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[Vol. VI., No. 1
THE BRAHMANDA-PUR膧峁咥
were
Several m膩h膩tmyas appearing in the Brahmanda-pur膩峁嘺-
attracted many Kannada writers. Some of them
translated into Kannada. Cikkup膩dhy膩ya, a celebrated writer
in Kannada, wrote the Pa艣cimarangadh膩ma-m膩h膩tmya, a poem
in Sangatya metre describing the story of the same name found
in Brahma峁囜笉a-pura峁嘺. It contains 5 sandhis and 317 verses
[MD (K.) No. 257]. This is in the form of Sa峁僾膩da between
Sankara and N膩rada. The place Pa艣cimaranga or Srirangapatna
is near Mysore- on the banks of the river K膩ver墨. The prose
version of the same m盲h膩tmya [MD (K.) No. 258) is by an un-
known author. It contains 1-4 Adhyayas complete and the
5th Adhy膩ya incomplete. Venkatagirim膩h膩tmya [MD (K.)
No. 269] by Cikkupadhy膩ya is a free rendering in prose of the
Tirupatimahim膩 told by N膩rada to Bh峁沢u, under Punyak峁�etra-
m膩h膩tmyakha峁囜笉a of Brahma峁囜笉a-pura峁嘺. It is complete in 10
A艣v膩sas. The same m膩h膩tmya has been written in prose-verse form
by Timmakavi of 1677 A.D.* It contains 10 A艣v膩sas, 190 Kandas,
285 Vrttas and 31 Vacanas. The author is a protege of the
Mysore King Cikkudevar膩ja who ruled during 1672-1704.
Cikkupadhy膩ya's another work is K膩nc墨m膩h膩tmya also
called Hastigirim膩h膩tmya found in the T墨rthak膩峁囜笉a of
Brahmanda pura峁嘺. It is in prose-verse form and contains 18
A艣v膩sas and 1174 verses 19. 艢tirangam膩h膩tmya [MD (K.) No.
270] is a fee rendering in prose of the same name found in Brah-
manda-purana by Cikkupadhy膩ya. It is complete in 10 sections.
A prose-verse form of this m膩h膩tmya is by Mallikarjuna (1678
A.D.), a Brahmin poet and a protege of Cikkadevar膩ja, a King
of Mysore during 1672 1704 A.D.20 The editor of the Descrip-
tive catalogue of Kannada Mss. in the Government Oriental
Mss. Library, Madras, thinks that MD (K.) No. 272 may be the
work of Mallikarjuna referred to by the author of the K.K.C.
pp.
18. Karnataka Kavi Carite by R. Narasimhac膩rya Vol. II. 596-497.
19. ibid. pp. 473-474.
20. ibid. pp. 498-499.
Jan., 1964]
163 in view of certain similarties found between this ms, and the
portions cited in the K.K.C. A prose version of this m膩h膩tmya
is by one Rang膩c膩rya [MD (K.) No. 273 (inc)]. This incomplete
ms. contains 10 paricchedas and dates back to Salivahana艣aka
1585. Another prose version of the same m膩h膩tmya is by Singa-
r膩c膩rya who says that he was the tutor to Be峁�峁璦da Camar盲ja
Odeyar, king of Mysore in 1507 A. D. [vide. MD. (K.) No. 274].
It is complete in 10 A艣v膩sas. The Sanskrit Bhadragirim膩h膩tmya
forming part of the Brahma峁囜笉a-purana has been rendered into
Kannada prose by Kalale Na帽jaraia. It is complete in 16
Adhy膩yas [vide. MD (K.) No. 259].
KANNADA VERSIONS OF THE PURANAS
The Devangacaritra found in the Brahma峁囜笉apurana has
been written* in Sangatya metre by one Deva of about 1725
A. D. It contains 13 Sandhis and 1380 verses.
Adhy膩tma R膩m膩ya峁嘺 in Kannada is a vivarana of the
Sanskrit Adhyatma R膩m膩ya峁嘺 which is in the form of samvada
between Um膩 and Mahe艣vara in Brahma峁囜笉a-pura峁嘺. The author
is Mumadi K峁涐梗峁嘺r膩ja, a king of Mysore, during 1774-1868 A.D.
It contains 7 k膩峁囜笉as, 65 sargas.22
A recent translation of the Brahma峁囜笉a-pura峁嘺 into Kannada
prose is by Asth膩na Vidv盲n 艢r墨 P膩ta峁嘺kar Chandrasekhara-
bhatta of the University of Mysore. Published in 5 parts in
艢r墨 Jayac膩marajendra Grantharatnam膩l膩 as No. 17, in the series,
it has been printed in Mysore Printing and Publishing House,
Mysore between 1945-1946. K膩帽cimahatmya forming part of
Brahmanda-pura峁嘺 has been separately translated by the same
author and published in the same series as No. 18 having been
printed in Camundesvar墨 Electric Press, Mysore, in 1945.
THE VIS峁哢-PUR膧峁咥
The Visnu-purana has been rendered into Kannada in
prose as also in prose-verse form by the reputed writer Lak峁�mipati
More than 30 major
popularly known as Cikkupadhy膩ya.
21. Karnataka Kavi Carite by R. Narasimhacarya Vol. III p. 37.
22. Ibid. p. 177.