[INDOLOGY] Tübingen Purāṇa Project

[Tyler Neill]

Hi Harry,

I’ve copied your query into Claude, the links there seem like a good
starting point for further reading.

https://claude.ai/share/3d63e7d6-fe85-416f-8fc1-ce71930d6b98

Hopefully list members can supplement or correct this account from their
own understanding. I imagine McComas might be interested, for example.

-Tyler


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> Subject: [INDOLOGY] कृष्णाष्टमी
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> क एष भगवद्गीतोपदेशक इति श्रुतः।
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> श्यामवर्णः कृष्णनामा गोकुले वर्द्धितः सुखम्॥
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> वत्सानां नवजातानां हिताय च सुखाय च।
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> एकाष्टम्यां यज्ञविधिं चक्रुस्ते प्रतिवत्सरं॥
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> तस्मात् कृष्णमहं मन्ये गोवत्सं देवतात्मकम्।
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> एकाष्टकामधिकृत्य कृतिरस्ति मया कृता।
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> बुधा अध्येतुमर्हन्ति नूतनां तां कृतिं मम॥
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> https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/ejvs/article/view/27844
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> From: Harry Spier <vasishtha.spier at gmail.com>
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> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 17:43:59 -0400
> Subject: [INDOLOGY] Tübingen Purāṇa Project
> Dear list members,
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> Can someone tell me a little about the " Tübingen Purāṇa Project"
> in particular what Purāṇas they made texts of.
> 1) I see that its associated with the SARIT version of the Brahma-purāṇa
> which has in its header information:
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> principal><persName>Peter Schreiner</persName> and <persName>Renate Söhnen</persName>,
>             <orgName>Tübingen Purāṇa Project</orgName></principal>
>
> 2) The GRETIL narasiṃha-purāṇa has written in its header:
>
> Input by Peter Schreiner
> (revised version, 25.2.2014)
> CONTRIBUTOR'S NOTE:
> This transliteration of the Narasiṃhapurāṇa was begun while the Tübingen Purāṇa Project was still operative. I dedicate it gratefully to Heinrich von Stietencron, who let it happen.
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> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
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