Arts in the Puranas (study)

by Meena Devadatta Jeste | 1973 | 74,370 words

This essay studies the Arts in the Puranas by reconstructing the theory of six major fine arts—Music, Dance, Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Literature—from the Major and Minor Puranas. This thesis shows how ancient sages studied these arts within the context of cultural traditions of ancient India....

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NOTES - 1 - 171 - • Kaut 11 iya Arthasastra', III. 8 . 2. "vastukam tatra grhavastukam " yaha ksetramarama natakamadharo va vastu || 2 Vayu Purana , 8. 96 - 99. purva nikamacaraste aniketacya mulam || yathayogyam yathapriti niste vasan punah | marudhanvasu nimnesu parvatesu nadisu ca || sambhayanti ca durgani dhanvanasavatodakam | yathayogam yathakamam samesu visamesu ca || barabdhaste nitan kartum sito'navaranam | tatah samsthapayamasa khethani ca purani ca || 3 Cited by T. Bhattacharya 'The Canons of Indian Art', p.4 4 5 (f.n.2). V.S.Agrawal, 'Indian Art', Vol. I, Ch. III, pp. 15 - 39. T. Bhattacharya, op. cit, pp. 1 - 86. K.C Pandey, 'Comparative AEsthetics', Vol. I, pp. 580-589. 6 Matsya Purana , 285; 2 - 4. Agni Purana , 39. 1 - 5. 7 P.K.Acharya, 'Manasara - Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad', Vol. VI, p. 245. 8 T. Bhattacharya, op. cit., pp. 87 - 102. 9 Agni Purana , 39. 16 - 18. 10 Ajay Mitra Sastri, 'India as seen in the Brhat-Samhita', Ch. VII, pp. 384 - 85. 11 M. P., 252. 16 - 17.

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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 172 - subhadah sarvavarnanam prasadesu su ca animatra pariksya latapurane || adhiniyamapnoti nyunhanam same samam | Bhavisya Purana , 130, 45 - 46. M. P., 253. 12 - 18. Stella Kramrisch, 'The Hindu Temple', Vol. I p. 73. M. P., 251. 5 - 15. Stella Kramrisch, Op. cit., Vol. I, p. 22. Ajay Mitra Sastri, Op. cit., Ch. VII, p. 387. M. P., 252 . 21 and 47. "catuhsasti pada vastu prasade brahmana smrtah "| "kasiti padam krtva vastuvissarvavastu " | 19 Bhavisya Purana , 130, 17. 20 Agni Purana , 93. 1. tatah pramadamanya vartayaida vastumandapam | kuyyat kasthacatuhsasti ksetra vedastake mame || 21 For the details see Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Vol. I, pp. 85-88. M. P., 252. 1-9 and 22. 22 23 VDP., Chs. 89, 90, 94 and 95. 24 25 26 27 Vayu Purana , 69. 281 - 82. M. P., 268 46. • "baithaka davicaiva saila va syuh satoranah || Agni Purana , 41. 17. avyade . casate purve munerangirasah mute | jistake tvam prayacchestam pratistham karayamyaham || VDP., III. 91. 3 - 11.

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- 173 - 28 VDP. III. 29.78 it. 29 30 31 32 For details see T. Bhattacharya, op. cit., pp. 249 258. V. R. R. Dikshitar, 'Matsya Purana - A study', Ch. IV, pp. 113 - 117. Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Vol. I, pp. 101 - 2 (n.3). Agni Purana , 41 3 - 4. kimthakaraca supakva syutthidaड़h gulasammitah || suvistaramana vaipulyena mamanvitah | karapramana srestha syacchilapyatha jilaye || T. Bhattacharya, op. cit., p. 256. 33 34 VDP. III. 91. 12 - 14. 35 Ajay Mitra Sastri, op. cit., Ch. VII, p. 391. 36 37 For the detailed description of the Vajralepa see Priyabala Shah, 'Visnudharmottara, III' Vol. II, p. 196. VDP. II III. 92. 11 -13. "kharo mayuto rajan vajralepastathaiva ca | tesamekaika samyuktah karyah saila nrpa | pakke ka caiva sthayino manujotama | vajralepayuta yete mavantyapi drdhastatha || tisthanti mumaharaja samvatsarasatanyapi | sahastrabhyapi dharma vayutanyarbudani ca || " 38 Agni Purana , 106.1 - 4. 39 Agni Purana , 106. 5. 40 Agni Purana , 106. 1 - 23. 41 D.R. Patil, 'Cultural History from the Vayu Purana', p.80. 42 Vayu Purana , 8. 116 - 122.

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174M. P., 269. 1 - 6. 43 44 45 46 Vayu Purana , 8. 108 - 10. M. P., 252. 11 - 16. Brahmanda Purana , I 7 108 - 116. Vayu Purana , 8. 103 - 7. 47 Brahmanda Purana , I. 7.95 - 101. 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Vol. I, Ch. VII, pp. 27 - 8. M. P., 269. 8 - 14. M. P., 269. 15 - 27 Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Vol. I, Ch. VII, p. 239. V. R. R. Dikshitar, 'Matsya Purana, A study', p. 112. M. P., 269. 18 - 19. catudhi sikharam manya ardhamagamasya tu | sukanasam prakurvita trtiye vedika mata || kanthamamala tu parikalpayet | kapolayostukaro dviyuno'tra vidhiyate || Agni Purana , 42. 1 - 9. . P., 42 . 15 - 17. A. silarartham hi sutrani catvari vinipatayet | sukanasah sutram titam nipatayet || sikharasyardhama gatimtra tu karayet | sukanasam sthirikrtyamadhyasandha nidhapayet || apare ca tatha parsve tadvat sutram nidhapayet | tadntu bhaved vedi santha manasaram || Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Vol. I, Ch. VI, p. 207. Agni Purana , 104 1 - 11. • Stella Aramrisch, op. cit., Ch. VII, p. 278.

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- 175 - 60 61 62 63 G. 2., 47.1 - 5. G. P., 47. 6 - 10. , P., 47. 11 - 13. G. P., 47. 17 - 18 13. 64 Bhavisya Purana , 130. 16 - 21. 65 catuhsatapadam kuryat devatayatanam sada etc. .... This accords fairly well with the Brhat-Sahhita LV yo vistaro bhaved yasya dvisuna tatsamunnatih | gucchrabad yastrtiyamsastena tukhya kathih smrta || Cited by Ajay Mitra Sastri Op. cit., p. 398. 66 M. P., 269. 23 II. Twenty temples, their names, vv. 23 - 30. Architectural details - vv. 31 - 46. Measures vv. 47 - 51. II. 67 Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., p. 271. 68 Ajay Mitra Sastri, op. cit., p. 404. 69 Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Ch. VII p. 272. 70 Bhavisya Purana , I. 130. Names of the twenty temples - vv. 23 - 26. Their architectural details and measures - vv. 27 - 35. 71 Agni Purana , 104. 11 11 - 21. 72 Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Ch. VII, p. 278. 73 G. P., 47. 21 - 32. 74 VDP. III. 86. 1 - 12. 75 For the detailed description of these hundred types of temple see Priyabala Shah, 'Visnudharmottara, III' Vol. II pp. 201 205. -

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- 176 - 76 VDP . III. 87. 1 - 16. 77 VDP. III. 87. 63 78 79 80 81 drsta hi papat salad manuyo vimucyate punyamavapnuyacca | va Stella Kramrisch, op. cit., Vol. II, pp. 411 421. T. Bhattacharya, 'The Canons of Indian Art', p. 469. Priyabala Shah, op. cit., p. 208. P. K. Acharya, 'Manasara', Vol. VII, p. 396. 82 M. P., 263 13 - 15. 83 84 85 86 87 prasadasya vapi purve va mandapo bhavet . caturbhitorayukto mandapah syatulah | M. P., 269 16 - 16. mandapa| kathitastubhyam yathavasyananvita | kri vrttamadantu katakonam dvirastakam | catuhkosantu kartavyam samsthana mandapasya tu | G. P., 47 35. mandapastasya kartavya mastribhiratah | kanakaramanani minnabhinna bhavanti te || G. P., 48 . 4. prasadasyapratah kuryamandapam dasahastakam | kuryad dvadasa va stambhaih sodasabhiryutam || vinatake bahusti madhye vedica karayet | Agni Purana , 105. 17 - 20. M. P., 255. 16 2 a. - krtva svamuvacchasadasaptapurna budhaih | asi prthutvam syadanavanaih saha | Ajay Mitra Sastri, op. cit., Ch. VII, p. 378.

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88 89 90 - 177 M. P., 253.1-5. Ajay Mitra Sastri, op. cit., pp. 382 - 384. Brhat-Sanita (LII. 31 - 40) mentions all these types of houses, But there Dhanyaka is styled as Hiranyagarbha, Visala as Culli and Dhana as Vata. In Brhat-Sadhita, Siddhartha is considered to be auspicious. M. P., 253. 14 - 36. M. P., 253 37 - 44. 91 92 93 M. P., 253. 41, 94 95 pakke thaka bhavedamitih sodasamsena vistarat | daravairapikasyasyattathanya || A, P., 105 24 - 27. 23. A P., 105. 23 samanyanya hum vaksye sarvesam sarvakamadam | kalam yatha kramat || ----- 8------

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