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)
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[Vol. XI., No. 1
article on 'Conception of Sarasvati in the Purāṇas'
published in 'Purana' Vol. IV, Part I (January, 1962)
for the purpose.
Purana Patha and Pravacana
During the last week of the bright half of the month of
Kārtika, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 5 the complete text of the Garuḍa
Purāṇa was recited in the morning and the Pravacana on it was
given in the evening by Pt. Visvanath Shastri Datar of the Sānga
Veda Vidyalaya, Varanasi, in the Padmanabha temple of
Ramnagar.
ʳܰṇa-ҴDzٳ
A ʳܰṇa-ҴDzٳ is arranged every year on the occasion of
the Vyāsa Pūrṇimā. On the occasion of the last Vyāsa Pūrṇimā
the ʳܰṇa-ҴDzٳ was arranged at the Shivala centre of the
Trust, in the morning of the 9th July, 1968. It was presided by
His Highness Maharaja Dr. Vibhuti Narain Singh, and was attended
by a number of Professors and Scholars of the Varanaseya
Sanskrit University and the Banaras Hindu University and also
by some local Sanskrit Pandits of Varanasi. After the Mangalā.
carana a report of the work of the Purāṇa Department for the year
(i. e. since the last Purāṇa-gosthi in July, 1967) was read and
discussed. The Volume of the critical Edition of the Vamana
Purāṇa was, then, placed before the scholars present and they
approved and appreciated it. A short discussion on the translation
of the Vamana Purāṇa, which was then in the Press, also followed.
Dr. S. Bhattacharya, Head of the Sanskrit Department of the
B. H. U., and Pt. Hariram Shukla, Professor of the Varanaseya
Sanskrit University, took keen interest in the discussion. After
the Gosthi the Prasāda was distributed.
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In order to popularise the Vedic recitation H. H. Maharaja
Dr. Vibhuti Narain Singh Ji organised the Pārāyaṇa (i.e. recitation
of the complete text) of the Veda. The Pārāyaṇa of the Kanva
Śākhā of the Sukla-Yajurveda by memory was done during the
bright half of the last month of Asaḍha by Pt. Ramchandra
