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ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-INDIA KASHIRAJ TRUST
(July-December, 1967)
Critical Edition of the Vamana-Pur膩峁嘺
The detailed account of the work done in connection with
the preparing of the Critical Edition of the V膩mana Pur膩峁嘺 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 Devan膩gar墨, 1 Nandi-N膩gar墨 and 2
Telugu MSS. Besides these, 13 MSS. were also consulted for
ascertaining various readings, extent of the text and order of the
Adhy膩yas, etc. Help was also taken from the quotations of the
V膩mana Pur膩峁嘺 艣lokas found in large number in the Dharma-
艣astra Nibandhas and some of the Sm峁泃i-tik膩s. Parallel topics
and 艣lokas of the V膩mana Pur膩峁嘺 were also searched in the
other Pur膩峁嘺s and the Mah膩bh膩rata, 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 consis-
ting 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 Pur膩峁嘺 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
Pur膩峁嘺s. Of this Series the V膩mana Pur膩峁嘺 ably edited by Sri