o- II Qaoted in the Niniayasindhu, % This line is cited by the commentator. Digitized by Google BOOK m,, CHAP. XV. 189 thousand Brahmans enables the institutor of obsequial rites to enjoy all his desires.''^* * The same doctrine is incQlcated by the Vaju Parana :f but it appearg to be a Pauranik innovation; for Mann places the Brahman intent on scriptaral knowledge and on aastere devotion on a level, and makes no mention of the Yogin.
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