[INDOLOGY] Re: Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa edition

[Toke Knudsen]

Dear David and Christophe,

Thank you so much for the link and the information. I really appreciate it.

Have a good weekend.

Best wishes,
Toke



> On Mar 26, 2021, at 13:54, Christophe Vielle <christophe.vielle at uclouvain.be> wrote:
> 
> I dare to add some information:
> 
> • "The Bombay edition": Atha Brahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇaṃ prārabhyate, Mumbai: Śrīveṅkaṭeśvara Steam Press, 1906 (śake 1828 / V.S. 1963), was reprinted in 1912 (śake 1834 / V.S. 1969) with the Lalitopākhyāna added (from f° 204 v°); then a new edition (viz. a new typographical composition) was produced by Kṣemarāja Śrīkṛṣṇadās, Mumbai: Śrīveṅkaṭeśvara Press, 1935 (śake 1857 / V.S. 1992). It is this last edition which has then been reprinted both as being the “ed. K. V. Sharma”, Varanasi: Krishnadas Academy (Chowkhamba Press), Krishnadas Sanskrit series no. 41, 1983, 20002, 2009 etc., and New Delhi: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, 20023; and also as being the “ed. J. L. Shastri” (with a "re-cutting" 1,5 f° = 1 p.), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1973, 19832 (+ in both cases, a new introduction and pada-index).    
> 
> • "The Calcutta edition" (in Bengali script): by Devendranātha Vasu (with Bengali translation and notes by Nagendranātha Vasu), Calcutta, Viśvakośa Office, 1891-1894 (B. S. 1298-1301), 23 fascicules bounded en 1 vol. 1895 (B. S. 1302) ; reed. by Pañcānana Tarkaratna (with Bengali translation), Calcutta, Vaṅgavāsī Press, 1908 (B. S. 1315), 19892 (B. S. 1396).
> 
> Here a concordance of the VāP-BḍP editions:  The Calcutta ed. of the BḍP presents a text often closer to the one edited under the title VāP; it is incomplete.
> 
>> Le 26 mars 2021 à 17:35, David and Nancy Reigle <dnreigle at gmail.com> a écrit :
>> 
>> Dear Toke,
>> 
>> Here is a link to this edition:
>> 
>> https://archive.org/details/BrahmandaMahapuranEdByDr.KVSharmaKrishnaDasAcademy/page/n205/mode/2up
>> 
>> The purāṇa text in this edition is a reprint of one of the Venkatesvara Press printings. So it is the old Venkatesvara Press edition, first published in 1906. This edition has more than the usual number of corrupt readings, as has been noted by several researchers who used it. R. C. Hazra in his Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs used the Vangavasi Press edition, which was published in Calcutta in 1908, probably in Bengali script. I have not seen it, and have been trying to obtain a copy of it. This edition seems to have significant differences from the Venkatesvara Press edition, in the way of additions and omissions and better readings. The Epic and Puranic Bibliography lists three other editions published in Calcutta, 1895, 1908, and 1940, that I have no way to check. They are not held in any North American Library and have not yet been scanned by the Digital Library of India, as far as I can find.  As far as I know, the Venkatesvara Press edition and the Calcutta editions are the only independently made editions that were based directly on manuscripts. I would be glad to get a copy of any of the Calcutta editions. 
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> David Reigle
>> Colorado, U.S.A.
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 9:04 AM Toke Knudsen <Toke.Knudsen at oneonta.edu> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Would anyone happen to have a PDF version of the following edition of the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa?
>> 
>> The  Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa with English Introduction, Verse-Index and Textual Correction
>> Editor: K. V. Sharma
>> Varanasi: Krishnadas Academy, 2000 (reprint)
>> 
>> A PDF of another edition would work as well.
>> 
>> Alternatively, if anyone has access to the physical book of the above edition, I’m merely looking for a couple of page references.
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Toke
>> 
>> -----
>> Toke Lindegaard Knudsen, Ph.D.
>> 
>> Associate Professor
>> Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics
>> State University of New York at Oneonta
>> 
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>> Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
>> University of Copenhagen
>> 
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> Christophe Vielle
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> <Table of concordance BdP-VaP.pdf>