Samipya 2000 Vol 17 Ank 03 04

SR No.: 535817
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhartiben Shelat, R T Savalia
Publisher: Bholabhai Jeshingbhai Adhyayan Sanshodhan Vidyabhavan
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 84
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Samipya, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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Bhāgavata dharma and narrates the account of Daksa and his sixty daughters, the ākhyānas of Viśvardpa, Vrtra, Citraketu, and the Marudgana. The skandha concludes with the description of the Pursavana Vrata. In the critical study of the skandhas concerned, the editor has also given a comparative table of the avatāras of Vişnu enumerated at five places in the Bhāgavata including adhyāya 8 of Skandha VI. The tables of the dynasty of Priyavrata and the seven dvipas compare the account in the Bhagavata with some other Purānas.
The Editor has also given analytic tables of the different metres used in these three skandhas along with the number of verses composed in the different metres.
Vol. II was published in 1999. Its price is Rs. 800.
The three Skandhas in Vol. III are distributed among the three Editors.
Skandha VII is critically edited by Dr. H. G. Shastri. The text constituted by him is based on MSS in Sāradā, Nevārī, Maithili, Bengāli, Devanāgari, Nandināgari, Telugu, Kannada, Grantha and Malayālam scripts, their total number being 26. A comparative study of the readings in these MSS indicates that they can be classified into five versions, viz. North-West, North-East, Northern, Western and Southern. The difference of the regional versions is confirmed and corroborated by a comparative study of the insertions and omissions found in the select MSS copied in the difficult regional scripts. They are analytically mentioned in the two tables.
Skandha VII consists of 15 adhyāyas comprising 750 verses in all. The first 10 adhyāyas are devoted to the narration of the story of Hiranyakaśipu, his son Prahrāda and the incarnation of Nộsimha. The editor has aptly drawn attention to the long gap between the narration of the assassination of Hiranyāksa in III.19 and the narration of the assassination of his brother Hiranyakaśipu in VII. 8. The carita of Prahrāda is followed by a short account of the rescue of Śiva by God Visņu, when the former was entangled by the harassment of Maya Dānava. From the Puranic point of view Skandha VII is intended to deal with the fifth lakṣaṇa of the Mahāpurāņa, viz. Uti (material lust for karma).
The last five adhyāyas of this skandha are devoted to a Smrti type of topic, depicting the duties of the four varņas and the four āśramas. The editor has also dealt with the use of different metres and some grammatical peculiarities discerned in this skandha.
Skandha VIII is contributed by Dr. Bharati Shelat, who has constituted the text on the basis of the collation of 27 select MSS copied in different regional
The Critical Edition of the Bhagavata
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