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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)

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208 (of 228)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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पुराणम� - [purāṇam - ] ʱĀ
[Vol. VIII, No. 2
Verse 48. The verse occurs only in GP and in the CRCa II
text. The verse in CRCa II follows closely the GP text.
ac of CRCa II have some errors in these two pāda-s; they are due
to the sloppiness of the scribe or his poor knowledge of Sanskrit.
Verse 49. The verse occurs also in the CR version, indivi-
dual texts of CN, the Pañcatantra, the Hitopadeśa, the Bhoja-
prabandha and Subhāṣita-samgraha-s; it is a well known maxim.
Different texts of this maxims have different wordings. The verse
in CRCa II follows the GP text but with a change in a.
a of CRCa II has शोकरोग [śǰ첹Dz ] ; GP has शोकत्राण� [śǰ첹ٰṇa�] ; Cr, the Pañcatantra,
the Hitopadeśa and the Bhojaprabandha have ; this
text is the best one.
6 of CRCa II and GP have of, while Cr, the Hitopadeśa and
others have the synonymous of
Verse 50. The verse occurs also in the CR version, the
Sukasaptati, the Vikramacarita and in Subhāṣita-saṃgraha-s.
The verse in CRCa II follows both, the GP and the Cr texts;
both are identical. The CRCa II text has only in c one change;
it has instead of ч; this change was not noticed in any
other texts, of Sanskrit literature; it is and improvement over
the other texts, since it suits better a which has
6 of CRCa II has two errors which are due to the scribe's poor
knowledge of Sanskrit.
Verse 51. This is the only verse of CRCa II which is not
found in GP; it also does not appear in any other known Sanskrit
source; it was probably included in the CRCa II text as a
counterpart of a similar verse in GP (1.114, 67).
Verse 52. The verse occurs also in the CR version, the
Mahābhārata, the Rāmāyaṇa, the Pañcatantra, Subhāṣita-sam-
graha-s and the literature of "Greater India". The verse of
CRCa II follows the GP text and not the Cr text nor the Mahā-
bharata and other texts in which this maxim also appears; how-
ever in c the CRCa II text is nearer to the GP, MBh (in some

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