bhAgavatapurANa - translation question - what does zUla mean?

McComas Taylor mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU
Mon Jun 25 23:14:34 UTC 2007


Dear Friend

It is in the mahatmya of the BhP (BhP 0.1.36)

Yours

McComas
Horacio Francisco Arganis Juarez wrote:
> Dear Professor: 
> Can you said me from what book or canto is this quote?
> Thanks very much.
> Horacio Francisco Arganis-Juarez
> IBCH-IEFAC-U A de C.
>
>   
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>> Desde: McComas Taylor [mailto:mccomas.taylor at ANU.EDU.AU]
>> Enviado: Lunes 25 de Junio de 2007 02:49 AM
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>> Tema: bhAgavatapurANa - translation question - what does zUla mean?
>>
>> Dear colleagues 
>>
>> The description of the Kali yuga in BhP (0.1.36, paNDita-pustakAlaya 
>> ed.) states that: 
>>
>> aTTazUlA janapadAH zivazUlA dvijAtayaH . kAminyaH kezazUlinyaH 
>> sambhavanti kalAviha 
>>
>> Tagare's translation says 'In this Kali age, the country will be full of 
>> people who sell food, BrAhmaNas, selling the Vedas and women living by 
>> prostitution' (lxxv). 
>>
>> Can anyone help me get 'selling food' out of aTTazUla, 'selling Vedas' 
>> out of zivazUla and 'prostitution/selling hair' out of kezazUla? 
>>
>> thanks in advance 
>>
>> McComas 
>>
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