History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.194

v7.c90.194

*Devīpurāṇa*—(U.) Vide H. in NIA vol. V. pp. 2-20 (assigning it to the latter half of the 7th century A. D.). Vide p 769 above for the reasons for which the Dānasāgara refused to utilize¹⁴¹⁵ it; it is quoted by Bhujabala-nibandha (about 1040–50 A. D.) on how Saṅkrānti when occurring at different parts of the day affects different people.¹⁴¹⁶ Kalpataru quotes Devīpurāṇa in several *kāṇḍas* viz. about 210 verses in Rājadharma (88 verses on fortified capital), 37 verses on worship of Devī on Āśvina śukla 9 with the *bali* of goats and buffaloes, 52 on raising a banner in honour of Devī, 10 verses on gavotsarga on Kārtika-amāvāsyā &c; in Vrata-kāṇḍa about 80 verses (on Durgāṣṭamī, 25 verses on Nandāvrata, 44 verses with a prose passage); 245 verses on *dāna* (such as 28 on Tiladhenu and Ghṛtadhenu pp 147–151, 56 verses on Vidyādāna pp. 201–207, 98 verses on the construction of *kūpa*, *vāpī*, *dīrghikā* &c. pp. 289–299, 27 verses on laying out a park and planting trees pp. 300–303, 10 verses on building a rest-house for ascetics &c. pp. 312–313); in Tīrthakāṇḍa 103 verses (20 verses on śrāddha at a tīrtha without examining character and learning of brāhmaṇas), Niyatakālakāṇḍa quotes 30 verses; Brahmacāri-kāṇḍa quotes only a few; Gṛhasthakāṇḍa quotes 6 verses; Śrāddhakāṇḍa p. 21 quotes only one verse on Maghāśrāddha. Aparārka quotes about 34 verses (3 of which on qualifications of a sthāpaka are interesting, p. 16), as they require that he should possess a knowledge of the Vāma and Dakṣiṇa paths, of the Mātṛ cult, of Pāñcarātra and Śaiva śāstras.