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 8, Part 2 (1966)
201 (of 228)
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July, 1966] A NEW VERSION OF THE BRHASPATISA峁侶ITA 417
c of CRCa II has some deviations from the Cr text which are due
to the sloppiness of the scribe.
d Most texts, including Cr have 褔褔f, CRCa II has a
(know-
ing his duties), a variant not found in other texts; and GP has
啶ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶苦い [辫补峁囜笉颈迟补 ] ; other texts have 啶啶︵啶оた啶ぞ啶ㄠ [产耻诲诲丑颈尘腻苍 ] or even 啶掂啶粪啶｀さ [惫补颈峁ａ箛补惫补 ] ; (CN [var.], SuB)
this shows Vi峁uistic influence.
Verse 19. The verse occurs also in the CR version, in the
Mah膩bh膩rata, and in the literature "Greater India," but ab only.
The verse in CRCa II follows GP.
abc of CRCa II have some deviations from the GP text which are
due to the sloppiness of the scribe.
cd of CRCa II are different in Cr and MBh, but are identical in
GP. CRT also follows GP. The Southern Recension of MBh
is nearer to the GP text.
Verse 20. The verse occurs also in the CR version, the
Hitopade艣a and Subh膩峁ta-sam峁僩raha-s. It is a very beautiful
verse due to the skillfull choice of words sounding similarly but
having different meanings, vis. (knife) and (scripture);
ara (offerings) and
The verse of CRCa II
texts; both are identical.
with GP.
(marks of respect, or jealous anger).
follows, generally, both GP and the Cr
The CRCa II text is almost identical
a of CRCa II has some deviations from the GP text which are due
to the sloppiness of the scribe.
C
c of CRCa II changes the order of the words; similarly Cr; this
change is of no importance.
d of CRCa II changes 褔 (in GP and Cr) into ; this change
of no importance is admissible; other deviations from the GP
text are due to the sloppiness of the scribe.
Verse 21. The verse occurs also in the CR, CV, Cv versions,
in individual texts of CN, the Mah膩bh膩rata, the R膩m膩ya峁嘺, the
Pa帽catantra, the Hitopade艣a, the Vikramacarita, the Sukasaptati,
Subh膩峁ta-samgraha-s and the literature of "Greater India"; it is
a well known maxim. The CRCa II is identical with GP, C, the
