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 2 (1969)
99 (of 150)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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A HITHERTO UNKNOWN MANUSCRIPT OF THE SVARGA-
KHANDA OF THE BENGAL RECENSION-ITS CHARAC-
TER AND IMPORTANCE
BY
ASHOKE CHATTERJEE
[啶ㄠた啶え啷嵿ぇ啷囙そ啶膏啶た啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶︵啶粪ぞ 啶侧啶栢啷囙え 啶う啷嵿ぎ啶啶班ぞ啶｀じ啷嵿ぅ啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶栢ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶膏啶� 啶掂啷嵿啷�啶お啶距啶膏啶�
啶呧う啷嵿く啶距さ啶оた 啶啶班啷嵿啶距い啶� 啶忇啶� 啶灌じ啷嵿い啶啶班い啶苦 啶ぞ 啶多啶ぞ啶ぞ啶氞ぐ啶｀啶掂た啶班い啷嵿え啶す啷嬥う啶じ啷嵿く
啶膏ぎ啷嵿お啷嵿ぐ啶むた 啶う啷嵿ぎ啶啶班ぞ啶｀ 啶啷嵿啶啷嵿啶距ざ啶む
啶啶膏啶む啶距げ啶い啶� 啶夃お啶侧が啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶ぐ啷�啶曕啶粪た啶むぞ 啷�
啶膏す啶膏啶班ざ啷嵿げ啷嬥啶距 啶夃お啶侧き啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶む 啷� 啶呧じ啷嵿く 啶啶班ぞ啶｀じ啷嵿く 啶掂た啶ぞ啶椸じ啷嵿い啷� 啶栢ぃ啷嵿ぁ啷囙し啷� 啶曕啶む
啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶む 啷� 啶侧啶栢 啶す啷嬥う啶啶� 啶啶班ぎ啶距ぃ啶啶班じ啷嵿じ啶班 啶膏啶ムぞ啶た啶む 啶う啶距う啷� 啶囙う啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶｀
啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啶膏す啶膏啶班ぐ啶侧啶曕ぞ啶む啶啶ぞ啶膏啶︵じ啷嵿く 啶掂た啶ぞ啶椸じ啷嵿い啷� 啶ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏 啶曕啶� 啶多啶班ぞ啶膏啶む 啷� 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿-
啶栢ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶膏啶� 啶呧し啷嵿 啶灌じ啷嵿い啶侧啶栢ぞ 啶呧げ啶啶оぞ 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶ㄠ啶む 啷� 啶む啶粪 啶掂た啶掂啶氞啶 啶灌じ啷嵿い啶侧啶栢
啶呧ぇ啶苦啶� 啶啶班ぎ啶距ぃ啶苦啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶氞啶ㄠざ啷嵿 啶囙い啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ啶啶班ぎ啶距ぐ啷嵿啶� 啶啶粪啶熰啶曕啶むぎ啷� 啷
[nibandhe'smin vidu峁Ｄ� lekhakena padmapur膩峁嘺sthasvargakha峁囜笉asya va峁単墨yap膩峁環asya
ady膩vadhi praj帽膩t膩 ek膩 hastaprati岣� y膩 艣y膩m膩cara峁嘺kaviratnamahodayasya
samprati padmapur膩峁噀 pa帽capa帽c膩艣at
pustak膩layata岣� upalabdh膩 par墨k峁t膩 |
sahasra艣lok膩岣� upalabhyante | asya pur膩峁嘺sya vibh膩gastu kha峁囜笉e峁 k峁泃o
vartate | lekhaka mahodayena pram膩峁嘺purassara峁� sth膩pita峁� yad膩d墨 ida峁� pur膩峁嘺峁�
dv膩da艣asahasraralok膩tmakam膩s墨dasya vibh膩gastu parvasu k峁泃a 艣r膩s墨t | svarga-
kha峁囜笉asya a峁ａ弓a hastalekh膩 alabdh膩 vartante | te峁 vivecyo hastalekha岣�
adhika岣� pram膩峁噄ka岣� pr膩c墨na艣ca iti n膩n膩pram膩rga岣� pu峁ａ弓墨k峁泃am |]
] Although the Padma-pur膩峁嘺 in its entirety has been printed
and published by five different scholars, yet the conclusion is
irresistible that it has never been critically edited. It is a volu-
minous work consisting of extensive parts called Khandas which
are five in number in the Bengal recension, i. e. Srsti, Bhumi,
Svarga, P膩t膩la and Uttara and six in Devanagar墨 recension which
replaces the Svarga by Adi (called Svarga in the Venkatesvara
Press edition) and Brahma. But although it has been published
more than once, none represents the proper Bengal recension of it.
There are reasons to believe that the Bengal recension of the
Padma-pur膩峁嘺 had perhaps a distinct text of its own which was in
course of time not traceable on account of the overwhelming
superiority of its Devanagari counterparts. At present there are
some chapters of some Khandas which distinguish the two recen-
sions of it. But the Svarga-Khanda in its entirety stands an
exception to it. Remaining completely unrecognised in the Deva-
n膩gar墨 recension of it, this Khanda is a distinct text of varied
interest. Its main importance lies in the fact that it may or may
not possibly be regarded as the source of K盲lid膩sa's famous drama
Abhij帽膩na艣akuntal膩. It is Prof. Winternitz who has first created
interest in the minds of scholars with regard to the position and
