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

Activities of the All-India Kashiraj Trust (Dec., 1963-May 1964) [sarvabharatiya kasirajanyasasya karyavivaranam]  / 462-475

1. Critical Editions of the Puranas (a) Matsya-Purana Work at Madras :- (i) The slokas quoted in the Puranartha-Sangraha have been identified in the Puranas. A list in the alphabetical order has also been made of all the names found mentioned in this work. (ii) An alphabetical list of all the half slokas of the SvalpaMatsya-Purana has been prepared for the purpose of comparing these with the lines of the printed MatsyaPurana and with those slokas of the Matsya which are found quoted in the Nibandhas. At Ramnagar Office :A classified subject-index of the topics dealt with in Matsya-Purana is being prepared. (b) Vamana-Purana Besides the fifteen manuscripts of the Vamana-Purana collated so far, a photo-print of MS. No. K. 6815 of the India Office Library has also been recently procured, and is now being examined for collation. Efforts are also being made to procure some more non-Devanagari manuscript of the VamanaPurana, especially in the South Indian scripts. Arrangements are also being made to procure a microfilm of MS., Wilson 127 from the Bodleian Library Oxford, and two Bengali MSS. from the Bangiya Sahitya Parisad, Calcutta, and a Newari manuscript from the Bir Library, Nepal. A manuscript in Telugu script, No. B. 488, has also been procured from the India Office Library. It contains abstracts or Katha-sucis of the Markandeya, Kurma,

kasirajanyasasya karyanam vivaranam ( disambara 1963 - mai 1964 ) 1- purananam pathasamiksatmakani samskaranani (a) matsyapuranakarya m madrasanagare krtam karyam - ( 1 ) " puranarthasangraha " namake granthe uddhatah slokah puranesu anvesitah santi | asmin granthe nirdistanam namnam varnakramanusarini sucyapi nirmitasti | ( 2 ) svalpamatsyapuranasya samkalitanamardhaslokanam varnakramanusarini suci nirmita | esamardhaslokanam mudritamatsyapuranasya slokaih saha, atha ca nibandhagranthesupalabdhaih slokaih saha tulanayai esa suci nirmita | ramanagara puranakaryalaye krtam karyam- matsyapuranasya pathasamiksatmakasamskaranaya matsyapuranavisayanam vargikrta suci nirmiyate | (a) vamanapuranakarya m " adyavadhi vamanapuranasya pancadasahastalekhah samvaditastatha ca " indiya aphisa " pustakalayat ke0 6815 hastalekhasya eka photo- printapratirupalabdha | sa ca samprati samvadartham samiksyate | vamanapuranasya kesancit devanagarilipibhinnanam visesato daksinabharatiyalipisu likhitanam hastalekhanam praptyai prayatno'pi pracalati | tatha "vodaliyana pustakalaya ' ( aksaphorda ) sakasat vilsan 127 hastalekhasyaikasya maikrophilmasya, bangiyasahitya parisadah ( kalakatta ) sakasaca dvayoh bamgalahastalekhayoratha ca "viralaibreri " nepalatah ekasya nevarihastalekhasyopalabdhyai ca prayatyate | telagulipyam likhitah nam0 vi0 488 hastalekho'pi 'indiya aphisa '

464 puranam - PURANA [Vol. VI., No. 2 Vamana, Garuda, Vayu, Varaha and Brahmanda Puranas. These sucis have been copied in Devanagari letters. This suci of the Vamana-Purana mentions the Purva-Bhaga and the Uttara-Bhaga of the Vamana-Purana. After completing the collation of the above MSS. the work of constituting the text of the Vamana-Purana will be taken up. Quotations of the Vamana P. have been noted down from the Dana-Sagara of Ballala Sena (written in Saka 1098, A. D. 1169) and from the Parasara-Madhava. 2. Other works on Puranas: (a) Adhara Patha :-The Adhara-Patha of the following Puranas has been completed for the purpose of collation-(1) Garuda-Purana, Brahmanda-Purana, Brahma-Purana, Kurma Purana, and Markandeya-Purana. The Adhara-Patha of the Linga-Purana and the Agni-Purana is being written, and will be completed shortly. (b) Sloka Index :-It is proposed that the Pada-index of all the 18 Mahapuranas be prepared and printed. The Pada-index of the slokas of the following Puranas has been completed :Vamana, Brahma and Brahmanda. The Pada-index of the following Puranas is being prepared :- Garuda, Linga. Kurma and Agni. (c) Purana Quotations from the Nibandhas:-A list of the quotations of the Mahapuranas and Upa-puranas is being compiled. The work of compilation from Dana sagara has already been completed, and the work on the Parasaramadhava is in progress. This will help us in comparing the texts of the different Puranas. Dr. R. C. Hazra has already compiled the references of such Puranic quotations from different Nibandhas in his valuable work 'Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs' which are found in the present editions of the Puranas. The work done by him will be of great help to us, and we gratefully acknowledge it. We are collecting such quotations also which are not found in the present editions of the Puranas. 5

July, 1964] ACTIVIT ES OF KASHIRAJ TRUST 465 laibreritah prapto vartate | asmin markandeya- vamana-garuda-vayu varaha-brahmanda- purananam visayasamksepah kathasucyo va pradattah santi | asmad granthadatra vamanapuranasuci devanagarilipyam pratilikhita | bamanapuranasyaisa suci vamanapuranasya purvabhagasyottarabhagasya ca nirdesam karoti | purvollikhitanam hastalekhanam pathasamvadanantaram vamanapuranasya sampadanakaryam pracalisyati | ballalasenasya danasagaragranthat ( saka 1098, i0 san 1969, varse likhitat ) - atha ca parasara madhavagranthat vamanapuranasyoddharanani likhitani santi | 2 - anyapurananam karyajatam ( a ) samvadartham nimnalikhitanam purananamadharapatho'pi likhitah - garudapuranasya, brahmandapuranasya, brahmapuranasya, kurmapuranasya, markandeya- puranasya ca | lingagnipuranayoradharapathah samprati likhyate sighrameva purnasca bhavisyati | (a) slokasuci- idam prastavitam yadastadasapurananam slokapadasuci nirmita mudrita ca bhavet | atah nimnalikhitanam purananam padasucyah sampanna vartante- nimnalikhitanam purananam padasuci sampadyamana vartate - garudapuranasya, lingapuranasya, kurmapuranasya, agnipuranasya ca | vamanapuranasya, brahmapuranasya, brahmandapuranasya ca | - (i) nibandhagranthebhyah puranoddharanani - nibandhagranthebhyo mahapurananam kesancidusapurananam ca uddharananam suci nirmiyate, esa vibhinnapurananam pathatulanartham sahayika bhavisyati | da0 ara0 si0 hajaramahodayaih purvameva sviye " puranika rikardas in hindu raits enda kastamsa " namake mahattvapurne granthe vibhinnanibandhagranthebhyah pauranikoddharanani samgrhitani | etat karyamasmakam mahadupakarakam bhavisyati | etatkrte vayam krtajnatam prakasayamah | da0 hajaramahodayairanirdistanyuddharananyapi samgrhitanyatra | idam uddharana samkalanakaryam danasagarat samaptam, parasaramadhavat pracalati |

466 puranam - PURANA 3. Purana Concordance [Vol. VI., No. 2 As noted in the previous Review, the subject-index of the six out of the eighteen Mahapuranas is being prepared for the first volume of the Puranic Concordance. The six Mahapuranas selected for the first volume are Vamana, Kurma, Matsya, Visnu, Linga and Markandeya. Of these six Mahapuranas, the subject-indexes of the Vamana and Kurma Puranas have already been published in the 'Purana' bulletin. The subject indexes of the Visnu and Markandeya have also been completed. The subject-indexes of the Matsya and Linga are being prepared. 4. 'Purana' Bulletin The last issue of the 'Purana' (Vol. VI. No. 1, January, '64) was published on the occasion of the XXVI Session of the International Congress of Orientalists as International Congress of Orientalists Number. It has been favourably reviewed in several Indological Journals. Complimentary copies of this special issue were presented to a number of scholars who attended the Orientalist's Congress at Delhi. 5. Publications of the Kashiraj Trust The Trust has published an anthology of Vyasa Prasastis compiled by Dr. V. Raghavan from various sources such as the Mahabharata, Puranas, Mahatmyas, Nibandhas, Philosophical works and their commentaries, literary works, and also from important manuscripts deposited in the Govt. Oriental MSS. Library, Madras, Sarasvati Mahal, Tanjore and Granthapura Library, Trivandrum. 6. Veda-Parayana The Veda-Parayana by memory was arranged for the full fortnight of the Sukla paksa of the month of Magha, January 17 to 28, in the Vyasa temple of the Ramnagar Fort, when the whole of the Krsna Yajurveda together with its Brahmanas and Upanisad was recited by memory by Pt. V. Krishnamurti Ghanapathi. On the conclusion the reciter was awarded a certificate of merit and a gold Kankana besides the usual Daksina by His Highness the Maharaja of Banaras.

July, 1964] ACTIVITIES OF KASHIRAJ TRUST 467 3- puranavisayanukramani purvasmin karyavivarane nirdistam yadidanimatrastadasa mahapuranesu madhye sannam purananam visayasuci nirmiyate, esa suci puranavisayanukramanyah prathamo bhago bhavisyati | prathamabhage vamana kurma- matsya-visnu-linga-markandeyapurananam visayasuci bhavisyati | esam sannam mahapurananam vamanakurmapuranayorvisayasuci prageva prakasita puranapatrikayam | visnu-markandeyapuranayorvisayasuci sampanna vartate | matsyalingayorvisayasuci nirmiyate'dhuna | 4- purana- patrika puranapatrikayah gatankah (bhaga 6, sam0 1, janavari ) pracyavidyavisvasammelanasya 26 tamasyadhivesanasyavasare 'intara nesanala kamgresa apha oriyantalistsa- anka ' rupena prakasitah | asyankasya bahubhih pracyavidyasambandhipatrikabhih anukula samiksa krta | pracyavidyavisvasammelanasyavasare upasthitebhyah bahubhyah vidvadbhayah asyankasya pratayah sadaram samarpitah | 5 -- kasirajanyasasya prakasanani asminnavadhau raghavanmahodayaih sankalito vyasaprasastinamako eko laghu- grantho nyasena prakasitah | asyam vyasaprasastau mahabharatat, puranebhyah, mahatmyagranthebhyah, nibandhagranthebhyah, darsanagranthebhyah esam vyakhyabhyasca, sahityika- granthebhyah, atha ca 'gavarnamenta mainuskrsta laibreri madrasa, ' sarasvatimahala tanjora tatha granthapuralaibreri trivendram sthalesu suraksitebhyah hastalekhebhyah sankalanam krtam | 6 - vedaparayanam 'vedaparayanam ' maghamasasya suklapakse janavari 17 tah 28 yavat, rama- nagaradurgasthavyasamandire'bhut | asminnavasare pam0 vi . krsnamurtiganapatina brahmanopanisadbhayam sahitasya sampurnayajurvedasya kanthasthiparayanam krtam | samaptau ca tatra bhavata kasirajena vedaparayanakartre vihitadaksinam ekam prasamsa- patrakam svarnakankananca pradattam | |

468 puranam - PURANA 7, Purana-Patha and Pravacana [Vol. VI., No. 2 In the month of Magha (January, 1964) the Brahmanda Purana was recited and discourses on on it were given by Pt. Nilmeghacharya of Varanaseya Sanskrit University. Again in the month of Phalguna (February 1964) the Agni-Purana was recited, and discourses on it were given by Pt. Vishwanatha Shastri Datara of Varanasi. In the month of Chaitra (March '64) the Ananda Ramayana was recited, and discourses on it were given by Pt. Ramalakshamanacharya of Varanasi. 8. Translation of the Report of the Calendar Reform Committee After the conclusion of the last year's Pandit Conference which was held under the auspices of the All India Kashiraj Trust at Varanasi to consider the question of the Ksaya and Adhika Months and the question of proper dates for the celebration of the festivals, the Trust has decided to get the Report of the Calendar Reform Committee of the Government of India translated into Hindi by its Purana-Department. The translation has now been completed. The Trust has approached the Central Govt. for permission to print and publish the translation. 9. International Congress of Orientalists The International Congress of Orientalists in its 25th Session at Moscow had already appreciated the Purana work of the Kashiraj Trust and passed the following Resolution :- "This present 25th International Congress of Orientalists expresses gratification at the starting of critical editions of the Puranas by the Kashiraj Trust of Varanasi on the lines of the Mahabharata by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute of Poona and the Ramayana by the M. S. University of Baroda, and hopes that international co-operation will be forthcoming for the efficient execution of this important work." In the 26th Session of this Oriental Congress held at New Delhi in January last 1964 the Trust sent three representatives, Maharaj Kumar Dr. Raghubir Sinh (Trustee of the Kashiraj

July, 1964] ACTIVITIES OF KASHIRAJ TRUST 7-puranapathah pravacananca 469 maghamase (janavari, 1964 ) brahmandapuranasya parayanamabhut, varanaseya- samskrta visvavidyalayadhyapakena pam0 nilameghacaryena tadvisayakani pravacanani ca krtani | punasca phalgunamase ( pharavari 1964 ) agnipuranasya parayanam samabhavat | varanasyah pam0 visvanathasastridatarena tadvisayakani pravacanani ca krtani | caitramase (marca 1964 ) anandaramayanasya patho'bhut tatrapi pam0 nilameghacaryena pravacanani krtani | 8 - pancangasudharasamiteh prativedanasyanuvadah sarvam bharatiya kasirajanyasasya tattvavadhane ksayadhikamasayoh prasnavicaranaya pharvanam suddhakalanirnayaya ca gatavarse ya panditasabha'bhut tatsamapteranantaram nyasena bharatasarakarasya pancangasudharasamiteh amglabhasayam nibaddhasya prativedanasya sva- puranavibhagadvara hindibhasayam bhasantarikaranaya niscayah krtah | sampratyanu- vadakaryam samaptam | nyasena asyanuvadasya mudranasya prakasanasya cajnayai bharatasarakarena saha samparkah sthapitah | 9- pracyavidya- visvasammelanam pracyavidyavisvasammelanam maskonagariye 25 tame svasminnadhivesane kasirajanyasasya puranakaryasya prasamsamakarot | atha ca tadvisayakam nimnalikhitam prastavam tena paritam - pracyavidyavidametat 25 tamam sammelanam varanasyah kasiraja- nyasena bhandarakara oriyantala risarca insticyuta (puna ) dvara sampaditasya mahabharatasyatha ca ema . esa . yunivarsiti ( bada़ौda ) dvara sampaditasya valmiki ramayanasya paddhatya''rabdhanam purananam pathasamiksatmakasamskarananam visaye santosamanubhavati asaste casya mahattvapurna karyasya samyak paripuranayantararastriya sahayogo'pi prapsyate | gata janavari 1964 mase dillinagare yat 26 tamam pracyavidya- visvasammelanamabhavat tasmin nyasah trinpratinidhin presitavan maharajakumara daॉ0 raghuvirasimhah ( kasirajanyasasya nyasi ), sriramesacandradevah 27

470 puranam - PURANA [Vol. VI., No. 2 Trust), Sri Ramesh Chandra De (General Secretary of the Trust) and Sri Anand Swarup Gupta (Editor-in-Charge of 'Purana' bulletin) to attend the XXVI Session of the International Congress of Orientalists held in new Delhi in January last. Sri A. S. Gupta read his paper entitled "The Problem of Interpretation of the Puranas" in the classical Section of the Congress on January 6. In this paper he discussed the problems of interpreting Puranas and stressed the need for a sympathetic approach. The Congress unanimously passed the following Resolution in its concluding Session: - "The XXVI Session of the International Congress of Orientalists welcomes the undertaking by the All India Kashiraj Trust at Banaras of the Purana Project for the critical edition of all the Puranas and critical studies related to the Puranas in all aspects, and recommends that persons and institutions interested in Ortental Research lend their support and co-operation in the undertaking." The Trust expresses its thanks to the Congress for appreciating its activities. 10. Cultural Entertainment In collaboration with the Indo-German Cultural Association of the Banaras Hindu University the Kashiraj Trust arranged for a performance of Koodiyatham by Mani Madhavan Chakyar and party of Keral in the Ramnagar Fort on 23rd March 1964. The play chosen for presentation was the 'Abhiseka' of Bhasa. The language of the performance was Sanskrit and admission was free. Sri Chakyar and his party dressed in the traditional costume and make up presented the story in the form of the precise mime, introducing dialogue in Sankrit where necessary. The audience enjoyed the performance. Some foreign research scholars from the B. H. U. also were among the audience. 11. Distinguished Visitors (1) Most of the Vice-Chancellors of the Indian Universities who had come to attend the Vice-Chancellors' Conference held

July, 1954] ACTIVITIES OF KASHIRAJ TRUST ( nyasasya mahasacivah ), srianandasvarupaguptasca | 471 srianandasvarupaguptah amglabhasayam Prob!em of Interpretation of the Puranns namakam nibaddham svanibandham 6 janavari dinanke sammelanasya 'klasikala ' vibhage pathitavan | asmin nibandhe purananam vyakhyasambandhininam samasyanam vivecanam krtam | atha ca purananam sahrdayatapurvakadhyayanasyavasyakata pratipadita | etat pracyavidyavisvasammelanamantime'dhivesane sarvasammatya nimnalikhitam prastavamaparayat- "pracyavidyavidyavidamantarastriya mahasabhayah 26 tamamidam samme- lanam sarvesam purananam pathasamiksatmakasamskarananirmanaya atha ca purananam vividhaya alocanatmakadhyayanaya ca varanasyah kasi- rajanyasasya puranayojanaya anumodanam karoti, tatha ca samstutim karoti yat pracyavidyavido vidvamsah pracyavidyasamstha- scasmin karye svasahayyam sahayoganca prayacchantu | " kasirajanyasah svakrtajnatam jnapayati | pracyavidyavisvasammelanam prati nyasakaryasyanumodanaya 10 - samskrtiko vinodah kasihindu visvavidyalayiya 'indo- jarmana- kalcarala esosiesana ' ityasya sahayogena kasirajanyasah keralasthaniyena manimadhavacakkiyara mahodayena tatsahayogibhiscabhineyasya 'kodiyattham ' ityabhinayasya vyavasthamakarot | tadanusarena gata marcamasasya 23 tame divase ramanagaradurge bhasasyabhisekanata- kasyabhinayah krtah | nataka pradarsanam samskrtabhasayamabhut, sarve ca darsaka nihsulkam pravesamalabhanta | kathanakam pracinaparamparanukulavesadharinah sricakkiya rastatsahayoginasca samksepena pradarsitavantah | taih yathavasare samskrtabhasa'pi prayukta | darsaka anenabhinayena param santusta abhavan | darsakesu kecana hindu visvavidyalayadagata vaidesikaracchatra apyasan | 11 - visista atithayah ( 1 ) gatavarse disambaramasasyantime saptahe kasihindu visvavidyalaye yat

472 at the Banaras Hindu 1963, were invited by puranam - PURANA [Vol. VI., No. 2 University in the last week of December His Highness the Maharaja of Banaras, to breakfast in his Palace at Ramnagar. Copies of the 'Purana' and other publications of the Trust were presented to them. showed keen interest in the activities of the Trust. They (2) A party of the members of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavana Bombay, on tour visited Varanasi. They were invited by His Highness to tea and light refreshment in the Ramnagar Fort. Some prominent members of the party, specially Prof. Nalin M. Bhatt took great interest in the activities of the Trust, and discussed some imporrant cultural and literary topics with His Highness. (3) Distinguished foreign delegates of the Delhi Session of the International Congress of Orientalists were invited by the Kashiraj Trust to visit its Purana Department. Among them Dr. F. B. J. Kuiper, Director of the Kern Institute, Leiden (Holland) and Dr. J. A. B. van Buitenen of Chicago were kind enough to come here and visit the Purana Department. They saw the Purana work of the Trust and gave their useful suggestions, especially on the Concordance work and also promised their future co-operation. Dr. Kuiper and Dr. Buitenen afterwards sent here letters, appreciating the Purana work of the Trust. We are thankful to them for their keen tnterest and co-operation. (4) Dr. F. Moller Kristensen of the Royal Danish Academy Denmark, a delegate of Delhi Session of the Oriental International Congress, also visited the Purana Department of the Trust and had discussion with His Highness the Maharaja of Banaras, the Chairman of the Trust, about the Purana work taken up by the Trust. (5) On March 24 two famous Soviet writers, the military novelist, Mr. Mikhail Aleneyer, and the Uzbek poet, Mr. Ramz Babdjan, visited His Highness in the Ramnagar Palace and discussed several topics of interest, specially concerning the military accounts of the Mahabharata. Copies of the 'Purana' bulletin were presented to them.

July, 1964] ACTIVITIES OF KASHIRAJ TRUST 473 kulapatisammelanamabhuttatra samagatah kulapatayah tatrabhavata kasirajena ramanagarastha- prasade prataraharaya nimantrita asan | nyasasya puranapatrikastatha canya- prakasanani tebhyah pradattani | te nyasasya karyakalape'bhiruci pradarsayan | ( 2 ) bharatiyavidyabhavana ( bambai ) samsthayah kecana sadasya yatraprasangena varanasimagatah | te tatrabhavadbhih kasirajaih ramanagara durge nimantritah | asyah samsthayah kecana mukhyah sadasyah, visesatah pro0 nalina em . bhatah mahodayah, nyasasya karyakalape 'tyadhika mabhiruci pradarsitavantah | tatha ca te srimadbhirmaharajaissakam mahattvapurnam samskrtivisaye vartamakurvan | ( 3 ) pracyavidyavisvasammelane agatah kecit vaidesika atithayah kasirajanyasena puranavibhagam drastum nimantrita asan | laidana (halaimda ) nagarasthaya karna insticyuta ityasyah samsthayah nidesakah sri . daॉ . eph . bi . je . kkiparamahodayastatha sikagonagarasya daॉ . je . e. bi . vana byutenenamahodayasca puranavibhage agatau | nyasasya puranakaryam drstva tau ucita paramarsam dattavantau, visesatasca puranavisayasucinirmanavisaye | bhavisye'pi sahayogaya tau vacanabaddhau jatau | tadanantaram kkiparamahodayah byutinanamahodayasca patranyatra presitavantau | tesu ca puranakaryasyasa prasamsam krtavantau | , vayam tabhyam prati asmai sahayogaya nyasasya puranakarye'bhirucipradarsanaya ca krtajnatam jnapayamah | (4) dillinagariyasya pracyavidyavisvasammelanasyaikah 'pratinidhih rayala dainisa ekadami ' (denamarka ), ityasyah samsthayah epha . molara kristensena mahodayo'pi nyasasya puranavibhage agatah | sa nyasasyadhyaksamahodayaih sa nyasasyadhyaksa mahodayaih kasirajaih saha nyasasya puranakaryavisaye vimarsamakarot | tatrabhavadbhih 24 tame marcadivase dvau prathitau rusadesiya lekhaka ramanagaraprasade maharajam drstavantau | tayorekah sri mikhela aleneyara mahodayah prasiddho yuddha- sambandhinamupanyasanam kartta, aparasca ubjekakavih sri raigja़vandananamahodayah | tau maharajena saha mahabharatasya visayikim vividham sainyavivaranavisayikimanyam ca vividham vartam krtavantau | tabhyam puranapatrika upaharikrta |

474 puragam - PURANA [Vol. VI., No. 2 (6) Dr. P. L. Vaidya from B. O. R. I. Poona also visited His Highness in the Ramnagar Palace on April 17, 1964 and discussed some important points about the critical editions of the Puranas. He also promised to send details of the graphic system of collation and also supply regularly from his Institute articles on the comparative study of the Mahabharata and the Puranas for the publication in the 'Purana' bulletin. (7) In the last week of April Dr. Sampurnanand, Governor of Rajasthan, and Maharaja Kumar Dr. Raghubir Singh, both of whom are the distinguished Trustees of the Kashiraj Trust, attended the meeting of the Kashiraj Trust, and were the guests of His Highness. They also came to pay a visit to His Highness in the Ramnagar Fort, and saw the work of the Purana Department. They both discussed the details of the Hindi translation of the Report of the Calendar Reforms Committee. The Trust expresses its sincere thanks to all these distinguished visitors for their useful suggestions and kind cooperation. 12. Purchase of Property A house property just adjoining the Shivala premises of the Trust has been purchased by the Trust for the use of guests more particularly scholars visiting Varanasi. 13. Tourist Information Section The Tourist Information Section of the Trust is carrying on its work as usual and the Tourists are also helped by affording facilities to perform their religious rites in the said premises which is just on the bank of River Ganges. This facility is granted to them free of charge. 14. New Trustee It gratifying to note that Pt. Giridhari Lal Mehta of Varanasi has kindly accepted his nomination by His Highness as a Trustee of the All-India Kashiraj Trust in the vacancy caused by the sad demise of Pt. Murari Lal Mehta. We offer him our cordial welcome.

July, 1964] ACTIVITIES OF KASHIRAJ TRUST 475 (6) punanagarasthayah bhandarakara oriyantala risarca samsthayah daॉ . pi . el . vaidyamahodayah aprailamasasya 17 dinanke ramanagaraprasade tatrabhavantam maharanam drastumagatah | tabhyam pathasamiksatmakasamskarananam visaye bahavah mahattvapurnah visayasca vimarsitah | daॉ . vaidyamahodayaih pathasamvadasya visaye graphikapaddhatya vistrtam vivaranam presitum puranapatrikayam prakasanaya svasodhanasamsthanat niyamita- rupena mahabharatasya purananam ca visaye tulanatmakadhyayanavisayakan lekha presayitum ca pratijnatam | (7) aprailamasasyantime saptahe nyasasya dvau sammanitau nyasadharinau rajasthanasya rajyapala da0 sampurnanandamahodayah, maharajakumarah da0 raghuvirasimhasca kasirajanyasasyadhivesane sammilitau, srimato maharajakasinaresasya atithi ca astam | tau ramanagara durge'pi maharajena militumagatau puranavibhagasya niriksanamapi krtavantau, pancangasamiteh prativedanasya hindi- bhasantaravisaye vicaravimarsam ca krtavantau | kasirajanyasa etebhyah sarvebhyo visistatithibhyah tesam sahayogaya upayogimatapradanaya ca krtajnatam dhanyavadamsca prakasayati | 12 - sampattikrayah nyasasya sivalabhavanasya sannikate sthitamekam grhamatithinam visesato varanasimagatanam vidusamupayogaya nyasena kritam | 13- yatrinam sucanavibhagah nyasasya yatrisucanavibhagah svakaryam yathapurvam karoti | uparyuktasthale, yastu gangayah samipa eva vartate, yatrinam dharmikakrtyasampadanaya suvidhapradanadvara nyasena sahayata kiyate | esa suvidha tebhyah nihsulka eva pradiyate | 14 - abhinavo nyasa - sadasyah idam sucayanto vayam santosamanubhavamah yat kasyah pam0 giridharilala- mehatamahodayah pam0 murarilala mehatamahodayasya nidhanena hetuna tadriktasthane kasirajanyasasya nyasipade tatrabhavata maharajena krtam svaniyuktimangikrtavan || vayametam niyukti hrdayenabhinandamah |