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Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust [kasirajanyasasya karya-vivaranam] / 230-243

ACTIVITIES OF THE KASHIRAJ TRUST (June 1963 - Nov. 1963) During the period under review the following literary and cultural activities were carried out by the Kashiraj Trust. CRITICAL EDITIONS OF THE PURANAS Matsya-Purana : The following Matsya-Purana Work has been done at Madras :---- 1. 3. The text of the Svalpa Matsya-Purana is being collated with the main Matsya-Purana line by line. Four chapters of the Svalpa have been edited for publication in the 'Purana' bulletin. They are now being published in the present issue of the 'Purana'. Further portion is being examined and edited. Matsya quotations in Nibandhas, not found in main Matsya, are being traced in the Svalpa with a view to ascertain the antiquity and the authenticity of the main and the Svalpa Matsya texts. To help this work, a line index of the Svalpa Matsya is being prepared. 4. Svalpa Matsya lines, not found in mula Matsya are also being traced in other Puranas. In addition to the above Matsya-Purana work the following work has also been done at Madras:- 1. Vyasaprasasti : In pursuance of the resolution of the last Purana Committee meeting, a brochure was compiled, bringing together eulogies on Vyasa and the Mahabharata, Vedanta-Sutras and the Puranas-with all of which Vyasa is associated. These passages have been collected from the Mahabharata, Puranas, Kavyas, Natakas and Vedantic works. This brochure has been printed. kasirajanyasasya karyavivaranam ( juna 1963 - navambara 1963 ) asminnavadhau kasirajanyasasya nimnankitam sahityikam samskrtikam ca karyajatam sampannam - purananam pathasamiksatmakani samskaranani matsyapuranam- adhonirdistam matsyapuranakaryavivaranam madrasanagarat da . ve0 raghavana mahodayaih sampresitam- 1 . svalpamatsyapuranasya prakasanartham tasya mulamatsyapuranena sakam samvadam krtva sampadanakaryam pracaladasti | tatradhyaya catustayatmako bhagah pathabhedadi- evam pradarsanapurvakam sajjikrtah, 'purana ' patrikaya asminna prakasyate ca | uparitanabhagesvapi sodhanam pracaladasti | 2 . nibandhagranthesu matsyapuraniyatvena udahrtah slokah naitavata matsyapurane upalabdhah, asmin svalpamatsyapurane upalabhyante veti gavesanakaryam pracaladasti | 3 . etannirdharana saukaryartham svalpamatsyaslokanam arthanukramanikapi sajji- kriyamana varttate | 4 . svalpamatsyapurani yaslokanam mulamasye'nupalabhyamananam puranantaresu upalabdhirdrsyate tesam gavesanamapi pracaladasti | etadatiriktam nimnalikhitakaryavivaranamapi taih sampresitam----- 1 . vyasaprasastih-vyasam, mahabharata, puranancadhikrtya samskrtasahitye drsyamanan prasastislokan tattadakara nirdesapurvaka samkalayya mudranam krtam |

232 puranam- PURANA [Vol. VI., No. 1 2. Puranarthasarigraha: An article on the work Pura- narthasangraha was published in the Bulletin before the last. This Digest of the Puranas contains a collection of about 100 Puranic stories. These stories are being traced in different Puranas. 3. Bangalore Seminar on Manuscriptology and Textual Criticism : Dr. V. Raghavan and Sri S. Sambandhan attended the same on behalf of the Purana-Department. 4. Material is being collected on the 18 Vedavyasas of the different epochs, together with their followers and the pupils, as found in the different Puranas. Vanana-Purana : The following manuscripts of the Vamana-Purana were collated. 1. A Kashmiri Ms., from Sri Raghunath Sanskrit Library Jammu. 2. 3. A microfilm from the British Museum, London. The collation of the Sarada Ms. of the Vamana-Purana, procured from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, has also been completed. It is also being arranged to procure some more Mss, of the Vamana-Purana from the Palace Library, Tanjore, British Museum, London, and Bodlein Library, Oxford. We thank His Highness Maharaja Karan Singh for his kind help in our procuring the Kashmiri Manuscripts of the Vamana and the Matsya Puranas from Sri Raghunath Sanskrit Library, Jammu. The Sloka-index of the Vamana-Purana has already been prepared as mentioned in the previous report. The collection of the Vamana-Purana quotations from the Nibandhas is also being arranged. The Slokas and topics of the V na-Purana are also being traced in other Puranas for comparative study. Jan., 1964] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 233 2. puranarthasamgrahah asmin granthe pratipaditanam pauranika kathanam akara nirdesah kriyamano vidyate | 3 . bengaluranagare pracalitatalapatrasambandhyadhivesanasamaye tatra gatva mudranau- payikakaryajatam katham pracalaniyamiti vicarasamalocanamavahitam | 4 . vividhebhyah puranebhyah astavimsativyasanam tadanuyayinam ca vicarah kriyate | vamanapuranam asmin kale ramanagarastha - puranavibhage vamanapuranasya nimnankitah kosah samvaditah 1 . jammusthanasthat sriraghunathasamskrta pustakalayat praptah kasmiri- hastalekhah | 2 . landanasthabritisa samgrahalayata praptah maikrophilmatmakah nagarikosah | 3 . varanasisthat hinduvisvavidyalayat praptasya vamanapuraniyasarada- hastalekhasya samvado'pi purnatam nitah | vamanapuranasya kesancidanyesamapi hastalekhanam taorasthapailesa pustakalayatah, landanabritisa samgrahalayatah, aksa- phordasthavodalinapustakalayatasca praptyarthamapi prayatnah pracalati | jambu syat sriraghunathasamskrta pustakalayat camana-matsyayoh kasmorilipikosa- praptau sahayyapradanartham srimadbhayo maharajakarnasimhebhyo bahun dhanyavadan vitaramah | purvasmin vivarane nirdistameva yad vamanapuranasya slokasuci sarvatha purna jata | idanim nibandhebhyah vamanapuranasyoddharananam sanagrahanayapi yatnah kriyate | vamanapuranasya slokah visayasca tulanatmakadhyayanaya anyesu puranesu anvisyante | 30

234 Work on other Puranas: puranam -- PURANA [Vol. VI., No. 1 It has been arranged that the adhara patha of the various Puranas should be written for the purpose of the collation which will be done as and when manuscripts are available. The adhara patha of the Kurma-Purana, Visnu-Purana and MarkandeyaPurana has already been completed. Now the adhara-patha of the Garuda Purapa and the Agni-Purana is being written. The Sloka-indexes of these Puranas are also being prepared. Purana Concordance: The subject-index of the Kurma-Purana as well as of the Vamana-Purana has already been published in the 'Purana' bulletin, Vol. III. The subject-indexes of Visnu-Purana and Markandeya Purana are being prepared. The subject-indexes of the Linga and the Matsya Puranas are also shortly to be taken up. The subject-indexes of these six Puranas thus prepared are to be published in one Volume in the form of a Concordance. Purana Bulletin : The 'Purana' now enters its sixth year. The first five volumes consisted of 1,800 pages, and contained 134 articles, besides a number of stotras, suktis, notes, and comments etc. More than fifty scholars of Indology including the nine foreign scholars contributed these articles. In these articles almost all the eighteen Mahapuranas have been dealt with in some form or other, besides some of the Upa-puranas, such as the Devi-Purana, Visnu-Dharmottara-Puraya, the Harivansa-Purana, the Mudgala-Purana, and the Javanese Agastya Parvan. the A Supplement to the last issue (V. 2) was also published containing the detailed subject-wise and author-se indexes of all the issues of Vols. I to V. The Trust is thankful to the cobutors for their co-operation and hopes that this co-operation will be continued as well. future Jan., 1964] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 235 anyapurananam karyajatam vibhinnapurananam samvadanartham adharapathalekhanasya prabandhah samabhavat | yada tesam purananam hastalekhah prapsyante tada samvadana karyamapi bhavisyati | kurma- visnu-markandeya purananamadharapathah sarvatha sampannah | garudagnipuranayoradhara- patho'dhuna likhyate | etesam purananam slokasucyapi nirmiyate | puranavisayanukramani kurma-vamanapuranayovisayasuci 'purana ' patrikayastrtiye'nke prakasitaivasti | visnu-markandeyayorvisayasuci prastuta bhavati | lingamatsyayorvisayasucyapi prarabdha vartate | evam prastuta pannam purananam visayasuci sammilitarupena samvadita sati prakasita bhavisyati | puranapatrika 'purana ' patrika pasthe varse pravisati | asyah purvam panca bhagah astadasa- sataprsthatmakah stotra sukti-tipanyalocanadin vihaya 134 lekhan dharayanti | pancasato'pyadhikairbharatiyavidyavidbhirmanisibhih, navabhirvidesiyavidvadbhih sahitairlekha ime pradattah | lekhesvesu prayaso'stadasapuranani devipurana- visnudharmottara-harivamsa- mudgalaprabhrtyupapuranani ca paryalocitani | gatankena ( bhaga 5, anka 2 ) saha pancabhagasthanam sarvesam lekhanam visayan lekhakamscadharikrtya viracitam vistrta- sucidvayatmakam tasyaikam parisistamapi prakasitam | nyaso'yam lekhakanam sahayogaya tanprati krtajno vartate asaste ca etadrsah sahayogo bhavisye'pi avadhitah syaditi |

236 puranam PURANA [Vol. VI., No. 1 In exchange of our 'Purana' bulletin we receive 40 Indological Journals of India and also the following 8 Oriental Journals from the West :-- 1. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ; 2. Archiv Orientalni (Journal of the Oriental Institute, Prague) ; 3. WZKSO (Journal of the Oriental Institute, Vienna University) ; 4. Bulletin De L' Ecole Francaise, Paris ; 5. East and West (Rome, Italy) 6. NVMEN (International Review for the History of Religions, Leiden), 7. Visakha-Puja (published by the Buddhist Association of Thailand), 8. Scopus (Issued by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem). The 'Purana' is also subscribed by a number of Indian and foreign Universities, Research Institutes, Colleges and Libraries, and also by some individual scholars. Other Publications of the Kashiraj Trust: As already mentioned in the previous review the Trust has published a critical edition of the Rama-charita-Manasa, and a translated and annotated edition of the Devi-Mahatmya, the text of which is based on an old Nepali MA study on the Matsya Purana by Dr. V. S. Agrawala has also been recently published by the Trust. A Sanskrit book on the Puranas entitled 'Purana-Parijata' written by MM. F. Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi is also to be published by the Trust. Jan., 1964] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 237 'purana ' patrikayah vinimaye asmabhih bharatavarsat catvarimsat bharati- vidyasambandhinyah patrikah prapyante | pascatyadesebhyascapi adho nirdistah patrikah prapyante | yatha- 1 . bulaitina apha di skula apha oriyantala emda aphrikana stadija, yunivarsiti apha landana | 2 . arakiva oriyantalani (jarnala apha di oriyamtala imstityuta, prega ) | 3 . WZKSO ( jarnala apha di oriyamtala imstityuta, viyana yunivarsiti ) | 4 . bulaitina di ela ekole phramsesi, pairisa | 5 . ista emda vesta ( roma, itali ) | 6 . NVMEN ( imtaranesanala rivyu phara di histri apha rilijansa, lidana ) | 7 . visakhapuja ( syamadesiya bauddha samghena prakasita ) | 8 . skopasa ( jeruselamasthena hina-visvavidyalayena prakasita ) | puranapatrikeyam katipayaih bharatiyaih videsiyaisca visvavidyalayaih, sodha- samsthanaih mahavidyalayaih pustakalayaih svatantryena katipayairvidvadbhisca niyatam kriyate | kasirajanyasasya anyani prakasanani yatha purvasmin vivarane nirdistameva, nyasena ramacaritamanasasyalocanatmakam samskaranam, devimahatmyasya satikam anuditam samskarananca yasya mulapathah nepalihastalekhadharito barttate, prakasite | da0 vasudevasarana agravala mahodayakrtam "matsyapuranadhyayanam " adhunaiva nyasena prakasitam | nyasah puranopari ma0 ma0 giridharasarmacaturvedi- krtam puranaparijatanamakamekam samskrtagranthamapi prakasayitukamo varttate |

238 puranam - PURANA Cetelration of the Vyasa-Utsava : Vol. VI., No. 1 A Vyasa-Utsava was celebrated by the Kashiraj Trust in the Shivala Palace on the occasion of the last Vyasa-Purnima (July 6, 1963) in honour of Maharshi Vyasa. A number of local scholars and Pandits took part in the celebration. The plan of the future Purana work of the Trust was also discussed in the Sabha and some valuable suggestions from various scholars were received. Veda-Parayana. In the last Ashadha (July) month the Sama-Veda was recited by memory for a month from 8th June to 6th July, by Pt. Krishna Murti Srotriya, a scholar from the Deccan and at present residing at Varanasi. The learned reciter recited by memory the purvacika (samhita ) and uttaracika (samhita ) of the Sama Veda, together with its veyagana, sraranyagana, uhagana, rahasyagana, purvacika (pada, stoma ), und uttaracika (pada, stoma ). Besides, some portions of the Chhandogya-Upanishad was also recited. Maharaja Kashiraj Dharma-karya Nidhi (the Religious Trust of the Kashi Naresh) is now paying him Rs. 150/- per month as scholarship for committing the whole of the Chhandogya Upanishad to memory. This scholarship will be given for 20 months. Purana Patha and Pravachana: In the last Ashadha month the Mudgala-Purana was recited for 9 days, and the discourses on it were given by Pt. Thakur Prasad Sharma in the absence of MM. Pt. Giridhar Shaima Chaturvedi. In the Kartika month ( November) the NaradiyaPurana was recited and discourses on it were givea by Pt. Nilameghacharya, Assistant Professor of the Varanaseya Sanskrit University. Pravachana Kendra Activities : Sri Tripurari Chakravarty of Calcutta, wis a renowned scholar of Indology, delivered a series of three lectures (first in English and the other two in Bengali) on the political and religious aspects of the Mahabharata for three day from 3rd November to 5th November, 1963 in the Shivala Bhawan, Varanasi or the All-India Kashiraj Trust. Jan, 1964] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 239 vyasotsavasyanusthanam maharsivyasasyarcanayam vyasapurnimavasare kasirajanyasena sivalarana- bhavane vyasotsavo'nusthitah | utsave'smin ksetriya vidvamsah sammilita abhavan | nyasasya bhavisyatkalinah pauranikakaryakramo'pi asyam sabhayam sucitah tatsambandhe ca upasthitebhyo vidvadudbhyah paramopayoginyah sammatayo'pi praptah | vedaparayanam asadhamase varanasinivasina daksinatyena vidusa pandita krsnamurtti- srotriyena 8 junatah 6 julai paryantam masamekam smrtyadharena samavedasya parayanam krtam | vidusa vedaparayanakatra samavedasya purvacika, uttaracika, veyaganam, aranyaganam, uhaganam, rahasyaganam, purvarcika-pada-stoma, uttararcika- pada- stoma ca pathitam | maharaja- kasiraja-dharma-karya-nidhih (kasinaresasya dharmikanyasah ) purnam chandogyopanisadam smarane adhatum pancasadadhikasatarupyakamitam masiki vrtti tasmai idanim dadati | vrttiriyam vimsatimasan pradasyate | puranapathah pravacananca gata asadhe mase mudgalapuranasya navahnapathah samabhavat, ma . ma. pam . giridharasa rmanamanupasthitau panditathakuraprasadasarmana tadupari bhasanani ca krtani | karttike mase naradiyapuranah pathitah, tadupari varanaseya samskrta visvavidyalayasya sahayaka pradhyapakena panditanilameghacaryena vyakhyanani ca krtani | pravacana-kendra karyani prakhyato bharatiyavidyanisnatah kalakattasthaniyah sritripuraricakravarti akhilabharatiya- kasirajanyasasya varanasisthe sivalabhavane dinatrayam trtiya- novembaratah pancamanovembara 1963 paryantam mahabharatasya rajanitikarupasya dharmikarupasya ca visaye pravacanatrayam (prathamam amglabhasayam sesadvayam ca vanga- bhasayam ) akarot |

240 puranam- PURANA [Vol. VI., No. 1 Pandita Conference on the Adhika & Kshaya Months: In pursuance of the Resolution No. 4 passed by the Trustees of the All-India Kashiraj Trust in their meeting of 6th June, 1963, a Pandit Conference was held on the 13th and 14th July, 1963, to consider the problem of the Adhika-masa and the Kshaya-masa of this year. A number of astronomers both of the Ancient Siddhanta school and the modern school of astronomy were invited to this Conference. His Highness the Kashi Naresh, Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Singh presided. The Government of India was kind enough to depute Sri N. C. Lahiri of the India Meteorological Department, to the Pandit Conference as an observer. explained the Government's point of view on this matter. He After a heated discussion for two days the Conference decided that the observation and celebration of Navaratra, Vijaya Dasami and Dipavali festivals according to the traditinal Siddhanta school only is in conformity with the Dharmasastras. With regard to the last Kshaya (decayed) month which occurred in Samvat 1879 (A.D. 1822) the Pandita Sabha of the then Peshwa had also given the similar decision, as is clear from its document, a photo-copy of which was sent here on the occasion of present Pandit Conference by Pt. Bhatta Jatasankar Sastri, Director of the Suddhadvaita Puratattva Karyalaya, Rajkot (Saurashtra). It is a matter of satisfaction that the Govt. of India accepted the decision of this Pandit Conference and consequently announced October 27, 28 as Vijaya Dasmi holidays and November 15, as Dipavali holiday in supersession of its previous announcement of Vijaya Dasmi holiday in September and of Deepavali in October. The Trust is thankful to the Govt. for this decision. To study the matter more deeply the Kashiraj-Trust is arranging to supply to the Pandits of the Siddhanta school of Jyotisha and of the Dharmasastra the Report of the Calender Reform Committee of the Govt. of India. This will enable the Pandits to study the problem in details and give their views on how far the recommendations of the Report can be accepta the observance of the religious rites and festivals, for Jan., 1964] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST adhika ksayamasayorvisaye panditasabha 241 junamasasya pasthe divase akhilabharatiya kasiraja- nyaya - sadasyanam sammelane taih svikrtasya caturthasamkhyakanirnayanusaram etadvayadhika ksayamasaprasnam samadhatum eka pandita sabha julaimase trayodasatame divase caturdasatame ca samahuta | etadartham pracinasiddhantasampradayasya navinasampradayasya ca aneke jyotirvidah amantrita asan srimatam kasinaresamaharajavibhutinarayanasimhadevena sabhapatyamakari | bharatasarakarena svakiyasya rtuvijnanavibhagasya sri ena . si . lahiri mahodaya etatpanditasabhayah preksakatvena presito'tra | etatsambandhe sarakarasya drstikonasya vyakhyanam tena krtam | dinadvayasya gabhiravivadanantaram sabheyam nirnayamakarot yat navaratram, vijayadasami, dipavalityetesamutsavanamanusthanam paramparagata siddhantasampradayanusarenaiva karaniyam yatah siddhanta eva dharmasastrah sahanveti | vi0 sam0 1879 [ 1822 i0 ] varse samapatitasya gataksayamasasya sambandhe tatkalinapesavanam panditasabha'pi samanameva nirnayamakaroditi tadvivaranapatrat spastameva jnayate tasyaika bimba-pratilipih etatpanditasabhavasare saurastraranakotasthasuddhadvaitapuratattva karyalaya nidesaka mahodayena panditanatasankara- sastrina atra presita | santosaprado'yam visayah yat bharatasarakarena etatpanditasabhayah nirnayah svokrtah | phalatastena 'sitambaramase vijayadasamyavakasah, aktubaramase dipavalyava- kasah ' iti purvaghosanam parityajya aktubaramasasya saptavimsatitame astavimsatitame ca divase vijayadasamyah, evam navambaramasasya pancadasatame divase dipavalyah avakasa udghositah | nyasa etannirnayaya bharatasarakaram prati krtajnatam prakasayati | etadvisayasya visesadhyayanaya kasirajanyasah bharatasarakarasya pancanga- nirmanasamitikaryavivaranagrantham jyotisa siddhantasampradayasya dharmasastrananca panditan prati presayitum cestate yena ayam granthah asya prasnasya vistrtarupenadhyayanaya dharmikakaryanamutsavananca anusthanaya kiyatsahayyam dadati asmin vivaranagranthe ca prakatita ke vicarah svikartum sakyante iti ca panditairjnasyate | 31

242 puranam-- PURANA DISTINGUISHED VISITORS [Vol. VI., No. 1 The following distinguished persons visited Varanasi and were the guests of His Highness Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Singh: 1. Sri Viswanath Das, Governor of Uttar Pradesh. 2. Sri Chandrabhan Gupta, Chief Minister of U.P. 3. Srimati Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya, Chairman of the Board of Cottage Industries. 4. Mrs. Steil Bowles, wife of the American Ambassador in India. 5. Sri Raja Rao, the famous Journalist of India. 6. Sri D. V. Potdar, Vice Chancellor of the University of Poona, and Chairman of the Sanskrit Board, Govt. of India. 7. Sri C. D. Desmukh, Vice Chanceller of the Delhi University and former Chairman of the University Grants Commission. 8. Srimati Desmukh. The Purana bulletin and other publication of the Trust were presented to them. Sri D. V: Potdar, Sri C. D. Desmukh and Srimati Desmukh visited the Purana Department also, and were much satisfied to see the work on the Puranas which is being carried on here. They also visted the Sarasvati Bhandara Library of His Highness, and showed their great satisfaction over the rich collection of the books and the manuscripts deposited therein. We thank all these distinguished visitors for their interest in the activities of the All-Inia Kashiraj Trust. Jan., 1964] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 243 visista atithayah adhonirdista visistah purusa varanasimagatah, evam srimatam maharaja- vibhutinarayana simha devanamatithayah samabhavan | 1 . sri visvanathadasah, uttarapradesasya rajyapalah | 2 . sri candrabhanuguptah, uttarapradesasya mukhyamantri | 3 . srimati kamaladevi cattopadhyayamahodaya, grhodyogasamiteh adhyaksa | 4 . srimati stela bolsamahodaya, bharate amarikadesasya rajadutapatni | 5 . sri rajaravah, bharatiyah prasiddhah patrakarah | 6 . sri di . vi . poddara, punavisvavidyalayasyopakulapatih, kendriyasamskrta- bordadhyaksasca | 7 . sri si . di . desamukhamahodayah dillivisvavidyalayasyopakulapatih, visvavidyalaya sahayyasamiterbhutapurvo'dhyaksasca | 8 . srimati desamukhamahodaya | etebhyah " puranam " nyasasyanyani prakasanani ca samarpitani | sri di . vi . poddara, sri si . di . desamukhah, srimati desamukhamahodaya ca puranavibhagamapi niriksatavantah | atra sampadyamanani puranakaryani samavalokya ativa santustascabhavan | maharajakasinaresasya sarasvati bhandarapustakalayo'pi tairdrstah, tatra samgrhitanam hastalekhanam pustakanam pracuryam drstva ca mahan santosah pradarsitah | vayam etebhyah sarvebhyo visistebhyo'tithibhyah kasirajanyasasya karyajatam prati sauhardaya dhanyavadan paka nah |