Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s11.4

c11.s11.4

He was not against idol worship till he faced the *paṇḍits* of Kāśī in a historical debate. In the same way he was also not through and through against the Purāṇas. At one stage, he refused to accept the authority of *Bhāgavata Purāṇa*, but held *Devībhāgavata Purāṇa* in high respect. He had written a text on refutation of *Bhāgavata*, entitled *Bhagavatakhaṇḍanaṃ*. Here he extoled *Devībhāgavata Purāṇa*. It was perhaps in reaction to the attacks from his rivals that subsequently in 1969 he declared that all Purāṇas are fraudulous.⁸²