Dear List,

Back after vacations and back to King Vena's story.

My search for a digitalized version of the Vishnudharmottara-purana was unsuccessful. Two websites offer the pdf, but not without a specific price: a bunch of files (seen as high-risk malware by my anti-virus program) to be downloaded before the main pdf's download.

Could someone, please - someone with ready access to the text - scan for me the pages (kanda I, 108-109) referring to King Anga, his son Vena and his grandson Prithu?

With eternal gratitude (in advance!)

Artur Karp

2014-03-20 6:27 GMT+01:00 Artur Karp <karp@uw.edu.pl>:

Dear List,

Bhagavata Purana has the brahmans churning at first the dead king Vena's thigh and then his arms - in order to create a new king.

BhP_04.14.043/1 viniścityaivam ṛṣayo vipannasya mahīpateḥ
BhP_04.14.043/2 mamanthur ūruṃ tarasā tatrāsīd bāhuko naraḥ

BhP_04.15.001/1 atha tasya punar viprair aputrasya mahīpateḥ
BhP_04.15.001/2 bāhubhyāṃ mathyamānābhyāṃ mithunaṃ samapadyata

Would someone comment on the procedure involved and the meaning of that - certainly - strange ritual?

Has someone worked on the king Vena's story? Any book? Paper?

Regards,

Artur Karp