History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.210

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¹⁴⁷⁶ Vide H. of Dh vol. 1. p. 346 for the date of the Smṛticandrikā. The verses ब्रह्मज्ञान ..चतुर्विधा (vide note 1484) and ब्रह्महत्या...द्विनश्यति (वायु. 105.13) are नारदीय (उत्तर) chap. 44. 20 and 22; Vāyu 110 63–64 are equal to नारदीय, उत्तर, 45 64–66, Vāyu 110. 63-64 are the same as Nāradīya (uttara) 45.64–66. Vāyu 108.13-16 are the same as नारदीय (उत्तर) 45. 2-4. Vāyu 110 4–5 are the same as Vanaparva 82.9–10.. गरुडपुराण (I *(Continued from the last page)*
85. 2-22) contains most of the verses of Vāyu 110. 34-60. The notes below in this Gayā section will show that the Nāradīya and the Gayāmāhātmya contain scores of verses in common. The स्मृतिचन्द्रिका (University of Mysore edition) on आशौच has towards the end a section on गयाश्राद्धविधि, several verses of which occur in वायु. A few verses are cited by way of illustration. The first two verses (स्मृतिच. p 194) though ascribed to आदिपुराण are almost the same as वायु 110 2-3; the verses गोपचार ..बभूव (in स्मृतिच on आशौच p. 199) are almost the same as वायु 111. 35 and 37, स्मृतिच० p 197 the verse मकरे वर्तमाने तु is the same as वायु 105.48 and स्मृतिच. p 199 the verse या सा वैतरणी नाम is वायु 105 44 The Tīrtha-cintāmaṇi of Vācaspati quotes many verses from the Gayā-māhātmya of the Vāyupurāṇa. Vācaspati's literary activity lies between 1450 to 1480 (or 1500 AD at the latest) He treats the Gayāmāhātmya as on the same level as the other purāṇas. This position could not have been attained by the Gayāmāhātmya in a century or two. Therefore it must be much earlier than 1300 AD. A few examples of the citations of the Gayāmāhātmya by Vācaspati may be indicated here. On pp. 285-286 the तीर्थचि. expressly quotes from the वायव्य verses 18, 19, 26 of वायु. 105. वायु 110. 2-3 are quoted as from वायु० in तीर्थचि p. 7, on pp. 280-283 numerous verses are quoted from वायुपुराण which are (with slight variations) the same as वायुपुराण 108. 13-23, 28-30; on pp 284-285 from वायुपुराण are cited वायु० 110 9-15 and 19-20, 56-59, तीर्थचि. pp. 288-293 quote from the वायुपुराण 110. 17, 21-24, 30-32, 34-55, तीर्थचि pp. 298-301 quote वायु. 111. 1-23 (with additions and variant readings); similarly the पृथ्वीचन्द्रोदय on श्राद्ध and त्रिस्थलीसेतु quote about 300 verses from गयामाहात्म्य and the त्रिस्थली० (pp. 356-359 &c ) several times refers to the explanations of verses from गयामाहात्म्य given by his predecessors. But space does not allow me to go into this subject at greater length.