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 11, Part 1 (1969)
184 (of 216)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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पुराणम� -- [purāṇam -- ] PURANA
[Vol. XI., No. 1
(Editor of the Hindi Daily Aj.) attended the function. A
large number of the delegates to the Varanasi Session of the All-
India Oriental Conference also were present. The function started
with the singing of the ślokas of the Vamana stuti from the Vāmana
Purāṇa, after which Maharajkumar Dr. Rughubir Singh in his
speech welcomed the president Dr. Dandekar and other learned
guests.
Dr. Dandekar in his speech greatly appreciated the three
published Volumes of the Vāmana Purāṇa and thanked the
Kashiraj Trust for its Valuable undertaking. His Highness in his
speech traced the circumstances which led to the undertaking of the
Purāṇa work by the Kashiraj Trust some 14 years ago and referred
to a meeting between himself and Dr. Dandekar at that time when
he (Dr. Dandekar) had also advised for taking up the Purāṇa work
by the Kashirāj Trust. His Highness also expressed his apprecia
tion of the hard labour which the staff of the Purāṇa Department
of the Kashiraj Trust had put in for bringing out these three
Volumes in time. His Highness then presented the copies of
these Volumes to Dr. Dandekar. Copies of the three Volumes
were also presented to the Editor, Shri
and to Dr. Ganga Sagar Rai who was
and the proof-reading. In the end Shri Giridharilal Mehta thanked
His Highness for taking so much interest in the Purāṇas and for
steering the work of the Vamana Purāṇa to successful and timely
conclusion. He also thanked Dr. R. N. Dandekar for presiding
the function in spite of his being so busy in the work of the Con-
ference. The audience was also thanked for their participation
and co-operation.
Ananda Swarup Gupta,
in-charge of the printing
Resolution by the All-India Oriental Conference:
The All India Oriental Conference in its Varanasi Session
has passed the following resolution on the publication of the
Critical Edition of the Vāmana Purāṇa and the Translation
Volumes by the All India Kashiraj Trust:
"The All India Oriental Conference, meeting in
its twentyfourth Session at Varanasi, conveys to the
Kashiraj Trust its felicitations on the recent publica-
