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Bibliographical Notes Shri Anand Swarup  Gupta 246-249

English Translation of the Matsya Purana (Panini Office, Allahabad, 1916). (1) The Date of the Mahabharata and the Matsya Purana. (from the Introduction to the Translation) [The date has been derived from the astronomical data given in the Matsya Purana, chapter 273, slokas 39-44, An. edition] (2) The Date of the Matsya Purana-The Sacrificial Session. (Appendix X.) [Extracts from H. H. Wilson's articles.] (3) An Account of the Dynasties of the Kali Age after the War. (Appendix III.) The account is based on chapters 271-273 of the Matsya Purana.] Proceedings of the Fifth Oriental Conference, Vol. I. (4) The Story of Yayati as found in the Matsya Purana and the Mahabharata. A Textual Comparison. (By Ganga Prasad Dixit) [The metres and the textual differences arising out of the metrical differences of the two versions of the Story are discussed in detail. Metrical analysis of the trimetre stanzas of both the versions is also given.]

Feb., 1960] BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON PURANAS A Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit MSS. of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. V. (Edited by M. M. Dr. Haraprasada Shastri) (5) The Matsya Purana (Preface, pp. CLCCCVII-CXCI) 247 [The original MP. consisted only of 103 chapters which contain interlocutions between Matsya and Manu; then several revisions and additions. The geneaologies were added in two instalments, first ending in ch. 51, and the second beginning in ch. 271. The MP. adds many more characteristics to the five ordinary ones (Pancha Lakshanas).] J. G. R. I., Allahabad, Vol. IX., Parts 2-4, Feb.-Aug. 1952. (6) The Svalpa Matsya Purana. (By Manoranjan Shastri, Assam) [Two Mss. of this Purana were procured from Kamrupa District. They are written in old Assamese characters. Only some Assamese and Bengali writers in Dharmasastra have referred to this work by name; it is compiled in 49 chapters, all except first five deal with Dharmasastra. Except the 1st, 2nd, and the last, all are taken from the ritualistic manuals, compiled during the 1st half of the 11th century A. D.] Journal of the Oriental Institute, Baroda Vol. VI. No. I, Sept. 1956. (7) The Cult of Manes as Depicted in the Matsya Purana. (By S. G. Katawala M. A.) [Various classifications of the Saddhas dealt with in the Matsya Purana; the mode of performing Saddha rites also discussed. The importance of the group of three Pitris; emphasis of MP on Sapta-Purusha-Sapindya. Primitive Community-worfhip changed to family-worship; some of the elements of vikira rites are probably a remnant of the primitive community-worship.]

248 1840. puranam - PURANA [Vol. I, No. 2 The Vishnu Purana, translated by H. H. Wilson, London, (Preface.) (8) MATSYA PURANA. [The account of the Matsya-avatara and the preservance of Manu is also given in the Mahabharata, but in a primitive simplicity, and so is of a much more antique compilation than the mysticism and extravagance of the actual Matsya Purana. This is a miscellaneous compilation, but including in its contents the elements of a genuine Purana. It is indebted to various works, not only for its matter, but also for its words, specially to the Padma Purana which it quotes on one occasion.] Our Heritage, Calcutta, Vol. II. Part I. (9) MATSYA PURANA MENTIONED BY NAME IN THE MAHABHARATA (from an article by Asoka Chatterji, on the Padma Purana). [In the course of discussing the early origin of the Puranic literature the writer points out that the Mahabharata knew individual Puranas in some form or other at least at certain stages of its growth. The Mahabharata expressly mentions 'Vayu-Prokta Purana' and the 'Matsyaka-Purana' with some of their contents, although very little of these contents is to be found in the present Vayu and Matsya Puranas. The verse mentioning the Matsya Purana by name is :- tapasa mahatayuktah so'tha srastum pracakrame || sarvah praja manuh saksad yathavad bharatarsabha || ityetanmatsyakam nama puranam parikirtitam || Poona ed. iii. 185.521539. Alberuni's India. (Trubner' Oriental Series). (10) QUOTATIONS FROM THE MATSYA PURANA BY ALBERUNI. [Alberuni has quoted from the Matsya Purana in the following chapters of his book:-

Feb., 1960] BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON PURANAS 249 Ch. XXIII-Mount Meru and the mountains of the earth in the Matsya Purana. Ch. XXIV-Description of the Dvipas according to the Matsya and Vishnu Puranas." Ch. XXV-Quotations from the Matsya Purana on the rivers of India. Ch.XXVI-Quotations from the Vayu and Matsya Puranas on the shape of Heaven and Earth. Ch.XXVII-Quotations from the Matsya Purana on the two motions of the Universe. Ch.LXVI-An extract on Holy Pond from the Vayu and the Matsya Puranas. All these quotations are in the form of translation of the slokas of the Matsya Purana; but this Matsya Purana must have differed from the present Matsya Purana, for all his quotations are not found in the present MP. ] (To be continued)