"vyasa smrti" verse?

[gruenendahl]

>   Dominik Wujastyk <ucgadkw at UCL.AC.UK> wrote:
> sa.mpraapte tu kalau kaale vindhyaadrer uttare sthitaa.h
> 
> braahma.naa yaj~narahitaa jyoti.h"saastraparaa"nmukhaa.h
> 
> vindhyasya dak.si.ne bhaage yatra godaavarii nadii
> 
> tatra vedaa"s ca yaj~na"s ca bhavi.syanti kalau yuge
> 
> This verse about the southern location of the best 
>traditions during the Kali yuga is cited by Altekar, 
>History of Benares from Pre-historic Times to the Present 
>Day, 1937, p.38, as being from "smritis like the Vyasa". 
> Does anyone have a more precise reference for this 
>verse, or anything close to it?

The next best thing I can offer is this: Hemadri's Caturvargacintamani frequently 
quotes "Vyasa" in Parisesakhanda, Kalanirnaya section(= part 3,3), which pertains 
to the above subject. The Bibliotheca Indica edition (also reprinted) has a table of 
authorities, so the quotes are easy to find. Other Dharmanibandhas with respective 
sections may be worth a try, too.
Should the quote be found there, the question remains what source Hemadri used. 
Little help is available there, as far as I know, apart from R.C. Hazra's list of Puranic 
sources.

Best regards
Reinhold Grünendahl



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