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 12, Part 2 (1970)
117 (of 136)
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July, 1970] PURANIC TEXT-RECONSTRUCTION 315 even in a single manuscript, which completes or corrects the sense
of the text of the remaining manuscripts, should be included in the
critical text, assuming that this additional text might have been
rightly preserved in that particular version or manuscript only,
and some-how-or-other lost in others.
5. Besides these authentic or justifiable additions, we also
find in some manuscripts of a Pur膩峁嘺 such additional matter as is
really spurious, introduced by a scribe, reader or reciter according
to his particular leanings or predilections either from some other
source or composed by himself. Such spurious additions or inter-
polations are made with a desire on the part of the interpolator to
amplify some description, deva-stuti, m膩h膩tmya, phala-艣ruti; etc.6
Some additions are tinged with sectarian zeal and motive;
e. g. a Nandi-n膩gar墨 MS. of the Kurma-Pur膩峁嘺, procured from the
艢ringer墨-Matha, Mysore, adds a sloka of Saivite nature after KP.
I. 2. 16cd-17ab (Venkt. edn.), and this 艢loka of the Nandi-n膩gar墨
MS. is not found in the other collated MSS. of the Kurma-Pur膩峁嘺.
The Saivite spirit of this MS. is borne out when it alone subtitutes
the reading 鈥�啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶多た啶掂ぎ啶 啶溹啶む [sarva峁� 艣ivamaya峁� jagat] " for the reading 鈥�啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶く啶� 啶溹啶む [sarva峁� brahmamaya峁� jagat] " contained
in all the other MSS. in I. 4.65d.
Such spurious additions or interpolations are found sometimes
in one manuscript only and sometimes in more than one MSS.,
6. Dr. P. L. Vaidya, in the Introduction (p. XXXV) of his Critical
Edition of the Harivamsa has given the following 艣loka which
mentions the five groups of interpolations introduced in the
Epic and Purana :--
啶膏啶椸啶班ぞ啶ざ啷嵿 啶掂た啶掂ぞ啶灌ざ啷嵿さ 啶膏啶む啶むた啶班啶︵啶掂啶掂ぐ啶距う啶苦啶 啷�
啶啶班啷嵿し啷囙お啶曕ぞ啶班ぃ啶距き啷嵿く啶距す啷佮 啶啷嵿啶 啶� 啶げ啶多啶班啶むた啶� 啷�
[sa峁僩r膩ma艣ca viv膩ha艣va stutirdev墨var膩dikam |
prak峁pak膩ra峁嚹乥hy膩hu岣� pa帽cama峁� ca phala艣ruti岣� ||
] 7. KP., I. 2. 16cd-18ab (Ve峁卥峁�-edn.), reads as follows:--
15 啶 啶啶ㄠ啶むた 啶溹お啷堗ぐ啷嵿す啷嬥ぎ啷堗ぐ啷嵿う啷囙さ啶︵啶掂 啶す啷囙ざ啷嵿さ啶班ぎ啷� 啷�
啶膏啶掂ぞ啶о啶ぞ啶啶ㄠ啶溹啶く啶� 啶︵啶班ぞ啶む啶むぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶班く啶む啶ㄠ啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶� ||
啶啷嵿い啶苦く啷嬥啶膏ぎ啶距く啷佮啷嵿い啶距え啷�啶多啶掂ぐ啶距ぐ啷嵿お啶苦い啶ぞ啶ㄠじ啶距え啷� 啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶ぞ啶ぞ啶︵た啶粪 啶班い啶距え啷� 啶︵啶班ぞ啶む 啶ぐ啶苦す啶班ぞ啶げ啶距え啷� 啷�
[ye yajanti japairhomairdevadeva峁� mahe艣varam |
sv膩dhy膩yenejyay膩 d奴r膩tt膩n prayatnena varjaya ||
bhaktiyogasam膩yukt膩n墨艣var膩rpitam膩nas膩n |
pr膩峁嚹亂膩m膩di峁 rat膩n d奴r膩t parihar膩mal膩n ||
] Between these two 艢lokas the Nandi-nagari MS. inserts the
following 艢loka :--
啶ㄠぎ啶膏啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶︵た啶膏啶啶曕啶� 啶多た啶� 啶囙い啷嵿く啶曕啶粪ぐ啶︵啶掂く啶 啷�
啶溹た啶灌啶掂ぞ啶椸啶班 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶む 啶啶粪ぞ啶� 啶むぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶班く啶む啶ㄠ啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶啶む 啷�
[namask膩r膩disa峁儁ukta 艣iva ityak峁radvayam |
jihv膩gre vartate ye峁Ｄ佱箖 t膩n prayatnena varjayet ||
] But no other MS. of the KP. contains this 艢loka.
