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 1, Part 2 (1960)
61 (of 150)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Feb., 1960] SOURCE OF UJJAIN SARADA MANUSCRIPT 165 Below are given some of the cases of such confusion which
have been found in the Ujjain Sāradā Ms. of the Matsya Purāṇa
(hereafter referred to as $)-
1. The Letter a confused as
�
( [ta
(] a) An., 152. 36-
अथ संज्ञामवाप्याश� गरुडोऽपि सकेशवः �
पराङ्मुख� रणात्तस्मात् पलाय� महानवः �
[atha saṃjñāmavāpyāśu garuḍo'pi sakeśava� |
parāṅmukho raṇāttasmāt palāyata mahānava� ||
] Ś-
पलाय�
[貹ⲹԲ
] ""
""
ララ
""
[Here, the reading '' (palāyata) is the past imper-
fect tense () in the atmanepada, of the root to
अय�
[ū
] go with ч as an upasarga, and agrees with its subject
Garudah. Obviously it is the correct reading and
is found in all other Mss., both Northern and Southern.
The S-reading ч(貹ⲹԲ) is clearly the result
of the confusion between the Devanāgarī letters
7 and 7]
(b) An., 154. 526 cd
-
कामरूप� महोत्साह� महारूपगुणान्विता� (गणेशाः) �
[kāmarūpā mahotsāhā mahārūpaguṇānvitā� (gaṇeśā�) |
] Ś-
महान्साह�
[Բ
] フラ
وو
[Here, it
may be noticed that the scribe first confused
the letter of the original reading HET: (dzٲ�)
तू
[ū
] as, by which the correct original reading became
corrupt as : (mahonsahāh); he then might have
emended the portion (mahon) as (mahān),
and thus the corrupt reading : (mahānsāha�)
was the result. Thus महोत्साहाः [dzٲ� ] > महोन्साहाः [DzԲ� ] > महान्साहाः-
[Բ�-
] might have been the process.]
(c) An., 220. 6 cd
-
अविनीतकुमार� हि कुलमाश� विशीर्यत� �
[avinītakumāra� hi kulamāśu viśīryate ||
] S--अविनी� �
[avinīna 0
] دو
دو
وو
1. Anandāśrama edition of the Matsya Purāṇa, Poona, 1907.
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