History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.176

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There are numerous works, translations and papers on Purāṇas. A few alone are mentioned here. Eugene Burnouf translated the Bhāgavata Purāṇa in French in five volumes in 1840 and later years. The translations of Viṣṇu and Mārkaṇḍeya were made respectively by H. H. Wilson and Pargiter; Prof. Kirfel's Introduction to 'Purāṇa pañcalakṣaṇa' (1927, Bonn) was translated in the Journal of the Shri Venkatesa Institute, vol. VII pp 81-121 and vol. VIII. pp 9-33; Kirfel in Festschrift Jacobi pp. 298-316; K. P. Jayaswal on 'Chronological tables in Puranic chronicles' in J. B. O R. S. vol. III pp. 246-262; 'Purāṇas and Indus Aryas' and 'Study of ancient Geography in Agnipurāṇa' in I. H. Q. (1933), vol. 18 pp. 461 and 470; Prof. Ramchandra Dikshitar's studies on Vāyu and Matsya and Index to (five) Purāṇas in three volumes; J. R. A. S. 1941 pp. 247-256 and pp. 337-350 by W. Ruben for 'Puranic line of heroes'; J. A. S. B. for 1938, vol. IV. Article 15 pp. 393 ff; 'Purāṇas on Guptas' in I. H. Q. vol. 21 pp. 141 ff and 'Gupta Inscriptions and Purāṇas' by Dr. D. R. Patil in B.D.C.R.I. vol. II. pp. 148-165; H. C Raychaudhuri in a paper in the Pro. of the 10th Oriental Conference, pp. 390 ff for discrepancies of Puranic accounts with epigraphic records; paper by Mr. B. C. Majmudar on 'Origin and character of Purāṇa literature' in Sir Asutosh Mukharji Silver Jubilee vol. III, Orientalia, part 2 pp. 9-30; a verse from p. 30 of 'Inscriptionies Sanskrites de Champa et du Cambodge' refers to the provision made by a king of the 6th century A. D. for the daily reading of the Bhārata, Rāmāyaṇa and Purāṇas;1414a the Penukonda plates of the early Gaṅga king Mādhava II, (E. I. vol. 14 p 338) speaks of him as knowing 'the essence of many śāstras, Itihāsa and Purāṇas' (probably in 6th century A. D.); Purāṇas are mentioned as studied in 578 A. D. (in E. I. vol. 28 p 59)