History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.200

v7.c90.200

Narasimhapurāna (or Nrsimha). This U. has been dealt with above on pp. 878-882. Kalpataru on vrata quotes 29 verses from it (22 on Gaṇeśacaturthī pp. 84-87 almost all of which are found in the current work, chap. 26. 2-20); Kalpataru on Tīrtha quotes 66 verses from it, almost all of which are in chap. 65. 2-31, 66. 1-9, 20-45 of the current work; Kalpataru on Niyatakāla quotes 65 verses almost all of which are found in chap 58; Kalpataru on Moksa quotes 57 verses, which can be traced in chapters 17, 58, 59, 60, 61; the Dānakānda of Kalpataru quotes 13 verses (found in chap. 30 27 ff.), and Brahmacārikānda quotes four verses; Aparārka quotes about 40 verses from Nrsimha, of which 16 concern *yati* (pp. 951, 965 from chap. 60. 12 ff.), 17 verses deal (p. 140) with *arghya* to the Sun (from 58. 91-93) by the employment of the 16 verses of the Purusasūkta for nyāsa on the different parts of the body and also the sixteen (from chap. 62. 5-14) upacāras from āvāhana (invoking to come) to visarjana (bidding adieu) in worship, 5 verses on Narasimha-pūjā with the mantra 'Om namo Nārāyaṇāya' (63. 3 and 6). Out of 3½ verses on p. 125 dealing with evening sandhyā and homa attributed to this Purāna two are the same as Daksa-smrti (II. 28-29). Sm. C. quotes 27 verses on Āhnika from Narasimha. It appears that both Kalpataru and Aparārka had a much longer version before them than the present purāna. It may be noted that Ksemaka, who was the last king of the Aila-vamśa (acc. to Vāyu 99. 432 and others), is described in the Narasimha-purāna (chap. 23) as the son of Naravāhana and grand-son of the famous ancient couple Udayana and Vāsavadattā The extant purāṇa may be assigned to about 9th century A. D.