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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contains a large number of interpolations. The smaller interpolations number 326, while the bigger ones number 31. The Editor gives the bigger interpolations in Appendix I-XXIX which include adhyāyas 12, 13 and 14 of the Vulgate (narrating Aghăsura-vadha, Vatsāharana and Brahma-stuti) given in Appendix VII. They do not occur in the old MSS are D, and Nn, and considered interpolated in the commentaries given by Vijayadhvaja and Vallabhācārya.
The Editor has contributed a critical study of this skandha, discussing the historicity of Krsna and supplying a comparative table of the different episodes of Krsna's life as given in Harivamsa, Visņu Purāņa and Bhāgavata Purāņa. He has also dwelt upon the earliest narration of the episodes of Krsnaś boyhood as given by Bhāsa in his Bālacarita. It is to be noted that among the early Purāņas the Bhagavata gives a more elaborate and systematic narration of the successive episodes of Krsna's life. It depicts the long glorious career of Krşņa Vāsudeva at Gokula, Vrndāvana, Mathurā and Dvārakā, commencing with his birth at Mathura and terminating with the conclusion of his lilās. The main subject of Skandha X is obviously Nirodha, a peculiar kind of salvation. In critical notes Dr. Shastree has also included the smaller and bigger interpolations, choosing smaller interpolations according to their importance.
As Skandha X is bulky, it is confined to Part I, which was published in 1997 soon after Vol. I. It gives more illustrations including some coloured ones. The price of Part 1 is Rs. 1,000.
The last two Skandhas XI and XII are given in Part II of Vol. IV. The text of Skandha XI is based on the collation of 28 MSS. They are copied in Sāradā, Newäri, Maithili, Bangali, Devanāgarĩ, Nandināgari, Telugu, Kannada, Grantha and Malayālam scripts. Then follow detailed tables indicating the numbers of insertions and omissions given adhyāyawise. The skandha commences with the narration of the curse for the destruction of the Yādava family. It then expounds the Bhāgavata faith, describes māyā, the incarnations of the Lord and gives a long dialogue between Krşņa and Uddhava (Adhy. 7 to 29). Now Krsņa advises Uddhava to go Badarikāśrama. The last two adhyāyas (30 and 31) narrate the destruction of the Yādavas and the dehotsarga of Kršņa.
The Editor, an ardent follower of Vaisnavism, dwells upon the evolution of the Pāñcarātra or Sätvata sect, and the concepts of Nārāyana and Väsudeva, tracing their origin in the Upanişāds and their use by Pāṇini. He also expounds the salient features of the Bhāgavata Mārga and its four Vyuhas. The outstanding charactistic of this sect is Bhaktimârga consiting of nine means, śravaņa to ātma-nivedana. The The Critical Edition of the Bhāgavata]
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