Kampilya Mahatmya

p. 19 1:23 meaning of the name /Kampila/

"she gives refuge to the sinner shivering (kamp) from fear"

p. 21 1:31 the 9 usara-s of Bharata-vars.a

1st

Ren.uka

2nd

Sukaras

3rd

Kas`i

4th

Kali

5th

Kalava-is`vara

6th

Vat.a-is`vara

7th

Kalan~jara

8th

Maha-kala

9th

Brahma-vartta

p. 147 24:26-33 the 5 Indra-s who were in the cave were cursed to become re-incarnated at the 5 Pan.d.ava-s {cf. the 5 kings who hid in fear in the cave at Maqqedah ‘herding-fold’ (YHS^W< 10:16)}; while Svarga-s`ri was re-incarnated to become their wife Drau-padi

p.

24:

event

145

:14-24

the 4 Indra-s within the cave were fearful, trembling [cf. /kamp/]

143

:7-11

the goddess Svarga-s`ri had come into the river "to take some water and she was standing in the middle of the river," weeping. "her tears were falling into the river, but ... they ... were becoming golden" waterlilies. {cf. goddess Isis weeping, her tears producing the flood of the Nile}

{In the Toldo^t Yes^uwa< there are likewise 5 disciples; the queen who inflicted the death-sentence there would be aequivalent to Svarga-s`ri ‘heavenly-revered’ (= Maryam, Queen of Heaven).}

pp. 222-223 41:6-20 pin.d.a-dana to the pitr.-s

p.

pin.d.a-dana

222

"the dark fortnight of the month of As`vin (kanagat) is dear to the pitr@."

 

"the pin.d.adana made on amavasya, new moon day,

(whilst the purn.ima day is for the gods); ...

ambrosia for the pitr@s who are in the svarga, and

os.adhi (wheat, barley, etc.) for the pitr@s who are on the earth".

223

"sesame is ... sacred and its lord is" Candra-mas;

"Monday is dear to the pitr@s"

 

"the seven sons of Vis`vamitra became ruddy geese"

pp. 236-237 44:1-6 pitr.-s a-murta (formless) or murti-man (with form)

 

a-murta

p.

name

their abode : __ loka (wor.)

their parents

their mind-born daughters

progeny of their mind-born daughter

236

Soma-sad

sanatana (sadhya)

Viraj

Mena (w. of Himalaya)

A-parn.a;

Eka-parn.a (w. of Asita-devala; m. of Sannati);

Eka-pat.ala (w. of Jaigi-savya);

Kraun~ca

 

Agnis.vatta

soma-padas (devata)

Marici

Acchoda (w. of Paras`u-rama); Satya-vati (w. of S`antanu)

S.’s :- Vyasa;

Vicitra-virya;

Citra-angada

236-7

Bahir-s.ad

vibhraj ("others")

Pulastya or Atri

Pivari (w. of S`ukra-acarya)

Krs.n.a;

Gaura;

Prabhu;

S`ambhu;

Kr.tvi (m. of Brahma-datta)

           
 

murti-man

p.

name

their abode : __ loka (wor.)

their parents

their mind-born daughters

progeny of their mind-born daughter

237

Su-kala / Su-kalina

bhasura (brahman.a)

Vasis.t.ha

Eka-s`r.nga Garu (w. of S`ukra-acarya [again!])

 
 

Havir-bhuja

marici-garbha (ks.atriya)

Angiras-as

Yas`as-da (w. of Vis`va-mahat the s. of Vr.ddha-s`arman)

Dilipa

 

Su-svadha / Ajyapa

kamaga (vais`ya)

Pula-ha or Pula-stya

Viraja (w. of nahus.a)

Yayati

 

Sona-pa / Soma-pa

manasa (s`udra)

Kavi

Narmada (w. of Puru-kr.tsa the s. of Mandhatr.)

Trasa-dasyu

pp. 265-282 the 6 metempsychoses of the 7 sons of Vis`va-mitra

p.

48:

in the country

as groups

individually

265

:1-10

 

4 who sought to slaughter

Vaga-dus.t.a ‘speaking harshly’;

Krodhana ‘wrathful’;

Hisra ‘cruel’;

Pis`una ‘backbiter’

2 who sought not to slaughter

Kavi;

Kha-sr.ma

1 who decided to immolate as s`raddha to the pitr.-s, the cow Kapila of their guru r.s.i Gargya

Pitr.-vartin

266

:14

Das`a-arn.a

as sons of a bhila (hunter with bow-and-arrows)

 

267

:19

Kalan~jara

as deer ["even today it is possible to see the footprints of these ascetic deer." (48:22)]

 
 

:23-4

Pan~cala, at the S`ar-dvipa tirtha

as cakra-vaka birds

 

268

:26

on the lake Cid.iyatala (west of Kampilya)

as hamsa birds [those birds in the Vandana forest having been observed by the king Vibhraja, that king, in order to remain beside the pond where "he became resplendent like the sun"{cf. Narkissos’s remaining beside a pond in order to admire his own reflection (GM 85.d) ; "he gave out as it were a radiance of lightning" (Kallistratos : Descriptions 5 -- N}, abdicated his kingship in favor of his son An.uha (50:1-9)]

 

274-5

50:12-19

   

7th as Sva-tantra son of An.uha;

5th as Pan~cala son of king’s counsellor Vabhravya;

6th as Su-netra Kan.d.arika son of king’s counsellor Vatsa

275

50:23

 

4 sons of a poor brahman.a of Kampilya

Dhr.ti-mant;

Su-manas;

Vid-vant;

Tattva-dars`in

events in reigns of descendants of An.uha

p.

 

event

comparative

274-275

50:20-22

yogin Vis`va-ksena was son of king Brahma-datta the son of king An.uha (who also abdicated in favor of his son Brahma-datta), and of Brahma-datta’s wife Sannati (avatara of the slaughtered cow Kapila) the daughter of r.s.i Asita Devala [who instructed the pitr.-s (Maha-bharata, adi parvan 108)]

just as the herbs wept on account of the avowed harmlessness of Asita Devala (Maha-bharata, karn.a parvan 50 -- MBh3), even did [in Norse myth] the herbs (except mistletoe) vow harmlessness and afterwards the deities (except Loki) weep for Baldr

279-280

51:13:22

Brahma-datta secretly understood the speech of emmets, and once upon hearing their speech "burst out laughing"; thereupon his wife Sannati threatened to commit suicide unless he explained the cause of his laughter, so that he was thereby compelled to disclose his secret understanding of the emmets’ speech

Was this knowledge of speech obtained from the dream-realm? Aiakos saw emmets in a dream (GM 66.e). Is queen Sannati aequivalent to the emmet-seduced Euru-medousa (of GM 66.g)? The father of Euru-medousa was (Clem.EG.2.34p) Kletor ‘inviter’ : cf. [S^into] Izana-gi ‘inviter-male’ whose spear’s drippings are reminiscent of the tear-drops for Asita Devala.

282

51:34-42

Brahma-datta also abdicated in favor of his son Vis`va-ksena – Brahma-datta obtained yoga-tantra from r.s.i Jaigi-s`avya [Vis`va-ksena’s mother was Saras-vati (BhP9 21:25)]

If SARAS-vati = HERSe, then the kerukeion (‘herald’s wand’ – CA) of her herald-son (GM 25.d) Keruks may be aequivalent to the orchestra-conductor’s baton (YPM) of Vis`va-ksena

GM = Robert Graves : The Greek Myths. 1955.

N = http://www.theoi.com/Heros/Narkissos.html

Mbh3 = http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/unknown/the-mahabharata-of-krishna-dwaipayana-vyasa-volume-3-674/page-26-the-mahabharata-of-krishna-dwaipayana-vyasa-volume-3-674.shtml

BhP9 = http://bhagavata.org/canto9/chapter21.html

CA = http://users.winshop.com.au/annew/CoronaAustralis.htm

YPM = http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/apr2002/0033.html

VENETIAN ACADEMY OF INDIAN STUDIES SERIES, No. 3 = Corrado Puchetti (translator) : Kampilyamahatmya of Durgadatta Sharma. Venice, 2003.