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PAURIKA 587 PAYYANNUR PATTU PAURIKA. A king of the ancient country Purikanagari. will get the benefit of worshipping Visnu for a year. is to be in the He was such a sinner that he was reborn as a jackal This worship conducted months of in his next birth. Asadha Sravana (Chapter 111, Sand Parva) . (July), (August) Prausthapada PAUR^AMASA. SonofMarlci. His mother was called (September), As vina (October) and Karttika (Novem- Sambhuti. Paurnamasa had two sons named Virajas ber) A sacred Pavitra (sacred thread or ring of Kusa is either in and Parvata. (Chapter 10, Ariisa 1, Visnu Purana). grass) to be prepared gold, silver, copper, PAUSAJ1T. One of the sages belonging to the tradition cotton or silk. A specially purified cotton thread is of the of under also The Pavitra is to be made of three threads disciples Vyasa. (See Guruparampara) . enough woven The Pavitra is to be made PAUSAMASA. The month of Pausa (January) . During together. holy by 108 times the mantra or even half this month, on the full moon day the constellation reciting Gayatri of that number is 108 times or more Pusya and the moon join in a zodiac. He who takes enough. Reciting is considered tobeUttama half of it is considered food only once a day during this month will get beauty, (best) ; and less than it is considered fame and prosperity. (Chapter 106, Anusasana Parva). Madhyama (tolerable) adhama The Pavitra should then be tied PAUSPINJI. A sage belonging to the tradition of (worst). to mandalas and the mantra to be recited at the time disciples of Vyasa. (See under Guruparampara) of tying it, is this : PAUSTI. Wife of king Puru. Puru begot of Pausti three Orh vidmahe Dhimahi sons named Pravira, Isvara, and Raudrasva. Pausti is Narayanaya Vasudevaya tanno Visnuh called Kausalya also. (Sloka 11, Chapter 9, Adi pracodayat. Parva ) . (Chapter 34, Agni Purana). PAUSYA I. A Ksatriya king. The queen of this king PAVITRAVANI. A sage who shone in the courts of gave her earrings as a gift to a sage called Uttanka. both Indra and Yudhisthira. (Sloka 15, Chapter 4, (See under Uttanka) . Sabha Parva) . PAUSYA II. Son of Pusa, king of Karavira. Pausya had PAYASYA. Son of the sage Angiras. He had eight sons three wives and yet was not fortunate enough to get a named Varunas. They were : Brhaspati, Utathya. son. At last by the grace of Siva, he got a son named Payasya, Santi, Ghora, Virupa, Sarhvartta and Candrasekhara. The palace of Candrasekhara was in Sudhanva. (Sloka 130, Chapter 85, Anusasana Parva). Karaviranagarl situated near Brahma varta on the PAYODA. A female attendant of Subrahmanya. (Sloka banks of the river Kalika . Drsadvatl. ( Purana, Chapter 28, Chapter 46, Salya Parva) 49). PAYOSNl. A holy river. This river starts from the PAUSYAPARVA. A subsidiary Parva of Adi Parva. Vindhya mountains and flows to the west. Nala and Chapter three is included in this. DamayantI walked through the banks of this river. PAUSYANJI. A preceptor of the tradition of disciples of (Chapter 61, Vana Parva). Those who bathe in this See under . river will the benefit of a Vyasa. ( Vyasa) get doing thousand godanas PAVAKA. A son of Agni. Agni got of his wife Svaha (gifts of cows). There is a sacred place on the shores of three sons, Pavaka, Pavamana and Suci. These three this river called Varahatirtha. King Nrga performed a brilliant sons got together 45 sons and they were also Yaga at this place at which Indra came and had called Agnis. Thus there were 49 Agnis made up of the Somapana and the brahmins received daksina (fees) father, his three sons and their 45 sons. Pavaka had and got drunk. (Chapters 88 and 121, Vana Parva). another name also Even the contact of Mahan (Chapter 219, Vana Parva) . mere water-drops of Payosnl river would absolve one of all sins. The musical instrument PAVAMANA I. An Agni (fire). The eldest son of of Siva is in this river. once came Brahma, Agni, got of his wife Svaha three sons, Pavaka, Srnga Dharmaputra to this river and there for some time Pavamana and Suci. These three got fortyfive children stayed drinking its water. 120, Vana On another and they are called Agnis. Thus, father, three sons and (Chapter Parva). their sons constitute occasion son of conducted fortyfive the 49 Agnis. (Chapter 10, Gaya King Amurtarayas a 1 Visnu seven asvamedhas at this and Indra. Am? , Purana). placo pleased Anusasana . PAVAMANA II. A mountain. This mountain is (Chapter 21, Parva) situated near Meru. (8th Skandha, Devi Bhagavata). PAYYANNUR PATTU. This is a work in Malayalam PAVAMANA III. One of the three sons of Vijitasva. written during a very ancient period of Malayalam He was in his previous birth an Agni but was cursed literature. A complete edition of the same has not by Vasistha to be born on earth as a man. (4th yet been received. The plot as could be gathered Skandha, Bhagavata). from records available is the following : I. PAVANA A Visvadeva (one of the ten sons of Nilake' I, a woman born in a very noble family in Sloka Vtfva).( 30, Chapter 91, Anus asana Parva) . TriSsivaperur did not have any sons though she accept- PAVANA II. A son born to Krsna of Mitravinda. ed many husbands for the sake of progeny. At last (10th Skandha, Bhagavata). she decided to perform penance. She left her place PAVANA III. A sacred place situated on the border of alone on a pilgrimage and reached Kaccil, a famous Kuruksetra. If one worships the Devas and Manes at trading centre near Ezhimala. There lived a merchant this place one would get the benefit of conducting an named Nambucetty alias Combucetty who was the Asvamedha. (Chapter 83, Vana Parva). chief man of the place. He talked with NilakesI and PAVANAHRADA. A marudgana tirtha (a sacred pond) accepted her as his wife. She got a son of him named situated on the border of Kuruksetra. If one bathes Nambu'ari Aran. Pleased at the birth of a son the in this one would attain Visnuloka. parents gave a grand feast at the big Payyannur plains. PAVITRAROPAVA. A PQjavidhi (a mode of At that time the brothers of Nllakesi reached the place If worship). you perform a Pavitraropana worship you in a ship. They climbed the fort-walls and tried to.