History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.806

v5.c75.806

Puruṣottama-tīrtha (Jagannātha Puri) 692-703, see 'Caitanya', army of attendants at temple of Jagannātha divided into 36 orders and 97 classes 699; Brahma and Nāradīya purāṇas deal exhaustively with P 693. Caitanya settled at Purī in 1515 and died there in 1533 A D , 702, conflict of views about the builder of the great temple at, 698, description of the car festival of Jagannātha which is the most important of the 24 high festivals at Purī 697-698, five important tīrthas at 699, Guṇḍicā-yātrā for seven days 700-701, indications showing that P was a place of Buddhist sanctuary 695-696, legend of Indradyumna who established wooden images of Kṛṣṇa, Balarāma and Subhadrā 694-695, Mitra surmises three periods in history of P viz. early Hindu period, Buddhist period and Vaisnava period 695, not described by Kalpataru on tīrthas 693, no truth in the stories about suicide by falling before the car of Jagannātha 698, one of the four most important tirthas in Orissa, the other three being Bhuvaneśvara, Koṇārka and Jājpur (Yayātipura) 693, peculiar features of P. are that no distinction of caste is observed, holy cooked rice, car festival 697, pool called after Indradyumna 694-695, 700, pool of Mārkaṇḍeya, story of 699, P was probably called Nīlācala in ancient times, Kṛṣṇa worship was introduced from northern India and three images of wood were established early 695, religious suicide at, recommended to *dvijas* by Brahmapurāṇa 608, regrettable feature of Jagannātha temple is the existence of obscene sculptures on the walls 702, Ṛgveda X 155 3 is supposed by Sāyaṇa to refer to P, 693, sacred enclosure of Jagannātha with 120 temples and the pagoda of Jagannātha in four chambers described 696-697, sacred *vaṭa* at P 699-700; story of Jagannātha in the Brahmapurāṇa 694-695, three images described by Hunter and Mitra which are supposed to correspond to Buddha, Dharma and Sangha 695n, 696, veśyās (dancing girls) at temple of, referred to in Brahmapurāṇa 702-703, works on 692-693