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- I believe this is an unpublished source.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:
- 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?
- 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
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
Sarva Mangalam.