help with siva purana?
g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no
g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no
Mon Jun 17 15:02:29 UTC 1996
Jonathan Silk asks:
>I have recently found an article in which R S Bhattacharya claims that in
>Siva Purana II.5.16.11 the Buddha is referred to as yogaacaarya. (The
>article is in Purana 24 / 2 (1982): 388). I have access only to an English
>translation of the text, which suggests that, in this listing of avatara of
>Vishnu, it might be Vishnu who is yogaacaarya, rather than the Buddha. But I
>am not sure. Interlibrary Loan for some reason seems unable to find me a
>copy of the Skt text. Does someone have it at hand, and can quote me the
>verse? I would appreciate and acknowledge the help!
>
In the edition I have at hand (Shri Venkateshvara Press, Bombay, 1965) the
vers reads:
namas te gUDhadehAya vedaniMdAkarAya ca
yogAcAryAya jainAya bauddharUpAya mApate.
Georg Simson
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