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 10, Part 2 (1968)
11 (of 146)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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SOME MORE CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT
TEXTUAL CRITICISM
BY
MADELEINE BIARDEAU
[ 啶呧じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶ㄠた啶え啷嵿ぇ啷� 啶す啶距き啶距ぐ啶むじ啷嵿く 啶ぞ啶犩じ啶啶曕啶粪ぞ啶む啶啶膏啶膏啶曕ぐ啶�-
啶ぞ啶оぞ啶班啶曕啶む啶� 啶す啶距き啶距ぐ啶むぞ啶︵啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶� 啶忇い啶距う啷冟ざ啶距え啶距 啶膏啶膏啶曕ぐ啶｀ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶�-
啶ㄠ啶く啷嬥啶苦い啷嵿さ啶お啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ啶距ぃ啷嵿く啶� 啶� 啶啶班う啶班啶多た啶むぎ啷� 啷� 啶掂た啶︵啶粪啶ぞ 啶侧啶栢た啶曕ぞ啶ぞ 啶い啷� 啶啶栢た啶�-
啶ぐ啶啶ぐ啶ぞ 啶啶班ぞ啶啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶掂た啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠお啶距啶膏ぐ啶｀啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距え啶啶� 啶す啶む啶む啶掂 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶む 啶呧い啶�
啶ぐ啶啶ぐ啶距啶� 啶ぞ啶犩じ啶班ぃ啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶膏ぞ啶傕啶� 啶� 啶掂た啶о啶ぎ啷� 啷� 啶す啶距き啶距ぐ啶む 啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶ㄠた 啶�
啶啶班ぅ啶 啶啶栢た啶� 啶ぐ啶啶ぐ啶ぞ 啶啶班啶距ぐ啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶掂た啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠじ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啷囙し啷�
啶掂た啶た啶ㄠ啶ㄠ啶距げ啷囙し啷� 啶� 啶す啷嵿さ啷嵿く啶� 啶ぞ啶犩お啶班啶ぐ啶距 啶膏啶溹ぞ啶むぞ啶� 啷� 啶む啶粪ぞ啶� 啶膏啶班啷嵿し啶｀ぎ啶掂ざ啷嵿く啶啶�
啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿い啶掂啶ぎ啷� 啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距じ啶距 啶ぞ啶犩じ啶班ぃ啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距え啶距え啷嵿い啶班ぎ啷囙さ 啶忇啶む啶� 啶ぞ啶犩じ啶啶曕啶粪ぞ啶む啶啶�
啶啶ム啷� 啶啶ム啷� 啶膏啶膏啶曕ぐ啶｀ 啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿い啶掂啶 啶啶� 啶むぞ啶膏ぞ啶� 啶膏ぐ啶｀啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶む啶侧え啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶曕 啶多啶班ぇ啷嵿く啶え啷�
啶膏啶曕ぐ啷嵿く 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啷� ]
[asmin nibandhe mah膩bh膩ratasya p膩峁環asam墨k峁Ｄ乼makasa峁僺kara峁嘺-
m膩dh膩r墨k峁泃ya mah膩bh膩rat膩d墨n膩峁� pur膩峁嚹乶膩峁� ca et膩d峁浥浤乶膩峁� sa峁僺kara峁嚹乶膩ma-
nupayogitvamapr膩m膩峁噛a峁� ca pradar艣itam | vidu峁膩 lekhik膩y膩 mate maukhika-
paramparay膩 pr膩pt膩n膩峁� vibhinnap膩峁環asara峁嚹玭膩峁� sam膩nameva mahattva峁� vartate ata岣�
parampar膩gata p膩峁環asara峁嚹玭膩峁� s膩峁僰aya na vidheyam | mah膩bh膩rata峁� pur膩峁嚹乶i ca
prathama峁� maukhika paramparay膩 prac膩ra峁� pr膩pt膩ni yasmin vibhinnasth膩ne峁
vibhinnak膩le峁 ca bahvya岣� p膩峁環apara峁僷ar膩岣� sa峁僯膩t膩岣� | te峁Ｄ佱箖 sa峁價ak峁峁嘺mava艣yameva
karttavyam | sarv膩s膩峁� p膩峁環asara峁嚹玭膩峁� sam膩n膩ntarameva ekatra p膩峁環asam墨k峁Ｄ乼maka峁�
p峁泃hak p峁泃hak sa峁僺kara峁嘺峁� karttavya峁� yena t膩s膩峁� sara峁嚹玭膩峁� tulan膩tmake 艣radhyayane
saukarya sy膩t | ]
] The critical editions of pur膩峁嘺s which are now being prepared
in Varanasi appear to be based on the same principles which were
applied to the Bhandarkar Institute edition of the Mahabharata.
Shri A. S. Gupta, in his article "Constitution of the V膩mana
Pur膩na text鈥� (Pur膩na, Vasantapa帽cam墨 Number, Vol. IX. 1, Jan.
1967, pp. 141-194) deals only with the practical problems of text-
reconstruction, which seems to imply that on the whole he has
relied on the theoretical conclusions reached by V. S. Sukthankar
in his elaborate Introduction to the first volume of the Mahabharata.
In 1929 and in 1934 (Journal Asiatique, Oct.-Dec. 1929,
pp. 345-348; Oct.-Dec. 1934, pp. 281-283), Sylvain Levi hailed the
publication of the first three and the last fascicules of the Adi-
parvan as a great event, but at the same time he expressed some
doubt as to the value of the text so reconstructed. Sukthankar
in his Introduction of 1933, discarded the 1929 criticism as "a
paradox natural to the subtle mentality of the learned critic",
which "we need not take too seriously" (Mbh. Vol. I.
p. LXXXIV). Though my mind is far from being as subtle as that
of my paramaguru, I fell to see any Paradox in S. Levi's appraisal
