History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.68

v7.c90.68

¹³⁶⁰ अन्यान्युपपुराणानि मुनिभिः कथितानि तु । अष्टादशपुराणानि श्रुत्वा संक्षेपतो द्विजाः ॥ कूर्म I. 1. 16. This verse and the following verses enumerating the 18 Upapurāṇas are quoted by हेमाद्रि on व्रत part I p 21 (seven), by रघुनन्दन in the मलमासतत्त्व (Jiv. pp. 792-793) and by मित्रमिश्र in the परिभाषाप्रकाश (part of वीरमित्रोदय) pp. 13-14 and other late medieval works of the centuries from the 15th onwards, except हेमाद्रि who belongs to the latter half of the 13th century A D. One cannot be sure that they are not interpolations in Hemādri. It should be noted that Raghunandana first expressly names only four Upapurāṇas, viz. Nārasiṁha, Nandi, Āditya and Kālikā and then quotes the names of the 18 Upapurāṇas from the Kūrma.