[Advaita-l] Fwd: {भारतीयविद्वत्परिषत्} A 'quiz' on Diwali

[Venkateswaran N E]

There are two pramaNAs for fireworks during Diwali, not vedic, but in
smritis.

1. In Smriti Kaustubha of A anta Deva.  Check this Twitter handle for the
reference.

https://mobile.twitter.com/vvaayu/status/1059693379393589248?s=08

2. In the Kartika Mahatmya of Hari Bhakti Vilasa. I don't have the exact
reference.

Both the above works are available in archive.org.

Regards
Venkateswaran

On Fri 9 Nov, 2018, 8:57 PM Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org wrote:

> Namaste ji
> That was an interesting quiz. One clarification - there is this notion that
> bursting of crackers during Deepavali was not there during ancient times .
> The Chinese invented fireworks anyway etc etc. There are some references in
> 'Sukra-niti' about fireworks, but it's a text whose dating is in dispute .
>
> Is there really a Vedic reference to bursting of crackers called Ulka-danam
> as mentioned in your post? That would settle the issue.
>
> I particularly liked the charming idea of *'compulsory'* bursting of
> crackers apparently mentioned in the Veda. :)
>
> Thank you
> Raghav
>
>  Question was based on -
> 2.Bursting of crackers has been popular in India since Vedic times. The Rig
> veda calls it Agni upasana. The Sanskrit sloka Ulka danam refers to the
> *compulsory bursting* of crackers during Diwali. Who was the composer of
> this
> sloka?
>
> Ans: Ved Vyas.
>
>
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> >
> >
> >
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