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Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust [kasirajanyasasya karyavivaranam] / 96-107

Critical Edition of the Vamana-Purana The detailed account of the work done in connection with the preparing of the Critical Edition of the Vamana Purana has been given in the previous reviews in this Bulletin. The text has been constituted mainly on the basis of the collation of 21 MSS.- 4 Kashmirian, 3 Bengali, 11 Devanagari, 1 Nandi-Nagari and 2 Telugu MSS. Besides these, 13 MSS. were also consulted for ascertaining various readings, extent of the text and order of the Adhyayas, etc. Help was also taken from the quotations of the Vamana Purana slokas found in large number in the Dharma- sastra Nibandhas and some of the Smrti-tikas. Parallel topics and slokas of the Vamana Purana were also searched in the other Puranas and the Mahabharata, which also helped in settling the text. The constituted text with the Critical Apparatus and with an Introduction was published in July last in one Volume consisting of more than 800 pages, as the I Part of the Critical Edition. The XXVII Session of the International Congress of Orientalists was to be held at Ann Arbor, Michigan (U. S. A.) from August 13 to 19. So in the first week of August this Volume of the Critical Edition of the Vamana Purana was sent there through Dr. Rai Govind Chandra who went there as a delegate from Varanasi. The Volume was presented at the Session of the Congress by our Trustee, Dr. S. K. Chatterji, the National Professor of India, and was appreciated by the Congress which passed the following resolution on it :- "This Congress commends to the Government of India at the Centre and in the States as well as to all the scholars interested in Indian studies the very useful work being done by the Kashiraj Trust under the able guidance of His Highness the Maharaja of Banaras in bringing out critical edition of the Puranas. Of this Series the Vamana Purana ably edited by Sri

kasirajanyasasya karyavivaranam (julai-disambara 1667 ) vamanapuranasya pathasamiksatmakam samskaranam vamanapuranasya samiksitasamskaranasambandhi vivaranam vistarenasyah patrikayah purvesu karyavivaranesu pradattamasit | pathasamiksa pramukhyena ekavimsatihastalekhanam pathasamvadamadhrtya krta'sti - tatra 4 kasmiriyah, 3 vamgiyah, 11 devanagariyah, 1 nandinagariyah, 2 telagu hastalekhau | etadatiricyapi 13 hastalekhah patha- bhedanirdharanaprasange ilokasamkhya- adhyayakramadinirnayaya pariksita asan | tatha ca dharmasastranibandha-smrtitika supalabhyamananam bahunam vamanapuranaslokoddharana- namapi yathavadupayogah krta asit | puranantaresu mahabharate'pi vamanapurana- slokanam visayanam ca samyamanvesitam, yena pathanirdharane sauvidhyamadhigatam | vamanapuranasyastasataprsthanam grhitasamiksitapathatmakah prathamo bhagah pathasamiksa vivaranasahitah bhumikasahitasca vigatajulaimase prakasita asit | amerikayam micigana, an arvaranamake pradese antarastriye pracyavidusam saduvimsatitame'dhivesane jayamane sati agastamasasya prathame saptahe da0 raya- govindacandradvara (yah varanasitah pratinidhitvena tatra gata asit ) vamanapuranasya samiksita samskaranasyaisa bhagastatra presita asit, pustakamidamadhivesane nyasa- mandalasya sadasyena rastriyadhyapakena sri esa0 ke0 catarjimahabhagenopasthapita- masit | sabhaya ca tatsambandhe prasamsatmako'gholikhitah prastava paritah 'parisadiyam bharatiya kendrasasanam, rajyasasanani, tatha ca bharatiyavidyasu abhinivistan vidusah prati prasamsam khyapayati yat kasinaresamaharajadhirajasya suyogyanirdesane purananam samiksita samskarananam prakasanam kasirajanyasasyatimatramusayogikaryam vartate | tatra krame srianandasvarupaguptamahasayena yogyataya sampaditam vamanapuranamadya da0 suniti kumara catarnimahodayena nyasasadasyenatra upasthapyate, yacca da0 rayagovinda candramahabhagena nyasasadasyena varanasito visesata anitam | ' 13

98 puranam - PURANA [Vol. X., No. 1 Anand Swarup Gupta is being presented today by the Trustee, Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, which has been specially brought by Dr. Rai Govind Chandra, a member of the Trust, from Varanasi". For this appreciation the Trust expresses its sincere thanks to the International Congress of Orientalists and will try to live up to the expectations of the Congress. It is also grateful to Dr. Rai Govind Chandra and Dr. Chatterji for their help and co-operation. English and Hindi Translation of the Vamana Purana The English and Hindi translations of the Critical Text of the Vamana Purana are being printed in separate Volumes with the Critical Text. These translations will also contain a special study on the Vamana Purana, and also Appendices containing proper names of mountains, rivers, oceans, countries, tirthas, persons etc; while the Critical Edition will contain Appendices on the necessary textual material and sloka-Index. Work on the other Puranas At present all our staff of the Purana Deptt. is engaged in the work of completing and publishing the II Part of the Critical Edition of the Vamana Purana consisting of several Appendices and the Sloka-Index etc. But, as already noted in the previous reviews, we have finished the collation work of the Matsya Purana MSS., and four MSS. of the Kurma Purana have also been collated. Now the work of reconstructing the text of the Matsya Purana and the collation of other MSS. of the Kurma Purana are in progress. The Svalpa Matsya Purana Eighteen chapters of the Svalpa Matsya Purana have already been published in several instalments in the 'Purana' Bulletin. Seven More Chapters are being published in the present issue of the 'Purana', Further chapters will be published in the future issues of the 'Purana'. Veda Parayana During the bright fortnight of the month of Asadha, from 8th to 21st July, 1967 the Parayana by memory of the Sukla-

Jan., 1968] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 99 etatsamstutikrte antarastriyapracyavidyasammelanam prati vayam krtajnah sma asasmahe ca pracyavidyasammelanasyasanurupam karyam kurmah | vayam srirayagovimda candra, sricatarji- mahanubhavam prati ca tesam sahayatayai sahayogaya ca hardika dhanyavadam vitaramah | vamanapuranasyamgla-hindi- bhasayoranuvadakaryam vamanapuranasya samiksitapathasya amglabhasanuvadah hindibhasanuvadasca prthag bhagayoh samiksitapathasahitau mudritau jayete, anayoh anuvada samskaranayoh vamanapurana sambandhivisesadhyayanam parvatanadisamudradesavyaktyadinam namasuci sloka- suci ityadisamvalitani parisistani bhavisyanti | pathasamiksita samskarane ca pathasambandhini parisistani bhavisyanti yatra katipayah upayogitamah parisistah slokasucisamvalitah diyante | anya puranasambandhi karyavivaranam samprati asmadiyakaryalaye niyuktah sarve vidvamsah samiksitavamanapuranasya dvitiyabhagasya naikaparisista - slokasuciyutasya prakasanakaryaparisamaptau purnato vyaprtah santi | tathapi yatha purvakaryavivaranesu sucitamasit, asmabhih matsyapuranahastalekhanam sarvam samvadakaryam samapitam, samvaditasca kurmapuranasya catvarah hastalekhah | idanim hi matsyapuranasya pathanirdharanakaryam, kurmapuranasya hastalekhanam ca samvadakaryam pracalati | svalpamatsyapuranam 'puranam ' patrikaya anekesvamkesu svalpamatsyapuranasya astadasa adhyayah purvameva prakasitah santi | vartamananke ca anye sapta adhyayah prakasyante | anye ca adhyayah 'puranam ' patrikaya agrimesvamkesu prakasayisyante | vedaparayanam asadhasuklapakse ( 8-21 julai ) smrtyadharena suklayajurvedasya kanvasa- khayah parayanam kasirajanyasasya sivalaprasade ayojitamasit | parayanakartta

100 puranam - PURANA [Vol. X., No. 1 Yajurveda-Kanvasakha was arranged in the Trust temple of the Sivala Palace. The reciter was Pt. Balkrishna Petkar Ghanapathi. After the completion of the Parayana the reciter was awarded by His Highness Maharaja Dr. Vibhuti Narain Singh a certificate of merit besides the usual daksina. Purana-Gosthi On the 20th July, 1967, i.e. a day before the conclusion of the Veda-Parayana on the sacred Vyasa-Purnima, the annual Purana-Gosthi was arranged by the Trust in the Sivala Palace. The Gosthi was presided by His Highness Kasi-Naresa Dr. Vibhuti Narain Singh, and was attended by a number of local Pandits and scholars of Purana, such as Pt. Rajeshwar Shastri Dravid, Pt. Hariram Sukla, Pt. Baldeva Upadhyaya, Pt. Badrinath Sukla, all from the Varanaseya Sanskrit University, Dr. S. Bhattacharya, Indology College, B. H. U., Shri Raghunath Singh, Ex-M. P., and others. After the mangalacarana the work of the Purana Department was reviewed by Shri A. S. Gupta, and then the printed copy of the constituted Text of the Vamana Purana was placed before the scholars, on which a useful discussion followed, and the work was appreciated. In the end the Chairman thanked the scholars for their co-operation. After the thanks to the Chair the Gosthi was concluded, and the prasada was distributed. On this occasion the six-monthly daksina to Pt. Krishna Murti, who has memorised the whole of the Samaveda with all its Brahmanas and Upanisads, was also given. Purana Patha and Pravacana During the period under review the Saundarya-Lahari was recited for a week in the month of Asadha in the Ratna Bag temple, and the Pravacana (discourse) on it was given by Pt. Thakur Prasad Dvivedi of Ramnagar. In the month of Kartika (November) the Naradiya Purana was recited and the discourse on it was given by Pt. Vishvanath Shastri Datara of the Sanga Veda Vidyalaya, Varanasi. Austrian Honour for Dr. V. Raghavan We are glad to note that the Noble Order of St. Martin

Jan., 1968] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 101 ca pam0 balakrsna petakara asit | parayanasamaptau parayanakartre tatrabhavata maharaja da0 vibhutinarayana simhamahodayena niyamitadaksinatiriktamekam ratnakankanam prasamsapatram ca samarpitam | 15 puranagosthi vyasapurnimayah subhavasare vedaparayanasya samapteh purvasmin dine ( 20 julai 1967 ) varsiki puranagosthi nyasena sivalaprasade kasinaresa maharaja da0 vibhutinarayanasimha mahabhaganamadhyaksatayam ayo- nita''sit | asyam sthaniyah panditah, pauranika vidvamsascopasthita abhavan | etesu varanaseya samskrta visvavidyalayasya pam0 rajesvarasastri dravidah, pam0 harirama suklah, pam0 baladeva upadhyayah, pam0 badarinathasuklah, tatha kasihindu visvavidyalayasya bharatimahavidyalayatah da0 siddhesvarabhattacaryah tatha ca sriraghunathasimhah bhutapurvah samsatsadasyah apare copasthita asan | mangala- carananantaram sri anandasvarupaguptamahodayena puranavibhagasya puranavibhagasya karyavivaranam prastutam | tatah samiksitapathasya vamanapuranasya eka mudrita pratirvidusam samaksam upasthapita, tadupari upayogivimarsah samjatah, granthasya prasamsa ca jata | avasane sriadhyaksa mahodayah vidusah prati tesam sahayogaya dhanyavadan vyatarat | adhyaksamahodayam prati dhanyavadanantaram gosthi samaptimagamat prasadavitaranam ca jatam | asminnavasare pam0 krsnamurtimahodayaya, yena upanisadbrahmanaih saha samagrah samavedah kanthikrtah, sanmasiki daksina'pi pradatta''sit | puranapathah pravacanam ca asmin karyavadhau ratnabagamandire gata asadhamase saptadinani yavatsaundarya- laharistavasya patho jatah, etadupari ca pravacanam ramanagaravasina pam0 thakuraprasada- dvivedina krtam | gate kartika - ( navambara ) mase naradiyapuranasya patho'bhavat | tatha pravacanametadupari pradattamasit sri pam0 visvanathasastridataramahodayaih varanaseyasangaveda vidyalayiyaih | da0 raghavanmahodayasya astriyan sammanam vayamatiprasannah smo yadastriyadesasya senta martina ityasya naubula ardara

102 puranam - PURANA [Vol. X., No. 1 of Austria has conferred on Dr. V. Raghavan, Professor of Sanskrit, University of Madras, and a member of our Purana-Committee, its Honorary Membership and its gold medal decoration for distinction in Arts and Sciences. Already two other International learned Societies had elected Dr. Raghavan as Honorary member, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, and the French School of Far East (Ecole Francais de-Extreme. Orient, Paris). We offer our congratulations to Dr. Raghavan. Our New Trustee. We welcome our new Trustee, Shri Raghunath Singh, M. A., LL.B., Ex. M. P. of Varanasi, who has been nominated by the Government of India as the Trustee of the All-India Kashiraj Trust in the vacancy caused by the sad demise of our former Trustee, Dr. Pannalal. Shri Raghunath Singh is an Indologist, and we hope that we shall be benefitted by his co-operation and advice. Scholars who visited the Purana Department. During this period the following scholars visited our Purana Department and acquainted themselves with its work: 1. Sri Haribhau Upadhyaya, Padmabhusana, formerly Minister of Education, Rajasthan (4. 9. 67). He had a discussion on some problems of the Vamana Purana, and appreciated its Critical Edition. A copy of the 'Purana' Bulletin was presented to him. 2. Dr. A. D. Pusalker, Curator of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. (23. 10. 1967), He is a contributor to our 'Purana' Bulletin. He appreciated the Critical Edition of the Vamana Purana in the words: "It is indeed a creditable performance on the part of the Purana Department."

Jan., 1968] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 103 ityanena ( Notle order of St. Martin of Austria ) madrasa visva- vidyalayasya samskrtavibhagadhyaksaya asmatpuranasamiteh sadasyaya da0 raghavan- mahodayaya sviyasammanitasadasyapadam, svarnapadakancaikam kalavijnanaksetresu visesa- yogyatanimittam sasammanam pradattam | atah purvamapi dvavitaravantarastriyavidvatsanghau sriraghavanmahodayam sammanitasadasyapade nirvacitavantau | tau dvau samghau stah- viyanastha vijnanasya astriyan akadami samstha tatha ca sudurapurvasya phrenca vidyalayah [ Ecole Francais de - Extereme, orient, Paris ] | vayam da0 raghavanmahodayasyabhinandanam kurmah | asmakam navinatamo nyasa sadasyah varanasyah bhutapurvasamsatsadasyasya sriraghunathasimhasya ema0 e0, ela- ela0 bi0 mahanubhavasya nyasasya navinatama sadasyatvena svagatam brumah | asau hi bharatiyasasanadvara sarvabharatiyakasirajanyasasya bhutapurvasadasyasya svargiya- sripannalalamahanubhavasya dehavasanena tatsthane namankito jatah | pracyavidya- visaradah sriraghunathasimhamahodayah svaparamarsasahayogadina asmakam hitam sadhayi- vyatityasasmahe | puranavibhagam drastumagata vidvamsah asmin karyavadhau adho nirdistah vidvamsah asmakam puranavibhagam drstavantah, asya karyasya paricayam ca praptavantah | 1 - sri haribhau upadhyayah, padmabhusanah, bhutapurvah siksamantri rajasthana- pradesasya ( 4 | 9 | 1967 ) | etena hi vamanapuranasya kascit samasyah vivecitah, asya samiksitam samskaranam prasamsitanca | 'puranam ' patrikayah pratireka asmai pradatta | 2 - da0 e0 di0 pusalkarah (kyuretara-bhandarakara oriyantala risarca- instityuta, puna ) (23|10|1967 ) | esa asmakam 'puranam ' patrikaya lekhako'sti | asau hi vamanapuranasya samiksitam samskaranamadholikhitaih sabdaih prasamsitavan - puranavibhagasyaitat prasasyam sampadanamastiti |

104 puranam - PURANA [Vol. X., No. 1 3. Prof. Dr. Madeleine Biardeau, Directeur d'Etudes, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris. (9. 12. 67). She was much impressed with the work which the Purana Department is doing in the field of Puranic studies. She discussed certain problems of the Critical edition of Puranas in General and of the Vamana Purana in particular, and was glad to note that these problems have been faced here. She writes in the Visitors' Book "The long discussion I had with Shri A. S. Gupta was for me quite illuminating and I could see that the difficult problems which one encounters in critically editing the Puranas have been faced and given a solution. There may not be any ideal critical edition of the Puranas possible, but in the present conditions of Puranic traditions, all attempts to save them and make them permanently available are welcome." She has also promised to contribute an aricle to the 'Purana' Bulletin, on the Critical Edition of the Puranas. 4. Prof. Dr. S. B. Sastri, Vidyalankara University of Ceylon, Kelaniya-Ceylon. (28. 12.67). 5. Dr. L. Sternbach, LL. D., Professor of Dharmasastra and Indian Culture, New York. (31. 12. 67). He is a contributor to the 'Purana' Bulletin, and also a member of our Purana committee. We are grateful to all these scholars for their co-operation and interest in our Purana-work. Distinguished Guests His Excellency W. Gopallawa, Governor-General of Ceylon, was the guest of His Highness Maharaja of Banaras, the Chairman of the Kashiraj Trust, and was presented a copy of the 'Purana' Bulletin when he visited Fort Ramnagar on 26.10.67.

Jan., 1968] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST I 05 3 - prophesara da . madelina biardiyu, dairektara doityudsa ikole pratika desa hontesa itudesa, sorabone perisa (9|12|67 ) | esa hi purananamadhyayanakrame puranavibhagena sampadyamanena karyena bhrsam prabhavitasit | samanyatah purananam, vamanapuranasya ca visesatah samiksita- samskaranasambandhininam samasyanam taya vimarsah krtah, tatha idam jnatva pramudita jata yat - tadrsyah samasya asmin vibhage vimrsyanta iti | likhati ca- sri e . esa . guptamahanubhavena saha yanmaya vistrto vicarah krtah sa tu matkrte sarvatha rocakah, drstam casmabhiryat kathinatarah samasya yah purananam samiksatmake sampadane samapatanti, ta atrodbhavitah samahitasca | yadyapi purananamadarsa bhutam samiksitam samskaranamasambhavi, kintu puranaparamparayah varttamanavasthayam tesam samraksane, nirantaram tesamupalabdhau ca kriyamanah prayasah sarvatha prasamsaniyah | taya ca 'puranam ' patrikayam prakasanartham purananam samiksatmakam samskarana- mavalambya nibandham likhitumapi vacanam dattam | 4- prophesara da . esa . bi . sastri vidyalankarah yunivarsiti apha silona, phelaniya, silona (28|12|67 ) | 5 - da . ela . starnabakha ela-ela . di . prophesara apha dharmasastra ainda indiyana kalcara, nyuyarka (31|12|67 ) | ayam mahanubhavah puranapatrikaya eko lekha ko 'smadiyapuranasamiteh sadasyascasti | etan sarvan vidusah prati, tesam sahayogaya, puranakaryesu rucaye ca vayam krtajnah smah | visista atithayah lamkadesasya 'gavarnara-jenarala ' iti pade pratisthitah sri dablyu0 gopallava mahodayah kasirajanyasasyadhyaksasya tatrabhavatah kasinaresasya atithih asit | yada 26|10|67 dinanke sah durga agata asit tasmai puranapatrikayah eka pratih pradatta | 14

106 puranam - PURANA [Vol. X., No. 1 His Majesty the King of Laos during his visit to Varanasi stayed at the Nadesar Palace as the guest of His Highness. His Majesty evinced great interest in the Purana work that is being done here, and had a long discussion on the Rama-story as current in Laos. His Majesty was presented a copy of the critical edition of the Ramacarita-manasa and also a copy of Purana Bulletin in Ramnagar Fort on 6.12.67. It is hoped that with His Majesty's patronage the Trust will be able to attract scholars in Laos to the study of the Puranas and Indian culture in general.

Jan., 1968] ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST 107 tatrabhavan laosanaresah svabharatabhramane kasinaresasya nadesarabhavane atithih asit | sriman laosanaresah atra kriyamane puranakarye svavisesa- ruci pradarsitavan tatha laosadese pracalitaramakathavisaye vistrtah vimarsah krtavan | 6|12|67 dinanke ramanagaradurge srimate laosanaresaya rama- caritamanasasya eka pratih tatha puranapatrikayah eka pratih samarpita asit | asasmahe yat srimatah laosanaresasya sahayataya kasirajanyasah purananama- dhyayanavisaye bharatiyasamskrtesca adhyayanavisaye laosadese vidusah akarsitum samartho bhavisyati |