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)
62 (of 150)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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पुराणम� - [purāṇam - ] ʱĀ
[Vol. I, No. 2
2. The letter confused as a
�
( [na
(] a) An., 127. 19 ab -
एव� धवनियुक्तोऽस� भ्रमते ज्योतिषा� गण� �
[eva� dhavaniyukto'sau bhramate jyotiṣāṃ gaṇa� |
] The Devanagari Ms. (No. 4646) of the Scindia
Oriental Institute, Ujjain,' which is closely allied to S,
reads as follows:-
एव� वनिबद्धोऽप� भ्रमति ज्योतिषा� गण� �
[eva� vanibaddho'pi bhramati jyotiṣāṃ gaṇa� |
] S - एव� ध्रुवतिबद्धोऽप�
( [eva� dhruvatibaddho'pi
(] b) An., 191. 118 ab-
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अङ्कोलस्� समीपे तु नातिदूरे तु तस्य
वै �
[aṅkolasya samīpe tu nātidūre tu tasya
vai |
] 99 "
तातिदूरे
[پū
] "
In all these instances the confusion occurs between the
two letters 't' (a) and 'n' (7). This confusion is possible only
in the case of the Devanagari letters- and -and never in the
case of the Śāradā letters; for in the Sāradā script these two
letters do not resemble at all, and so they can never be confused
with each other. Hence, it may be inferred that S is a copy of some
Devanāgarī original, or of some intermediate Sāradā exemplar
which was itself a direct or an indirect descendant of the
supposed Devanāgarī original. This inference may further be
strengthened by the following instances
3. The conjunct (tpa) confused as (tya)
An., 153.24 ab-
तस्यारक्षत्पदं सव्य� मारुतोऽमितविक्रम� �
[tasyārakṣatpada� savya� māruto'mitavikrama� |
] D reads-
तस्यारक्षत्पदं सौम्यं [tasyārakṣatpada� saumya� ] �
But Ś reads�
तस्यारक्षत्यदं सौम्यं [tasyārakṣatyada� saumya� ] �
1. This Ujjain Devanagari Ms. will be referred to as D.
