[INDOLOGY] Hemakutakhanda & Vijayanagara - sources and questions

[Satyanad KICHENASSAMY]

The right person to answer these is Mrs Vasundhara Filliozat. She and her (late) husband have prepared a translation of Pampamahatmya that will hopefully come out soon.
Let me know if you want me to forward your message to her.
Best regards,
Satyanad Kichenassamy


Le 16 août 2025 19:17:54 GMT+02:00, Westin Harris via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> a écrit :
>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      - I believe this is an unpublished source.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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Satyanad KICHENASSAMY
Professor of Mathematics
Laboratoire de Mathématiques de Reims  (CNRS, UMR9008)
    and GREI (EPHE-Paris and Sorbonne-Université)
Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
F-51687 Reims Cedex 2
France
Web: https://www.normalesup.org/~kichenassamy
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