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97 She was called Tilottama, because she was made from small portion of every kind of gem. Mahideva developed four faces to look at her as she went round (203, 23-25). According to the Mateyapurana, however, Brahman created Satarüp out of his body; and to look at her, he developed four faces (in four directions) with a fifth on the head. This temptation ruined his austerities. ii) Haribhadra attributes Dropa's birth to Pasupati and Uma, but according to Mbh, it is attributed to Bharadvaja and Ghṛtäci, the circumstances being similar. iii) Though the names noted by Haribhadra are not given, the Padmapurana narrates a story quite similar to this in the context of the earlier births of Arjuna and Karna. Brahman produced a man from the perspiration of his forehead. According to the Padma., Visnu offered blood from his arm. iv) Karpa is considered to be the area of the Sun by whom he was generated from Kunt! (Mbh. Adi., 57. 82, 61. 89); and his birth is described at length in the Adi. 104. But I do not find any reference to his being born from the ear. The Mbh. mentions, however, that he was born with the Kavaca.
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I. 7. 85-88: HANUMAT CROSSES THE OCEAN (Ramāyaṇa). yans, Sundarakanda, Sarga 1, versos 27, 54, Sarga 2, verse 2, etc. The Ramayana gives a graphic description how Hanumat jumps (his long arms and the root tr being more than once mentioned) across the ocean. The Sanskrit quotation put in the mouth of Hanumat I have not been able to spot in the Nirnayasagara ed. in this context.
I. 8. 89-92: HARA RECEIVES GANGA ON HIS HEAD. Rāmāyaṇa, Balakanda, Sargas 42, 43 (verse 3f.); Mbh. Acanyaka., 108. 9 f.; see also the remarks on I. *4*. 52 above. Mbb, simply describes how Ganga was received by Hara; and there is no reference to her vanity us in the Ramayan II. 1. 27-30: PRIMORDIAL EGG (Visnupurana). Viṣṇupurāṇa, Wilson's Translation (London 1864), Book I, chap. II, pp. 39-40; Mbh. Adi. (critical ed.) 1. 27 f.; Matsyapurana, 2. 32 ff.; Brahmapurana (Anandasrama ed. 1895), 1. 40 f. This is described almost in every Purana.
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II.2. 31-39: THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IN A CHILD'S STOMACH (Aranyaparvan). Mbh., Aranyakaparvan, 186. The details closely agree with a few common words even. According to our text, it is the Sage that calls the Boy; but in the Mbh, the Boy calls the Sage asking him to take shelter in his stomach (verses 88-9). The Mbh. says that Märkandeya was in the stomach of that Boy only for varṣaṇām adhikaṁ satam (verse 110); but according to Haribhadra divvan vasa-sahassaṁ. The Boy is none other than Vispu-Krspa, as it is clear from the names like Srivatsadharin, Pitaväsä, Pundarikakça etc.
II. 3. 40-41: KAVA IN DETAKI'S WOME Bhagavata (Nirnayasagara ed.) 10. 7. 34-36; also the references on II. *2*. 31-39 above. When
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1 The Sanskrit Text (verse No. 102) mentions Bharata also along with Vispupurana. 2 The Sanskrit Text (verse 106) mentions Aranyapatha, a Sastra; but I feel no doubt that Haribhadra is referring to a Parvan of that name in the Mbh.
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