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)
65 (of 150)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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igno Feb., 1960] SOURCE OF UJJAIN SARADA MANUSCRIPT 169 inference that S is a descendant of some Devan膩gar墨
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5. The Devanagari (bh) confused with the Sarada symbol
for 啶� ( [sa ( ] 8 ).
An., 153.22cd, 23-
啶愢ぐ啶距さ啶む 啶氞い啷佮ぐ啷嵿う啷嵿う啶ㄠ啶む 啶ぞ啶む啷嵿啷囙そ啶氞げ啶膏啶膏啶ムた啶む 啷�
啶す啶距ぎ啶︵啶侧じ啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啷� 啶曕ぞ啶ぐ啷傕お啷� 啶多い啶曕啶班い啷佮 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿ぅ啷� 啶灌た啶啶苦ぐ啷囙 啶多啶權啶椸 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠた啶� 啶︵啶啶むた啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啷�
[air膩vate caturddante m膩ta峁単e'calasa峁僺thite ||
mah膩madajalasr膩ve k膩mar奴pe 艣atakratu岣� |
tasthau himagire岣� 艣峁涐箙ge 产丑腻苍耻尘腻苍颈惫补 d墨ptim膩n ||
] S --啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠた啶� [蝉腻苍耻尘腻苍颈惫补 ] for 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠた啶�
[ [产丑腻苍耻尘腻苍颈惫补
[ ] Here, only 艢 reads 啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠた啶� [蝉腻苍耻尘腻苍颈惫补 ] for 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ㄠた啶�, [产丑腻苍耻尘腻苍颈惫补, ] while all
other Northern and Southern Mss. give the same
reading as the An. But in this context '
seems to be the original and correct reading, and the
reading of 艢 may be taken as a corrupt one resulting
from the confusion between the Devanagari letter 褔 (bh)
and the resembling Sarad膩 symbol for the letter s]
6. Devanagari (m) confused with the Sarada symbol for (s)
An., 206. 41-
啶曕啶粪啶｀啶啶膏た啶む 啶曕啶粪啶｀ぎ啷冟啶膏啶� 啶氞ぐ啷嵿ぎ 啶︵い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹啶ㄠ啶︵啶班ぞ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距す啶苦い啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶� 啷�
啶ぅ啷嬥啷嵿い啶啶むえ啷嵿ぎ啶班ぃ啶� 啶� 啶多啶氞啶む啶啶班ぞ啶啶ㄠ啶む啶き啷�啶粪啶熰 啶え啶膏 啶げ啶� 啶むい啷� 啷�
[ [办峁涐梗峁噀辫蝉颈迟补峁� k峁涐梗峁嘺m峁沢asya carma dattv膩 dvijendr膩ya sam膩hit膩tm膩 |
yathoktametan尘补谤补峁嘺峁� na 艣ocetpr膩pnotyabh墨峁ａ弓a峁� manasa岣� phala峁� tat ||
[] Here, S and some other Mss. read' for
'啶曕啶粪啶｀啶啶膏た啶む [办峁涐梗峁噀辫蝉颈迟补峁�] ', but '啶ぐ啶｀ [尘补谤补峁嘺峁�] ' is the reading of all the Mss. except
艢 which reads Sara峁嘺m in place of mara峁嘺m. Here
also the reading of S does not seem to be a correct one,
and may be the result of the confusion between the
two letters Devanagari H (m) and Sarad膩 (s), which
resemble each other, for the S膩rad膩 letters 'm' and 's'
have little chance of being confused with each
other.]
These are some of the instances which are suffi-
cient to prove that S is a descendant of some Kash-
