King Śibi in the Vahnipurāṇa

A critical edition & translation of the śiber upākhyāna

Charles Li

This digital edition of the Vahnipurāṇa śiber upākhyāna is the suppelementary material to the article King Śibi in the Vahnipurāṇa, published in Asian Literature and Translation 10(1) (doi:10.18573/alt.58). Apart from the critical text, diplomatic transcriptions of each witness are also included, linked to images of the source material where available.

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Li, Charles. 2023. Supplementary material to King Śibi in the Vahnipurāṇa. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7446515

Critical text with apparatus, ed. Li 2023

Witnesses used in the edition

Vahnipurāṇa, and quotations thereof
Vp^Bh	Vahnipurāṇa (ed. Bhowmik 2012, 530–537)
Vp^Bh-A	manuscript A (B, C, D) variants from apparatus
Vp_N	Nepalese manuscript (BnF Sanscrit 1442.2)
Vp_Nac	ante correctionem
Vp_Npc	post correctionem
Vp_Cc	Caturvargacintāmaṇi (ed. Śiromaṇi 1871, 948–949)
Vp_Ś, Vp_Ś2	Śabdakalpadruma, quoting the śiber upākhyāna chapter (Rādhākāntadeva)†Vp_Ś2 is only used to indicate readings in the 1886 edition that differ from the older edition.
	duḥkhī (1857, 962; 1886, pt. 2, 723)
	‘śiviḥ (1848, 5393–5395; 1886, pt. 5, 105–106)
	‘siddhiḥ (1848, 6151; 1886, pt. 5, 351)
Vp_Ś(d)	Śabdakalpadruma, quoting the dānāvasthānirṇaya chapter†This is not found in the Bhowmik edition.
	śaraṇāgataḥ (1848, 5155; 1886, pt. 5, 28)
	sādhuḥ (1848, 6081; 1886, pt. 5, 329)
Vp_V	Vācaspatya (Tarkavachaspati 1962, 5279)
Vp_Vp	Vidhānapārijāta (ed. Śāstrī 1951, vol. 3, 423)
Mahābhārata, and quotations thereof†Quotations attributed to the Mahābhārata may not appear in any edition of the Mahābhārata itself.
Mbh^C	Mahābhārata critical edition (ed. Sukthankar et al. 1942–1966)
	Āraṇyakaparvan (vol. 3, 427)
Mbh^C+	Āraṇyakaparvan verses found only in the apparatus
	Śāntiparvan (vol. 13, 95–96; vol. 15, 957)
	Anuśāsanaparvan (vol. 17, 855, 1014)
Mbh^S	Mahābhārata southern recension (ed. Śāstrī 1933–1936)
	Āraṇyakaparvan (vol. 4, 651–653)
	Śāntiparvan (vol. 14, 905)
Mbh_A	Aparārka (ed. Āpaṭe 1903, 375)
Mbh_Bh	Bhagavantabhāskara — Dānamayūkha (ed. Bhaṭṭa 1909, 250)
Mbh_Cc	Caturvargacintāmaṇi (ed. Śiromaṇi 1871, 947)
Mbh_D	Dānasāgara (ed. Bhattacarya 1956, 562)
Mbh_D-A	witness A (or IO) variants from apparatus
Mbh_K	Kṛtyakalpataru — Dānakāṇḍa (ed. Brick 2009, 490)
Mbh_K-J	witness J (Ai, C¹, etc.) variants from apparatus
Mbh_Sm	Smṛticandrikā (ed. Srinivasacharya 1914, 17)†Quotation is attributed to Vyāsa.
Mbh_Vp	Vidhānapārijāta (ed. Śāstrī 1951, vol. 3, 423)
Nandipurāṇa quotations†See Hazra 1954, 108ff. on a certain Nāndīpurāṇa and its relation to the Vahnipurāṇa.
Np_A	Aparārka (ed. Āpaṭe 1903, 375)
Np_Cc	Caturvargacintāmaṇi (ed. Śiromaṇi 1871, 946)
Np_D	Dānasāgara (ed. Bhattacarya 1956, 563)
Np_K	Kṛtyakalpataru — Dānakāṇḍa (ed. Brick 2009, 490)
Np_K-Ai	witness Ai (C¹, J, etc.) variants from apparatus
Vikramacarita, editions and quotations thereof
Vc^E	Vikramacarita (ed. Edgerton 1926, 101–102, 115)
Vc^V	Dvātriṃśatputtalikāsiṃhāsana (ed. Vidyāsāgara 1936, 118–121, 130–131)
Vc_K	Saṃskṛtakusumāñjali, abbreviation of story 11 (Śāstrī 1958, 159)†The same abbreviated story can be found in the Saṃskṛtamuktāvalī (Candra 1986, 36–37).
Hitopadeśa
Hp^C	Hitopadeśa (ed. Church Mission Press 1847, 11)
Hp^J	Hitopadeśa (ed. Johnson 1840, 19)
Hp_K	Hitopadeśa (ed. Kale 1886, 14)
Hp_K-i	variant reading in footnote
other parallels
Kv	Karuṇāvajrāyudha (ed. Caturavijaya 1916, 23, 38)
Lp	Liṅgapurāṇa (ed. Bhaṭṭācārya 1885, 418)
Nmp	Nāradīyamahāpurāṇa (ed. Kṛṣṇadāsa 1867, 24v)
Śp	Śārṅgadharapaddhati (ed. Peterson 1888, 231)
Śpś	Śatapañcāśatka (ed. Shackleton Bailey 1951, 42, 46, 54, 77, 81, 125)
Śpś-A	witness A (B, D, etc.) variants from apparatus