Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)
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啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぎ啷�- [辫耻谤腻峁嘺尘- ] 笔鲍搁膧狈础
[Vol. VI., No. 1
The Sankarasamhita has been translated by Asth盲na
Vidv盲n Sri H. P. Venkata Rao and the Sutasa峁僪it盲 by
Asth膩na Vidvan Edatore Candrasekhara Sastri. They have
been published in Sri Jayacamarajendra Grantharatnam膩l膩
in 6 6 volumes and 4 volumes as series No. 45 and 22
respectively. The Sanskrit text of Sankarasa峁僪it盲 has been
prepared with the help of t膩lapatra ms. available in the
Oriental Library, Mysore and printed edition in grantha
character. The S眉tasa峁僪it膩 has been printed in 艢r墨
Panchacharya Electric Press, Mysore in 1945 and the
Sankarasamhita in 艢r墨 Chamundeswari Electric Press, Mysore,
between 1947-48. 艢ivatattvasudhanidhi from Sanatkum膩ra-
sambita has been translated by S. S墨tar膩ma 艢膩stri. This
contains Sanskrit text and a Sanskrit commentary called
Cintamanivy膩khy膩 by Srinivasadik峁ta, printed in Kannada
script. Then follows the Kannada translation in prose.
Published in Sri Jayacamarajendra Grantharatnam膩l膩 in 3 parts
as series No. 53 it has been printed in two different presses in
Mysore in 1949.
THE LINGA-PURA峁咥.
The life of the famous 63 Sivabhaktas told by
Upamanyumani to Kan膩da as found in the Linga-purana was
written in Kannada in prose-verse form by Surangakavi, a
V墨ra艣aiva poet, in 63 膩艣v膩sas as far back as 1500 A. D. Kalale
Naujar膩ja, however, rendered into Kannada prose the Sanskrit
Linga-purana, in two parts, Purvabh膩ga and Uttarabh膩ga. The
former contains 108 Adhy膩yas and the latter 50 Adhy膩yas complete
and 51st incomplete in a ms. [MD (K.) No. 234] according to the
Catalogue of Kannada Mss. in the Government Oriental Mss.
Library Madras. Another ms. according to the same catalogue
[MD (K.) No. 234] contains 108 Adhy膩yas in the Purvabh膩ga and
50 Adhy膩yas in the Uttarabh膩ga. The catalogue of Kannada
Mss. in the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore, shows two Mss..
(Mys. D. Nos. 1491 and 1492) of the same work of Kalale
Naujar膩ja in two parts.
8. Kar峁嚹� aka Kavi Carite by R. Narasimhacarya, Vol. II p. 161.
Jan., 1964]
KANNADA VERSIONS OF THE PURANAS
155 A more recent translation of the Sanskrit Linga is by Asth盲na
Vidv膩n 艢r墨 Candrasekhara Sastri. Published in 艢r墨 Jayac膩ma-
rajendra Granthartnam膩l膩 in 6 parts as series No. 19, it has been
printed in Bangalore Press Branch, Mysore, between 1945-1947.
THE BHAGAVATA-PURANA
The whole of the Bh膩gavata-purana in its 12 skandhas has
been rendered into Kannada in Bhamini峁tpadi metre by
C膩峁璾vithalanatha, also known as Nity膩tma艣ukayogin. His real
name appears to be Sadanandayogin. He appears to have written this
great work during the rule of Acyutar膩ya, the King of vijayanagar
(1530-1542 A.D.). His Bh膩gavata has been divided into 280 sections
called Sandhis and contains 12235 verses. The Descriptive
Catalogue of Kannada mauuscripts in the Government Oriental Mss.
Library, Madras, Volume II, shows a number of Mss. of Bhagavata
of Nity膩tma艣ukayogin [vide MD (K.) Nos. 139-190] but none of
them contains all the twelve skandhas. They are rather scattered
over a number of Mss. The Descriptive Catalogue of Kannada
Mss. in the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore, however,
contains a manuscript (vide Mys. D. No. 1P36) with the 12
skandhas complete. The same catalogue shows another manu-
script (vide Mys. D. No. 1135) with 1-4 skandhas in prose by one
N膩r膩ya峁嘺. other unknown authors have rendered in Sangatya
metre (MD (K.) No. 191 and vacana (MD. (K.) Nos. 192-196).
Some Mss. show under different captions either a portion of the
work taken from the Kannada Bh膩gavata of Nityatma艣ukayogin
or a portion of the Sanskrit Bh膩gavata rendered into Kannada
separately by the author. Thus MD (K.) No. 203 entitled
Gajendramok峁 is a poem in Bh膩min墨峁tpadi metre which is in
fact a portion of the Kannada Bh膩gavata of Nity膩tma艣ukayogin.
MD (K.) No. 252 entitled Hariharac膩ritra is a poem in Kannada
in the Bh膩min墨峁tpadi metre describing the story of Hariharac膩-
ritra found in the Sanskrit Bh膩gavata by the same author.
Mys. D. No. 24 is Ajamilacarite in Bhamini峁tpadi metre being
Kannada version of the 6th skandha of Bh膩gavata by the same
9. Karnataka Kavi Carite of Sri R. Narasimhacharya vol. II, p. 223.
