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The Original Skandapurāa, Lakmīdhara and Caeśvara Studies in the Skandapurāa VIII

The Original Skandapurāa, Lakmīdhara and Caeśvara Studies in the Skandapurāa VIII KENGO HARIMOTO THE ORIGINAL SKAND A PUR AA _ NA , LAK _ SM II DHARA AND CA _ N _ DE SSVARA STUDIES IN THE SKAND A PUR AA _ NA VIII* 1. INTRODUCTION The original Skand a pur aa _ na (SP), 1 offers a unique opportunity to study the development of a Pur aa _ n a . This is because of the following reasons: 1. A very old version is preserved in manuscripts from Nepal, one of which is dated (810 C.E.). The text is called simply the F Skand a pur aa _ na _ in these manuscripts. 2. We have access to three different recensions. In addition to the recension from Nepal, two recensions that style themselves as the F Ambik aakha _ n _ da _ (A) and the F Rev aakha _ n _ da _ (R) of a F Skand a pur aa _ na _ have survived. They are preserved in manuscripts later than the 17th century. Even though they are called kha _ n _ da s, they transmit fundamentally the same text as the Nepalese recension. They have never been published as parts of the well-known, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

The Original Skandapurāa, Lakmīdhara and Caeśvara Studies in the Skandapurāa VIII

Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 49 (1-2): 23 – Jan 1, 2006

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Brill
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© 2006 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0019-7246
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1572-8536
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10.1007/s10783-005-4913-9
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Abstract

KENGO HARIMOTO THE ORIGINAL SKAND A PUR AA _ NA , LAK _ SM II DHARA AND CA _ N _ DE SSVARA STUDIES IN THE SKAND A PUR AA _ NA VIII* 1. INTRODUCTION The original Skand a pur aa _ na (SP), 1 offers a unique opportunity to study the development of a Pur aa _ n a . This is because of the following reasons: 1. A very old version is preserved in manuscripts from Nepal, one of which is dated (810 C.E.). The text is called simply the F Skand a pur aa _ na _ in these manuscripts. 2. We have access to three different recensions. In addition to the recension from Nepal, two recensions that style themselves as the F Ambik aakha _ n _ da _ (A) and the F Rev aakha _ n _ da _ (R) of a F Skand a pur aa _ na _ have survived. They are preserved in manuscripts later than the 17th century. Even though they are called kha _ n _ da s, they transmit fundamentally the same text as the Nepalese recension. They have never been published as parts of the well-known,

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Published: Jan 1, 2006

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