Mahapurana of Puspdanta

SR No.: 001536
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratna N Shriyan
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1969
Total Pages: 348
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Literature
File Size: 21 MB

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DEŚYA WORDS FROM THE MAHĀPURĀŅA
1. (ii) Vaidya's edition of MP. : Vaidya's edition of the I volume of MP. is based on five MSS. designated by bim as G, K, M, B and P. The Manuscript designated as G is one considered by the editor as one of the best and the most authentic of the Mss. of tbe work and hence he has based the text mainly on thisl. For fixing the text and preparing the critical apparatus, the editor has also made use of Țippana of Pra. bbācandra on Adipurāņa, for which see further below.
Vaidya's edition of the II volume of MP. is based upon three Mss. designated by him K, A and P which are fully collated. The editor has constituted the text in this volume mostly relying upon the text as preserved in K manuscript which represents the earliest of the three recensions of the Uttarapurāņa. The editor also has made use of the Țippaņa of Prabhācandia on Uttara.purāņa and the marginal gloss in K and P in constituting the text and preparing the foot-notes?.
The text of the III volume of MP. edited by Vaidya is based upon three fully collated Mss. designated by him as K, A and P. For fixing the text, the Uttarapurāņa Tippaņa of Prabhācandra has been used here also as in Volume II. For the text of Harivamsa i. e. for Sandhis 81-92, two more Mss. designated by him as B and S have been used. The editor has chiefly relied on K manuscript in constituting the text and has included the Tippana of Prabhācandra in his Critical Apparatus and foot-notes.3
The introductions to the three volumes of MP. edited by Vaidya deal with description and relationship of Mss., mode of constituting the Text and description of gloss (pp. X-XVI and pp. XXXV-XXXVI of MP. I, pp. IX-X of MP. II and pp. XIII-XVIII and pp. XXIII-XXIV of MP. III). The Introductions to I and III volumes also deal with a brief account of the poet Puşpadanta, his patrons Bharata and Naņņa (pp. XXVIII of MP. I and pp. XIV-XXI of MP. III). The I volume also deals with the general character of a Mabāpurāņa (pp. XXXII-XXXIV). The III volume also gives a description of Mānyakheta (pp. XXIXXIII). In both the II and III volumes a brief summary of the conttents of Sandhis is given in the introduction (pp. X-XXI of MP. II and pp. XXV-XXXII of MP. III) and brief notes at the end of the tex. In the I volume a brief summary of the contents of Sandhis together with brief votes are given at the end of the text (pp. 593-661). This is followed by a small glossary of a few selected rare Prakrit words including Deść words. 1. See MP. 1, Introduction, pp. X-XVI, 2. See MP. II, Introduction, pp. X-XI. 3. See MP. II, Introduction, pp. X--XI.