History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.799

v5.c75.799

Purāṇas 243, 272, 302, abound in stories that appear to modern minds absurd and puerile 659, contain thousands of verses on śrāddha 262; contain stories that may be divided into several classes and many of them were meant to satisfy the cravings of the human mind for the marvellous, the unusual and the horrible 622-623, closely follow gṛhyasūtras, Manu and Yāj, and contain numerous verses that are identical with those of Yāj. and often employ the same mantras and formulæ 448, 452, often describe the quarrels and bickerings among high gods and sages 623, procedure for śrāddha is the same in all purāṇas 448; proposed an easy way for all to remove consequences of sins, viz remembering the name of Nārāyaṇa 50, several p devote considerable space to āśauca 272, state that gods like Indra and Kṛṣṇa fought, that Gaṇeśa's tooth was shattered by Paraśurāma who wanted to fight with Rāma and that sages cursed Viṣṇu, Indra and Dharma 623, state that even gods like Viṣṇu, sages like Vasiṣṭha and great kings attained their positions by pilgrimages 56