Studies in the Upapuranas v2.c22.16

v2.c22.16

¹¹ The contents of these four Saṃhitās, as given in Nāradīya-p. I. 106. 1-22, show that the Brāhmi Saṃhitā, as known to this Purāṇa, consisted of 6000 verses and was exactly the same as the extant Kūrma-p., that the Bhāgavatī Saṃhitā, which was termed 'Pañca-padī' for its five Pādas or parts, contained 4000 verses and dealt, separately in these five parts, with the means of livelihood of the Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, Śūdras, and the mixed castes, that the Saurī Saṃhitā had an extent of 2000 verses and consisted of six parts dealing with the 'six acts' (ṣaṭ-karma), viz., vaśīkaraṇa, māraṇa, uccāṭana, etc., and that the Vaiṣṇavī Saṃhitā consisted of 5000 verses and four Pādas dealing with mokṣa-dharma for the twice-born people.