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[Vol. VI., No. 1
Kantha Sastri, the author of Kannada Version of the Sanskrit
艢a峁卥aravijaya in a note at the beginning of his work, refers to a
Devibh膩gavata in Kannada verse form with 14050 verses in
Bh膩min墨峁�atpadi metre written in the name of "Tripurasundar墨
Devi" perhaps by himself.32
All the 12 skandhas of this pur膩峁嘺 have been translated
into Kannada by Edatore Candrasekhara Sastri. The author has
followed the Sanskrit Commentary "Tilaka" by N墨lakantha.
Published in 11 parts in 艢r墨 Jayac膩mar膩jendra Grantharatnam膩l膩
as series No.5, this Pur膩峁嘺 was printed in Sri Pauc膩c膩rya
Electric Press, Mysore, between 1942 and 1945.
THE SIVAMAHAPUR膧峁咥
This Pur膩峁嘺 has been translated into Kannada prose by
Ro峁嚺玶u Venkatarama Sastri. It has been divided into seven
sections: Vidye艣varasa峁僪it膩, Rudrasa峁僪it膩, Satarudrasa峁僪it膩,
Kotirudrasahit膩, Um膩sam峁僪it膩, Kail膩sasa峁僪it膩 and Vayav墨ya-
samhita. It was printed and published by Sri T. K. Krishnaswami
Setty, Proprietor, Kalanidhi Press, Bangalore in 1920.
Sivamah膩pur膩峁嘺 has been translated into Kannada by
Asth膩na Vidv盲n Pandit Venkatarao of Hassan. A ms. from
Oriental Library, Mysore, a book printed at Madhure with Hindi
translation and another printed in Venkate艣vara Press, Bombay,
have been utilised in preparing the text. Published in Sri
Jayacamarajendra Grantharatnam盲膩l膩 in 12 parts as series No. 21,
it has been printed in two different presses in Mysore, in 1945
and 1946.
THE GARUDA-PURA峁咥
Vi峁ａ箛udharmottara, purporting to be a portion of the G盲ruda-
purana, has been written in simple prose by an unknown author.
It purports to establish the supremacy of Lord Vis峁噓. The two
Mss. MD (K.) No. 236 and 237 in the Descriptive Catalogue of
32. Vide Kar峁嚹佱弓aka Sankaravijaya by Saligrama Srikantha Sastri, 2nd
Edition Printed in Sit盲r膩ghava Printing Press, Mysore, in 1951,
under "Abhivandana",
33. On this, see separate note at the end of this Paper,
Jan., 1964]
KANNADA VERSIONS OF THE PUR膧峁咥S
169 Kannada Mss. in the Government Oriental Mss. Library Madras,
contain 1-24 Adhy膩yas complete and the 25th incomplete.
THE VARAHA-PURANA
Kaisika-purana forming part of Varaha-pur膩峁嘺 has been
rendered into Kannada prose by an unknown author [vide MD (K.)
No. 202]. According to the colophon, it contains 44 Adhy膩yas.
A complete translation of this Pur盲na is by Asth盲na Vidv盲n
艢r墨 M. R. Varad膩c膩rya. Published in 艢r墨 Jayacamarajendra
Grantharatnam膩l膩 as series No. 31, in 5 parts, it has been
printed in 艢r墨 Hanuman power press, Mysore, between 1946 and
1948. The author gives the gist at the end of each Adhyaya.
The Sanskrit text has been prepared with the help of a ms. in
Grantha Script available in Oriental Library Mysore, and printed
editions of Venkateswara Printing Press, Bombay, and
Printed by Pandit H峁涐梗墨kesa Sastri of Calcutta.
THE OTHER PURANAS
There are some Pur膩峁嘺s for which there appears to be no
earlier translation. About a dozen such Pur膩峁嘺s have been
rendered into Kannada, perhaps for the first time, by living
authors enabling the lovers of Pur膩峁嘺s in Karnataka to have a
perusal of them. They have been published in 艢r墨 Jayac膩ma-
rajendra Grantharatnam膩l膩. The translators have mostly used
the printed editions from Bombay and Anand盲艣rama series, Poona
and at times Mss. in Telugu or Grantha character. The details
such as the series No., year of publication etc. are dealt with in
the following respective Pur盲峁嘺s.
THE 膧DI-PUR膧峁咥
This has been translated by Asthana Vidv盲n E岣峚tore
Candrasekhara 艢istri. Published in Sri Jayacamarajendra
Grantharatnam膩l膩 as series No. 41, it has been printed in
Pa帽c膩c膩rya Electric Press, New Sayaji Rao Road, Mysore, in
1946. The book centains 29 Adhy膩yas.
THE KALKI-PURANA
This has bsen translated by Edatore Candrasekhara Sastri.
Published in 艢r墨 Jayacamarajendra Grantaratnam膩l膩 as Series
22