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
Tutur), an Old Javanese subh膩峁ta-samgraha mainly based on the
惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补.32
24. A great part of the Mah膩bh膩rata was also discovered
in Java and Bali; it is in kakawin.33 The Bhandarkar edition
of the Mahabharata contains a list of Sanskrit passages from
the Javanese version of the Mah膩bh膩rata, in particular of the
膧diparvan (Vol. I, Appendix II), Udyogaparvan (Vol. 6. Appendix
II), and Bhisma parvan (Vol. 7, Appendix II, the old Javanese
Bhagavadg墨t膩). Some of the Mah膩bh膩rata subhasita-s, particu-
larly of the Vidura-n墨ti in the Udyogaparvan also appear in the
Pur膩峁嘺-s and through the Mah膩bh膩rata found their way in the
literature of Java and Bali; however, these subh盲sita-s were not
recorded in Annex. I.
25. The subhasita-s found in the Pur膩峁嘺-s and in the
literature of "Greater India" (under the literature of "Greater
India", I understand only the literature of the countries East,
South and North of India and not West of India, e. g. Iran where
we also find some Persian translations of the Pur膩峁嘺-s) are seldom
translated and incorporated in these literatures word for word;
they contain mostly the same idea but do not contain a literal
translation of the Puranic words of wisdom. This is particularly
evident in the 艢lok膩ntara, the text of which is usually different
from the original.
Origins of Puranic subh膩峁ta-s in the literature of Greater India
26. It is not certain, and even very doubtful, whether in
the majority of cases the subhasita-s which appear in the Pur膩峁噄c
texts were incorporated into the literature of "Greater India"
directly from the Pur膩峁嘺-s or from other Sanskrit primary sources.
In Annex II the Pur膩峁噄c texts (if they appear not only in the
32. S膩rasamuccaya, ed. by the late Dr. Raghu Vira in Satapitaka Series 24,
New Delhi 1962; Eene oudjavaansche Vertaling van indische
Spreuken door Dr. H. H. Juynb枚ll in Bijdragen tot de taal-, Land- en
Volkendunde van Nederlandschhe-Indie V1/8=52, 1801; pp. 393-98. Cf.
Spr. paras 118-120, and SSJT.
33. See in particular H. B. Sarkar, Indian Influences on the Literature of
Java and Bali, Calcutta 1934, chapter XI.
