Kalpabheda

[Ashok Aklujkar]

Pl. look also under such terms as puraa-kalpa (standing for a period of
creation in some contexts and for a text or branch/complex of texts in
certain others). I would expect the concept to come from the
Dharma-suutra/;saastra tradition and the Miimaa.saa into the hermeneutics of
Puraa.nas. So, checking sources such as P.V. Kane's -History of
Dharma-;saastra_ under kalpa may also be rewarding.

ashok aklujkar


> From: Toke Lindegaard Knudsen <toke_knudsen at MAC.COM>
> Reply-To: Indology <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:22:33 -0800
> To: <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Subject: Kalpabheda
> 
> Dear Indologists,
> 
> Would any of you know if anyone has written on the idea of kalpabheda that is
> used in the tradition of puranic hermeneutics to explain contradictions in the
> puranas?  I have searched a bit, but have thus far only found the term
> mentioned in Jiva Gosvamin's Brhatvaisnavatosani commentary on Bhagavatapurana
> 10.33.26.  The idea must be much older than Jiva Gosvamin, though.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Toke Lindegaard Knudsen