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The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c4.s7: Nandas

The Purāṇa Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c4.s7

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Nandas

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Text—AMt 272, 18-22 ; AVā 99, 326-330 ; Bḍ iii, 74, 139-143. Corresp. passages—CVṣ iv, 24, 4-7 ; GBh xii, 1, 8b-12.

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The Matsya, Vāyu, and Brahmāṇḍa give the whole and have a common version in the main. Here for the first time the Bhāgavata gives the tradition in ślokas, which agree in their purport with those three Purāṇas, and are not a mere list of names. Both versions are placed here, side by side, as they are independent and valuable. The Viṣṇu in prose agrees closely with the Bhāgavata.

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All the versions are complete, except that a²dMt omit ll. 6-10; mMt l. 9 with a space; bVā ll. 7-9 (first half); kVā ll. 2 (second half), 3, 7, 8; hpMt, a⁴hVā, and bBh have lost the whole; and lVṣ the matter of the last three Bh verses: eVā omits the whole here, but long afterwards, out of place, inserts it after the first line about Viśvasphāṇi.

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The time assigned to Mahāpadma may mean the entire length of his life, as Mt seems to imply; and if so, the whole dynasty may have lasted about a hundred years as stated.

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¹⁰ In jMt °śā; ceMt °śu: f Mt blends this and the next number into one, thus catur-viṁśat tu, and so kMt ṣaṭ-triṁśat tu.

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¹¹ So GVāa⁴aⁿMt, violating the metre. Others save it thus, bMt °śati; CgMt, eVā °śat tu; a²mMt °śās tu; jMt °śā tu; cdeMt °śas tu: lMt †aśāti. Vā catur-viṁśat tu; gVā, Bḍ °śas tu, where the number seems to be a mere repetition of the preceding number.

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¹² In jMt Hehayaḥ; eVā Tehayāḥ.

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*Mt, Vā, and Bd.*

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Mahānandi¹-sutaś cāpi śūdrāyāṃ ³ Kalik-aṃśa-jaḥ ⁴ utpatsyate Mahāpadmaḥ sarva-kṣatr-āntako ⁹ nṛpaḥ tataḥ prabhṛti rājāno bhaviṣyāḥ śūdra-yonayaḥ eka¹²-rāṭ sa ¹³ Mahāpadma eka-cchattro ¹⁵ bhaviṣyati aṣṭāśīti ¹⁷ tu varṣāṇi ¹⁸ prthivyāṃ ca bhaviṣyati ¹⁹ sarva-kṣatram ²⁰ ath=oddhṛtya ²¹ bhāvin=ārthena coditaḥ ²³ Sukalp-ādi²⁴-sutā ²⁵ hy aṣṭau ²⁶

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*Bh (with Vṣ).*

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Mahānandi¹-suto rājan ² śūdrā⁵-garbh-odbhavo ⁶ balī ⁷ Mahāpadma-patiḥ ⁸ kaścin Nandaḥ kṣatra-vināśa-kṛt ¹⁰ tato nṛpā bhaviṣyanti śūdra-prāyās tv ¹¹ adhārmikāḥ sa eka-cchattrām ¹⁴ pṛthivīm an-ullaṅghita-śāsanaḥ ¹⁶

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śāsiṣyati Mahāpadmo dvitīya iva Bhārgavaḥ ²²

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tasva c=āṣṭau ²⁷ bhaviṣvanti

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¹ In fgnMt °dī; kBh °da. ² This vocat. expletive has no doubt ousted some genuine word, which may have been lubdhaḥ, because Vṣ genly describes him as ati-lubdha; hVṣ lubdha; cVṣ 'bhilubdha; djlVṣ ati-buddha; kVṣ crp. ³ In Bd, jMt °yāḥ; bVā śūdrā vā. ⁴ So Mt genly; dMt °aṃśu-jaḥ; cenMt °āṃśataḥ; bkMt °āṃśakaḥ; f Mt °ām-jayaḥ; jMt kālikā..jaḥ. Vā, Bd kāla-saṃvṛtaḥ; eVā °saṃṛtaḥ; bVā kāla-[paṃ]saṃvṛtaḥ. ⁵ So ahrBh, Vṣ. Bh genly śūdrā. ⁶ In jVṣ [bha..rno] garbh-od°; dVṣ jar-mod°. ⁷ In fBh 'rdhati aptly; cf. Andhras, note ². Vṣ has no corresponding word. ⁸ Vṣ Mahāpadmo Nandaḥ: lVṣ °patma always. ⁹ So Mt. Vā °antare, altered in dVā to °antako. Bd, eVā °anta-kṛn. ¹⁰ Vṣ akhila-kṣatr-ānta-kārī. ¹¹ Tv omitted in adrBh. Vṣ śūdrā bhūmi-pālāḥ. ¹² In kVā saka. ¹³ In cekMt rājā; mMt padma; f Mt ehya; lVā su for sa. ¹⁴ In dBh °cchattra-; jkBh °kṣatrām; f Bh eka-cchattrāṃ sa. ¹⁵ In lMt °kṣatro; bMt °mātro: jMt ekaś chatro; kVā ṭekatro. ¹⁶ Vṣ has the same expressions; kVṣ c=aika-chātrā-samullaṅgh-ānamita-śāsano.

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¹⁷ So all genly: AjklmMt °tis; cMt, dVā °tim; jVā aṣṭāśīti. CeklVā aṣṭā-viṃśati (omitting tu), which AVā adopts. ¹⁸ In cdfjjnMt sa v° eMt saṃv°; bMt sahasrāṇi. ¹⁹ So Mt genly; bcjnMt tu bh° lMt sa bh°: fgMt pṛthivī śobhayiṣyati. Vā, Bd pṛthivīṃ pālayiṣyati. ²⁰ In Ca²a³gklVā kṣatra; a¹Vā kṣetra. ²¹ In CGVā³Mt ath=otsādya, lMt tath=ot°: ceMt ath=otpātya, a¹a⁴bMt tath=ot°. Bd samuddhṛtya. Ca¹a³bgklVā hṛtoddhṛtya or hṛtodvṛtya or corruptions of these; other Vā haroddhṛtya; eVā athcvṛtya; dVā tato hatvā. The correct reading may be ath=otsādya, or °otpātya or °oddhṛtya. ²² Vṣ Paraśu-Rāma iv=āparaḥ. ²³ So Mt genly (cknMt °noditaḥ): bMt bhavit-arth°; jMt bhavitorth°. Vā genly, Bd bhāvino 'rthasya vai balāt; lVā 'thasya mahābalāt (with a syll. extra); kVā °tha-mahābalāt; a³Vā °thān mahābalān: eVā Viśvanāthasya vai balāt. Vā, Bd have the same expression in AVā 88, 80, 95; 101, 60; Bd iii, 63, 79, 94; iv, 2, 59. ²⁴ So Mt mostly: fgMt Sukulp° or Sukuly°; kMt Sulul°; blnMt Sumāly°; ceMt Kuśal°; eVā Sahaly-ādyāḥ; jMt †Satulyā vai: a²Vā saṃhasvāt sa, fVā °srātstat, mVā °svāt (one syll. short); dVā saṃhāsvās tat: 3 MSS of CVā sahasvāt tat, 3 MSS of CVā and a¹a²Vā °srās tat (which AVā adopts): gVā hamsa-

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*Mt, Vā, and Bḍ.* samā dvādaśa te nṛpāḥ ²⁸ Mahāpadmasya paryāye ³⁰ bhaviṣyanti nṛpāḥ kramāt ³² uddhariṣyati tān sarvān Kauṭilyo vai dvir aṣṭabhiḥ ³⁵ bhuktvā ³⁷ mahīm ³⁸ varṣa-śataṃ tato ⁴¹ Mauryān gamiṣyati ⁴².

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*Bh (with Vṣ).* Sumālya-pramukhāḥ ²⁹ sutāḥ ya imāṃ bhokṣyanti mahīm ³¹ rājānaḥ sma ³³ śataṃ ³⁴ samāḥ nava Nandān dvijaḥ kaścit prapannān uddhariṣyati ³⁶ teṣām abhāve ³⁹ jagatīm ⁴⁰ Mauryā bhokṣyanti⁴³ vai Kalau. 10

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³⁶ In *lBh papannān uhariṣyati.* *Vṣ* says—*nav-aiva* tān Nandān† Kauṭilyo† brāhmaṇaḥ samuddhariṣyati: where *hVṣ nava vai*, *jVṣ navai*, *kVṣ nave aitā*, *aVṣ tath-aiva*; *hVṣ tān pyaśokaḥ*, *kVṣ Nandavala*; *†jkVṣ Koṭilyo.* ³⁷ In *fmVā bhuktā.* ³⁸ In *nMt, kVā mahā-.* *Bhuktā mahī* would be better. ³⁹ In *fBh abhāvāj.* ⁴⁰ In *dBh pṛthivīm.* ⁴¹ In *eVā Nandair.* ⁴² So *CGVa*Mt, *eVā, mahī* being understood: *fMt °Mauryam°*; *cMt °gaur yām°*; *eMt °gaur yaṃ°*; *bgMt °mokṣaṃ°*; *lMt °ekaḥ*; *a¹a³kMt °mokṣo bhaviṣyati*; *jMt* boldly paraphrases it, *prāpsyanti paramāṃ gatim.* *Vā* differently; mostly *Nand-ênḍuḥ sa bhaviṣyati* (*dVā, sambhav°*): one MS of *CVā Nandendaḥ°,* and so *dVā* but altered to *nandanaḥ*; *a¹glVā Nandendhaḥ°*; *a²fVā Nandr-êndraḥ°, so mVā crp*; *bVā Nandethā°*; *kVā crp.* The true reading is prob. *Nand-êndraḥ*, of which all the others are easy misreadings. *Bḍ narendraḥ.* ⁴³ Similarly *Vṣ*—*teṣām abhāve Mauryāś* ca *pṛthivīm bhokṣyanti*: where *k Vṣ So[da]ryaḥ.*

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