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Summary: The “Purana Bulletin” is an academic journal published by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. The Puranas are an important part of Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects including cultural history, cosmology, legends of deities, folklore, and social customs.

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+ Purana, Volume 1, Part 2 (1960)

. Editorial

. Vishnu as Kalpa-vriksha

. Sarasvati Stotra (from the Markandeya Purana)

. Puranesu puranamahattvam

. Allegorical interpretation of myths

. Puranasukti (from the Shiva-Purana)

. Purana Laksana

. A Cultural Commentary on the Sarasvati-Stotra

. Purana-visayasuci (Purana Concordance)

. Padmapurana-stotra-suci

. The Stotras in the Matsya Purana: An Analysis

. Bhukti-Mukti Ideal in the Puranas

. Devanagari Source of the Ujjain Sarada Manuscript

. The Position and Antiquity of the Patala-Khanda of the Padma Purana

. Purana-prasanga (from Jagad-Guru-Vaibhava)

. Padmini-Vidya

. Yaksha Worship in Matsya Purana

. Puranic Geography: Chatur-dvipa and Sapta-dvipa

. The Seven-Sea gift in the Matsya-purana

. The Date of the Puranas

. Inventory of Matsya Purana Manuscripts

. The Pasupata-Yoga

. Bibliographical Notes on the Puranas

+ Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)

. Ambu-vicikrtam Sarasvati Stotra

. Studies in Puranic History, Genealogies and Chronology

. Genealogy of the Solar Dynasty in the Puranas and the Ramayana

. Amplification of the Vedas by the Dharmasastra, Itihasa and Puranas

. Conception of Sarasvati in the Puranas

. The Problem of Ganesa in the Puranas

. Goddess Laksmi

. The Geographical Text of the Puranas: A Further Critical Study

. The Four-fold Division of the Heavenly River in the Puranas

. Wise Sayings from the Padma-purana

. The Old-Javanese Agastya-Parva

. Puskara-mahatmya (or the so-called Padmapurana-samuccaya)

. Purana references in ancient Works

. The Vamana-Purana

. On Some Readings of the Matsya-Purana

. The Legend of Cirakarin

. Ganesha Stotra (visnukrtam ganesastotram)

. Literary and Cultural Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust

. Book-review (pustaka-samiksha)

+ Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)

. Sarasvati Stotra (eulogy of Sarasvati)

. Avataras and Yugas: An Essay in Puranic Cosmology

. Puranic Antediluvian Dynasty of Svayambhuva Manu

. The Problem of Interpretation of the Puranas

. Discussion on the Account of Prajapati and his Daughter

. Shakhas of the Rigveda as mentioned in the Puranas

. Canakya’s Aphorisms in Puranas

. Kannada Versions of the Puranas

. Ancient History of the City of the Delhi in the Epics and the Puranas

. The Lower Limit for the Date of the Devi-Mahatmya

. Purana-subhasita (wise sayings from the Puranas)

. Yajna-varaha—Some more Material

. A Persian Translation of the Matsya-purana

. The Location of Kamboja

. The Kamboja Country

. Kamboja-Janapada

. Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust

. Book-review (grantha-samalocana)

. Svalpa Matsya-purana

+ Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)

. The Astaka-stotra of Vyasa

. Longevity of the Author of the Puranas

. Purana Apocrypha: A Manipura-Purana

. Literary and Archaeological Evidence on the Aryan Expansion in India

. The Puranas and the Hindu Religion

. Numismatic Gleanings from the Puranas

. Linga-purana and the Tantra Sastra

. Indian Mythology (Purana)

. Some Late Chapters of the Vayu-purana

. The First Verse of Srimad-bhagavata Maha-Purana

. The Naciketa-Upakhyana as the source of the Nasiketopakhyana

. Some Geographical and Ethnic Data of Matsya Purana

. Notes on Some Early Indian Names

. Wise Sayings from the Puranas (from the Bhagavata-purana)

. Dharmadhikarana and Dharmadhikarin

. Purana, Itihasa and Akhyana

. Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust (December 1963 – May 1964)

. Book-review (pustaka-samikshana)

. In Memoriam: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

. Publications of the All-India Kashiraj Trust Purana Bulletin

+ Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)

. Eulogy of Gayatri by Rudra

. Sakhas of the Yajurveda in the Puranas

. Morning Prayer (suprabhatam)

. The Katha Literature and the Puranas

. The Story of Suka in the Mahabharata and the Puranas

. The Problem of the First Traditional King

. Wise Sayings from the Puranas

. Sesa: The Cosmic Serpent

. Purana Tradition in Bengal

. The Saiva Philosophy in the Siva-Purana

. Some Aspects of the Vamana-purana

. The Skanda-purana on the Dharana Gotra

. The Skanda-Purana On The Dharana Gotra

. A Note on the article on the Siva-purana

. The word “Sthanu”

. The Quotations of the Puranas in the Danasagar

. Purana-sambandhin

. Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust (June 1964 – December 1964)

. Book-review: Elements of Poetry in the Mahabharata

+ Purana, Volume 8, Part 1 (1966)

. Eulogy of the Goddess by the Gods

. Megasthenes and the Indian Chronology (as based on the Puranas)

. Three Ancient Famous Temples of the Sun

. Parasurama (in Indian mythology)

. The various aspects of the Narada-Purana

. The Garuda-Purana (summary)

. Sakhas of the Samaveda as mentioned in the Puranas

. Skanda in the Puranas and Classical Literature

. The Matsya Purana and the Ramayana

. Wise Sayings from the Visnu-Purana

. Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust (July – December, 1965)

. Book-review: Graha-naksatra (Planets and Stars)

. Svalpa Matsya-purana (part 2)

. Subject Index of the Visnu-Purana

+ Purana, Volume 8, Part 2 (1966)

. A note on the Vyasa-Gayatri

. Original Purana-Samhita

. Vamana and Visnu

. The real nature of Lord Siva in Vedas and Puranas

. Researches on the Puranas

. Megasthenes and Indian Chronology (Part 2)

. On the Date of Visnu Purana’s account of Bharata and Bhuvanakosa

. Prasthalas in the Epics and the Puranas

. Brihaspati Samhita (abridged version)

. Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust (January – June, 1966)

+ Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)

. Praise of Goddes Yoganidra by Brahma

. The Legend of the Churning of the Ocean (in the Epics and the Puranas)

. Special Dharmasastric maxims in the Narada Purana

. The Shorter Kurma-Vibhaga Text of the Puranas

. Saivism in the Patala-Khanda of the Padma-Purana

. Prayaga-Mahatmya: A Study

. Xandrames of the Classical accounts and His Puranic Counterpart

. Glorification of Bharatavarsa

. Constitution of the Vamana-Purana Text

. A consideration of Mahisagara Samgama Tirtha

. In Memoriam: Dr. V. S. Agrawala

. Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust (July – December, 1966)

+ Purana, Volume 9, Part 2 (1967)

. The Glorification of Vyasa

. A Note on Indra in Puranic Literature

. The Relative Chronology of the Janapada Lists of the Puranas

. Two Pauranic Sites of Vidarbha

. Legend of Ksupa

. Artha and Arthasastra in the Puranic Iconography

. Pehoa: The Ancient Prithudaka

. In Memoriam: Dr. Pannalal

. Activities of The All India Kashiraj Trust (January – June, 1967)

. Svalpa Matsya-purana (part 3)

+ Purana, Volume 10, Part 1 (1968)

. Eulogy of Gauri by Andhaka

. Consideration on the settlement of Purana Text

. The Story of Somaka in the Mahabharata

. Location of the Naimisa Forest

. Megasthenes and Indian Chronology (Part 4)

. On Comparative Chronology of the Vishnu and Bhagavata Puranas

. The Sarasvati Purana

. The Nature and Sources of the Dharmasastra

. Maxims from the Vamana Purana

. Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust (July – December, 1967)

. Svalpa Matsya-purana (part 4)

+ Purana, Volume 10, Part 2 (1968)

. The Glorification of Vyasa (Part 2)

. Eulogy of Vamana by Prahlada

. Some More Considerations about Textual criticism

. Megasthenes and Indian Chronology (Part 5)

. Kapalamocana: An ancient Holy Place

. Hindu Society as Recorded in the Padma-Purana

. Discussion on the Kalki Purana

. An Esoteric interpretation of the story of Somaka and Jantu

. Notice

. Activities of The All India Kashiraj Trust (January – June 1968)

. Svalpa Matsya-purana (part 5)

+ Purana, Volume 11, Part 1 (1969)

. Eulogy of Parvati by Himavan

. Metres of Classical Poetry in the Puranas

. Historical Analysis of a Puranic Verse (relating to the Sunga Dynasty)

. Puranic Wise Sayings in the Literature of “Greater India”

. Wise Sayings from Kurma Purana

. Some Linguistic Peculiarities in the Puranas

. The Devi-Bhagavata as the Real Bhagavata

. A Brief Survey of the Puranas on the Krishna Lila

. Kapalamocana: An Ancient Holy place

. In Memoriam: Dr. Sampurnanand

. Activities of The All India Kashiraj Trust (July – December, 1968)

. Books Received (with brief note on their contents)

+ Purana, Volume 11, Part 2 (1969)

. Obeisance to Vyasa

. Eulogy of Vasudeva

. Principles of Mahabharata Textual Criticism

. The Puranic Records on the Sun-worship

. The Symbolism of the Third Eye of Siva in the Puranas

. A Puranic Iconographical Account of the Image of Sarasvati

. The Svargakhanda of the Bengal Recension

. Puranic Theory of the Yugas and Kalpas

. Pauranika-Sukti

. A Note on Kapalamocana

. Activities of The All India Kashiraj Trust (January – June, 1969)

+ Purana, Volume 12, Part 1 (1970)

. Vamana Gayatri

. Eulogy of Vamana by Brahma

. Eulogy of Visnu by Kasyapa

. The Story of Samvarana and Tapati

. The Rivers in the Vamana-Purana

. Vamana-Trivikrama in Indian Art

. Vamana in Literature and Art

. Elements of Astrology in the Vamana Purana

. The Ethico-Religious Philosophy of the Vamana Purana

. Vamana Legend—In the Vedas, Epics and Puranas

. Some Observations on the Vamana-Purana

. Notes and Comments

. Bibliography of the Vamana Purana

. Dr. Madeleine Biardeau’s Letter

. Activities of The All India Kashiraj Trust (July – December 1969)

. Sucipatra or contents of the Vamana Purana

+ Purana, Volume 12, Part 2 (1970)

. The Glorification of Vyasa (Part 3)

. Eulogy of Visnu by Indradyumna

. Worship of the Sun

. Shakti (The Power) in the Philosophy of the Puranas

. The Concept of the Earth in Puranas

. The Puranic Account of the Imperial Guptas

. The Story of Arjuna Kartavirya without Reconstruction

. A Problem of Puranic Text-Reconstruction

. Activities of The All India Kashiraj Trust (January – June 1970)

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