The Vishnu Purána Volume 4; a system of Hindu mythology and tradition

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...his son will be Vipra;6§ his son will be Suchi;7 his son will be Kshemya;8 II Niramitra is a variant in our Purana and others. Vide supra, p. 166, note «. t Sukshetra, in one MS. Sritanjaya: Bhdgavata-purdna. § Two copies give Ripunjaya. Kshema: Bhdgavata-purdna. Also see notes §§§ and below. If Colonel Wilford's MS. has 50. And so has the Brahmdnda-puraha. One copy has Mitra. tt A single MS. has Sumitra. The Brahmdnda-purdna gives Sukshattra 50 years. And so the Brahmdnda-purdna. §§ 100, in Colonel Wilford's manuscript extracts.; Manishin, and 50 years: Brahmdiida-purdiia. One of my MSS. of the Matsya-purdna gives 35 years. The Brahmdnda-purdna gives as many years to Satayajna. Corrected from "26"; for I find 35 in every one of my MSS. ttt In two of my MSS. the name is Prabhu; but the oldest of all has Viryavat. Vibhu, and 28 years: Brahmdnda-purdAa. Xtt I find 58 years; and so has the Brahmdnda-purdna. §§§ In this Purana I find Kshema. And so reads the Brahmdnda-purdna, with 28 years. llTwo copies have Kshema, 38 years; the other, Paksha, 28 years. his son will be Suvrata;1 his son will be Dharma;2 his son will be Susrama;3 his son will.be Dri&hasena;4 Susruta, in a single MS. Professor Wilson's unmeaning "Susuma", now displaced,--for which I find no authority but his Bengal translation,--evidently originated in a misreading of 344f: carelessly written. t In my MSS. of the Vdyu-purdna, 64 years. And therewith agrees the Brahmdnda-purdna. X Anuvrata(or Anuvratasuta??), in two copies; in one, "Kshema's son," unnamed. All three agree in assigning him 60 years. § This Purana has, in my MSS., Dharmanetra, who will accede to the throne at five, and will reign for 58 ye...