Eulogy of Visnu by Kasyapa

Eulogy of Visnu by Kasyapa [kasyapakrta visnustutih] / With notes in continuation of the above notes, by A.S. Gupta / 7-11

kasyapakrta visnustutih ( gadye ) ( va0 pu0 Cr. Ed., sa0 ma0 5 ) kasyapa uvaca | 2 namo'stu te devadeva ' ekasrnga vrsa sindhuvrrsa vrsakape suravrsa ' anadi sambhava sdra kapila visvaksena " sarvabhutapate " dhruva 14 43 12 dharmadharma " vaikuntha vrsavartta " anadimadhyanidhana 17 18 mada dhanamjaya sucisravah prsnitejah nijanaya 21 22 23 .24 20 te amrtesaya sanatana tridhama tusita mahatattva lokanatha padmanabhe virinca " bahurupa aksaya 32 34 aksara " havyabhuna khandaparaso sakra munjakesa 37 26 25 30 35 40 hamsa mahadaksina hrsikesa suksma mahaniyamadhara 41 42 43 44 virana lokapratistha arupa agra dharmana dharmanabha 48 agrana " 46 gabhastinabha satakratunabha candraratha suryatejah 51 52 53 samudravasah anah sahasrasirah sahasrapada 55 53 57 54 adhomukha mahapurusa purusottama sahasrabahom 5 61 58 50 062 sahasramurte sahasrasya sahasrasambhava sahasrasattvam 63 64 65 tvamahuh | puspahasah carama tvameva vausat * 66 .67 ,68 vasatkaram tvamahuragryam makhesu prasita sahasradhara 66 74 ca | bhusca bhuvasca svasca 72 | tvameva vedavedya 71 brahmasaya 75 brahmanapriya | tvameva dyaurasi6 matarisva'si 77 [5] 46 [10] [15]

8 76 puranam - PURANA 80 82 8 3 [Vol. XII, No. 1 dharmo'si hota pota manta " neta homahetuh tvameva agrya visvadhanna * | tvameva digbhih subhanda " | 86 ijyo 'si " sumedho 'si samidhastvameva | matir gatir " 92 63 64 data tvamasi mokso'si yogo'si | srjasi 4 | 65 66 dhata paramayajno'si somo 'si diksito'si daksina'si 100 visvamasi sthavira " hiranyanabha 02 3202 Se [20] 103 narayana 106 107 [25] trinayana4 adityavarna adityatena mahapurusa 108 106 110 purusottama adideva suvikrama prabhakara 112 113 111 115 sambho svayambho bhutadih mahabhuto'si visvabhuta 2117 visva "" tvameva | visvagopta'si 116 114 18 196 pavitramasi visvabhava 520 urdhvakarma amrta 121 122 divaspate 123 vacaspate vrtaca 4625 1 [30] anantakarma 26 vamsa 07 pragvamsa ' visvasastvameva 12 .120 vararthinam varado'si tvam caturbhisca caturbhisca dvabhyam pancabhireva ca | 131 huyate ca punardvabhyam tubhyam hotratmane namah || 1||

pathantarani (v. 1.) -3 vrsarcca, vrsancam . -4 vrsasindho . -13, dharma, dharmadharma, dharmadhara . - 16 vrsnitejah, -23 nrdhama - 25 mahavartta . -28 virasva, virace - 26 virupaksa - 31 dasaksara . -34 cakra . -35 kusakesa . -41 lokapratistha . -42 tapah, tapa . - 43 aprabha, agraha, sipivista . -44 dharmanatha . - 46 kavyabhuja, gabhastinatha - 48 candrapa (pu ) ra. - 51 ajara - 54 prayomukha . - 61 visva . -68 satadhara . -68-79 sahasradharam babhuva bhuvanya bhunathameva bhrguputra . 79 pata . -101 hiranyagarbha . -103 nuna ( na )yakam . -104 pradivarna . - 106 mahadeva . -109 bhumikrama . -110 trivikrama . -111 sarga, svarga, - 118 sucisrava - 127 pragvamsadhi (dha also). - 128 tvamasvamedhah - 130 ksetratmate, tredhatmane . . The common and the similar epithets contained in the abovementioned four prose nama-stutis of Visnu are noted below. They are here arranged alphabetically and the partially similar epithets are marked with a note of interrogation. The comon epithets (same or almost similar) found among the variants of the readings of the two prose nama-stutis of the Vam. - P. (Critical Edn.) have also been included here in the following list of the common and similar epithets. The numbers of the epithets noted here are the same as given in the four stutis. V YOUR - agni V (v. 1.) 159, badava'mukho'gnih M 92. - pragraya V 159, S 66. -pradhomukha V (v. 1.) 101, S 55. - ananta V 32, M 7, 132, VS 82. - pranadyantamadhyanidhana V (v.1.) 33, anadimadhyanidhana S 16. VS 13. - aparajita V, 25, M 69. sramitanirmita V 12, aparinirmita (?) VS 51. -adityaprabha V (v. 1.) 190, sradityatejah (?) S 109. - ijya V (v. 1.) 172, S 85. -urjas V 197, urjaspate (?) M 26 VS 17. -urdhvakarma V 219, S 121. - ekasrnga V 3, S 2, VS 78. - prakara V 116, M 95. - kapila V 13, S 9, VS 85. -kusesaya V 92, M 83. -gatimatam gatih V 175, gatih S 90. -guhya V (v. 1.) 180, M 36. - jneya V 166, jnanagamya VS 33. - tapasvina tapah V (v. 1.) 197, tapas S (v. 1.) 42, M 96. - trinayana V 188, S 104, trivikrama V 122, S (v. 1.) 110. - daksina V 186, S 99. - data (tr ) V 153, -S 91. - devadeva V (v. 1.) 1, S 1, VS 7, devadevesa (?) M 1. - dhanamjaya V 35, S 17. -dharma V (v. 1.) 172, S 78, VS 88. -dhruva V 162, S 12. - narayana V 16, S 103, 2

10 puranam - PURANA [Vol. XII, No. 1 VS 98 -ar() V 158, S 82. - V 53, S 27, VS 74. -para V 182, VS 61. - pata (tr ) V 181, S (v. 1.) 79. -pavayita (tr ) V 150, pavitra (?) M 175. - purusottama V 22, S 27, M 6, purusa (?) VS 83. - V 58, M 126, VS 35. - V 113, S 63. -pujya V 152, S 86. - prsnigarbha V 37, S 19, prsnigarbhapravrtta (?) M 166. -ar() V 149, S 80.-V 69, af M 22, VS 14. - pragvamsakaya V 216, pragvamsa (?) S 128, pragvamsadha S (v. 1.) 127. - bahurupa V 4, S 29. - brahmana V (v. 1.) 213, brahmagapriya ( ? ) M 194, VS 30, - matimatam matih V (v. 1,) M 9, VS 84. S 75, (?) VS 37,-arf V 217, S 114. 175, matih S 89. - mahapurusa V 102, S 56, V 218, S 115.-rafar V (v. 1.) 140, matarisva S 77. - munjakesa V 74, S 35. -moksakaminam moksah V (v. 1.) 178, moksa S 92. -yajna V 136, M 57, VS 53. - yajnabhokta (ktr ) V 126, yajnabhaga- hara (?) M 64, VS 66. -yajnamaya V 124, yajnagarbha (?) M 61, yajnayoga (?) VS 55. -yoginam yogah V 177, yogah (?) S 93. -laksmidhara V 51, laksmipati (?) VS 28. - vasatkara V 117, S 66, M 94. - vasudeva V 2, VS 8. - viravi V 54, S 28, viraca S (v. 1 ) 28. - visvadhama ( - man ) V 160, (?) 84. V (v. 1.) 107, S 116. - visvarupa V 109, M 129, visvamutti M 195. -visvatmaka V 108, visva S 100. -fas V 24, VS 93. -fV 15, S 10, M 87, VS 87. -vrsakapi V 5, S 5. -vedya V 138, vedavedya S 73. vaikuntha V 21, S 14, M 68, VS 59. - V 119, a S 65.V 69, M 16. - V 212, S 112. - ( v. 1 . ) 61. - sucisrava V 36, S 18, VS 70. M 145.-V 73, S 22, M 17. - V 63, VS 31, fa M 69. - sarvalokadhivasa V 91, sarvavasa (?) M 146. - sahasrapada V 100, S 54. - sahasrabahu V 103, S 58. -sahasramurti V 104, S 59 -sahasravadana V 105, sahasrasya S 60. - sahasrasirsa V 98, sahasrasiras S 53. -suksma V 79, S 39. -surya V 184, 214, M 100, suryatmaka V 66, suryatejas (?) S 50. -soma V 183, S 97. -svayambhu V 121, S 113. -srugbhanda V 161, subhanda ( ? ) S 85. V (v. 1.) 214, S 77. - V 88, S 36, M 74. -hayasirsa V (v. 1.) 98, hayasiras M 104. - hiranyagarbha V (v. 1.) 38, S (v. 1.) 101, (?) 177. V (v. 1.) 76, S 38, VS 77. -ar() V 144, 163, S 79. V (v. 1.) 127, S -srinivasa V 10, srivasa

Jan., 1970] kasyapakrta visnustutih 11 The epithets of Vamana or Visnu as given in this Vamanastuti of the Vamana-Purana (Adh. 66) also include the epithets which are generally used for Brahma (such as prajadhyaksa 46, virinci 54, hiranyagarbha (v. 1.) 38) and for Siva or Rudra (such as trinayana 188, mahadeva 30, vrsadhvaja (v. 1.) 18, samkara 210, sambhu 212). In this connection the on the following remarks of Nilakantha in his commentary Tandi's Siva-sahasranama-stotra should be kept in mind:- "sarvasmin purane sivaparyayai visnuparyayairva eka eva isvaro'bhiviyate ... prataeva 'mata dhata pitamaha rudro bahrsira babhruriti visnunamasu brahmarudranamani pathyante, tatha 'mahadevo'vyayo harigananathah prajapatiriti sivanamasu visnuprajapatinamani, itaresamitaratra | " (Comm. on Mbh. XIII. 17. 54). [In all the Puranas by the epithets of Siva or Visnu the one and the same God is praised... Hence in the epithets of Visnu the epithets of Brahma and Rudra are given; Similarly, in the epithets of Siva the epithets of Visnu and Prajapati (Brahma) are given, and in the epithets of the other gods the epithets of some other gods are included]. This prose nama-stuti of Vamana (Visnu) contains also the names of several primeval avataras or incarnations of Visnu, such as mahamina 140, asvagriva 208 (also hayasirsa v. 1. 98), nrkesari 142, vamana 97 and trivikrama 222; but there is no mention of the later avataras here. This fact may give us some indication as to the time of the composition of this stuti. It is the only stuti out of the four prose nama-stutis of Visnu, mentioned above, which imitates the Rgvedic Purusa-sukta in L. 34-40, and mentions the Vedic names of the twelve months of the year among the names of Vamana - Visnu ( epithets 192-203). Its importance also lies in the fact that it contains a larger number of sacrificial terms, such as vasatkara 117, svahakara 118, vausatkara 119, yajamanamaya 123, yajnamaya 124, yajnabhokta 126, yajna 136, hota 144, homya 145, havya 146, huyamana 147, hayamedha 148, srugbhanda 161, yasta 168, brahma 172, hota 173, udgata 174, diksa 185, daksina 186, pragvamsakaya 216. This rajna terminology is quite befitting in the stuti of Vamana, for the yajna of the Demonking Bali formed the centre of Vamana's exploits. And 'Vamana' as the epithet of Visnu has been mentioned in this stuti only, and not in the other three prose nama-stutis. - ANAND SWARUP GUPTA