[INDOLOGY] Hemakutakhanda & Vijayanagara - sources and questions

[Westin Harris]

Greetings esteemed INDOLOGists,

I am seeking some help in procuring soft copies of several sources related
to Vijayanagara, the *Pampamahatmya* and/or *Hemakutakhanda*, and the
(since disbanded?) Vijayanagara Research Project (VRP). I have also
appended two open questions to all INDOLOGists at the bottom of this email.

I am writing from my phone so I apologize for the lack of diacritics.

*PDF REQUESTS*:

   - *Vijayanagara: Progress of Research, 1984-1987. Directorate of
   Archaeology and Museums, Mysore, India.*
      - Specifically, I am looking for the following article contained in
      the above, but a PDF of the whole issue would be helpful ...
      - *Wagoner, Philip (1985) "Architecture and Mythic Space at the
      Hemakuta Hill: A Pre!iminary Report."* In *Vijayanagara: Progress of
      Research, 1984-1987*. Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Mysore,
      India
   - *"Hemakutakhanda of the Skanda Purana," Synopsis by A.A. Shapiro in
   English of the Sanskrit manuscript. *
      - I believe this is an unpublished source. So if it is not able to be
      shared, I do understand.
   - I have been told that the late *Asim Krisna Das of the VRP edited and
   translated part of the **Pampamahatmya.* I wonder if either the edition
   or translation are able to be shared? Once again, I understand if not.

*QUESTIONS*:


   1. It is my understanding that the *Hemakutakhanda* attributes itself to
   one *Bharadvajasamhita* of the *Adimahapurana* (ie. the *Skandapurana*?).
   I presume, then, that this is *not* the same *Bharadvajasamhita*
   associated with the *Naradapancaratra*. It seems that the
   *Kadalimanjunathamahatmya* also attributes itself to a
   *Bharadvajasamhita*, likely the former though possibly a slesha of both
   (given the text's Bauddha-Shaiva core with later Vaisnava
interpolations)? *Does
   anyone know of any other Deccan sthala-puranas/-mahatmyas that attribute
   themselves to either of these two Bharadvajasamhitas*?
   2. The *Kadalimanjunathamahatmya* contains a rendition of Virupaksha's
   encounter with Indra, including the dueling elephants/dueling mountains
   narrative topos, mirroring the first verse of the *Virupakshapanchashika*.
   Some colleagues have suggested that other renditions of this vignette might
   be found in literature and/or folklore affiliated with the cult of
   Virupaksha at Hampi. *Does anyone know of any other mentions of
   Virupaksha's (dueling elephants/dueling mountains) encounter with Indra
   beyond the Kadalimanjunathamahatmya and Virupakshapanchashika?? *

Direct answers or references to secondary sources will be equally
appreciated.


*Sincerely,*

*Westin Harris*
Ph.D. Candidate
Study of Religion
University of California, Davis
https://religionsgrad.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris
<https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris>

2021 Dissertation Fellow,
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies

Sarva Mangalam.
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