Mahabharata critical edition
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The Mahabharata critical edition is a scholarly reconstructed text of the ancient Indian epic that aims to approximate its earliest recoverable form by systematically comparing and editing numerous manuscript traditions.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahabharata (critical tradition) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
critical edition
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scholarly edition ⓘ textual reconstruction ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Kashmirian recension manuscripts
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Northern recension manuscripts ⓘ Southern recension manuscripts ⓘ comparison of multiple manuscript traditions ⓘ |
| citationForm | CE (Critical Edition) ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor |
P. L. Vaidya
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R. N. Dandekar NERFINISHED ⓘ S. K. Belvalkar NERFINISHED ⓘ Shripad Krishna Belvalkar NERFINISHED ⓘ V. S. Sukthankar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editorialGoal | approximate earliest recoverable form of the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| editorialMethod |
stemmatic analysis
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textual criticism ⓘ |
| excludes | later interpolations where identifiable ⓘ |
| genre | epic literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
constituted text
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critical apparatus ⓘ |
| includes |
apparatus criticus
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critical introduction ⓘ prolegomena ⓘ variant readings ⓘ |
| influenced |
Indology
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Mahabharata studies ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| methodologicalPrinciple |
lectio difficilior potior
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preference for readings supported by earliest and best manuscripts ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo | any single traditional regional recension ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Pune NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy | Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationEndYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfManuscriptCollation | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyStatus | standard reference text for academic work on the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| script | Devanagari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Bhagavad Gita
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Kauravas NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurukshetra War NERFINISHED ⓘ Pandavas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | base text for many modern translations of the Mahabharata ⓘ |
| volumeCount | 19 ⓘ |
| workOn | Mahabharata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Mahabharata (critical tradition)