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List of Recent Russian Publications on Sanskrit Epics and Puranas

List of Recent Russian Publications on

Sanskrit Epics and Puranas
Compiled by

Yaroslav Vassilkov

BOOKS

Drevnjaja Indija. Tri velikikh skazanija. Literaturnoje izlozhenije i predislovije E.N.Tjomkina i

V.G.Ehrmana. Izdanije 2-e, dopolnennoje. Tom 1: Skazanije o Rame. Tom 2: Skazanije o Krishne.
Skazanije o velikoj bitve potomkov Bharaty. SPb, Peterburgskoje vostokovedenije, 1995. 352+336 pp.
[Ancient India. Three great tales. Literary rendering and foreword by E.N.Tjomkin and
V.G.Ehrman. Vol. 1: Tale of Rama. Vol. 2: Tale of Krishna. Tale of the great battle between descendants
of Bharata.].
S.L.Neveleva. Makhabharata: Izuchenije drevneindijskogo ehposa [The MahAbhArata: The
Studies of Ancient Indian Epic]. Moscow, Nauka, 1991; 228 pp. English summary - pp. 226-227.
Makhabharata. Kniga vosmaja. Karnaparva: Kniga o Karne. Perevod s sanskrita Ya.V.
Vasilkova i S.L.Nevelevoj [MahAbhArata. Book VIII. KarNaparvan. Translated from Sanskrit by Ya.
V. Vassilkov and S.L.Neveleva]. Moscow, Nauka, 1990. 326 pp.
Makhabharata. Kniga sedmaja. Dronaparva, ili Kniga o Drone. Perevod s sanskrita i kommentarii
V.I.Kalyanova [MahAbhArata. Book VII. DroNaparvan. Translated from Sanskrit by V.I.Kalyanov].
SPb, Nauka, 1992. 646 pp.
Makhabharata. Kniga devjataja. Shaljaparva, ili Kniga o Shalje. Perevod s sanskrita
V.I.Kalyanova [MahAbhArata. Book IX. Zalyaparvan. Translated from Sanskrit by V.I.Kalyanov].
Moscow, Ladomir, 1996. 351 pp.
Makhabharata. Kniga desjataja. Sauptikaparva, ili Kniga ob izbijenii spjashchikh voinov. Perevod s
sanskrita S.L.Nevelevoj. Makhabharata. Kniga odinnadtsataja. Striparva, ili Kniga o zhjonakh. Perevod s
sanskrita Ya.V.Vasilkova [MahAbhArata. Book X. Sauptikaparvan, or The Slaughter of Sleeping
Warriors. Translated from Sanskrit by S.L.Neveleva. Book XI. StrIparvan, or Book of the Wives.
Translated from Sanskrit by Ya.V.Vasilkov]. Moscow, Janus-K, 1998. 235 pp.
Induizm. Dzhajnizm. Sikhizm. Slovar. [Hinduism. Jainism. Sikhism. A Dictionary. Ed. by
M.F.Albedil and A.M.Dubjanskij] Moskva, Respublika, 1996. 576 pp. [about 100 entries written by
S.L.Neveleva, Ya.V.Vassilkov and other authors deal with Indian Epics, PurANas, Hindu religion and
mythology].

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P.D.Sakharov. Mifologicheskoje povestvovanije v sanskritskikh puranakh. [Mythological narrative

in Sanskrit purANas]. Moscow, Nauka, 1991. 136 pp. English summary: pp. 134-135.

ARTICLES.
Butenko E.L. Mifologija i osobennosti kulta Shivy (na materiale Skanda-purany: Sahyadri-khanda,
glava 16). [Mythology and specific features of cult in Zaivism (based on SkandapurANa, Sahyadrikhanda,
Chapter 16)]. - Vestnik Vostochnogo Instituta, No. 1 (5), vol.3, 1997, pp. 73-124.
Ju. Kokova. Palomnichestvo Baladevy [Baladevas pilgrimage]. - In: Sthapakashraddha /
SthApakazraddham. Prof. G.A.Zograph Memorial Volume. Ed. by N.V.Gurov and Ya.V.Vassilkov. SPb,
Peterburgskoye vostokovedeniye, 1995, pp. 269-283. English summary, p. 283.
Ju. Kokova. Da zashchitit menja Narayana!. O zhanrovoj prinadlezhnosti odnogo teksta iz
Bhagavatapurany. [Let NArAyaNa protect me!. On the genre definition of a text from
BhAgavatapurANa]. - In: Materialy nauchnoj conferentsii Vostochnogo fakulteta, posvjashchennoj 275letiju Sankt-Peterburgskogo universiteta. SPb, 1999, pp. 84-86.
O.N.Krylova. Ispytanije adom: poslednije knigi Makhabkharaty. [The Trial by Hell: Last
books of the MahAbhArata] (Foreword and Russian translation of the Books XVII and XVIII of the
Mbh). - Peterburgskoje vostokovedenije, vol. IX, 1997, pp. 51-68.
S.L.Neveleva. Pravila obshchenija v Mahabharate [Rules of communication in the
MahAbhArata]. - Vestnik Vostochnogo Instituta [Oriental Institutes Messenger], No. 2 (4), vol.2, SPb,
1996, pp. 78-107.
S.L.Neveleva. Geroicheskiye zhjony v drevneindijskom ehpose [Heroic wifes in Ancient Indian
epic]. - In: Indijskaja zhena: Issledovanija, ehsse. [Indian wife: Studies ans essays. Ed. by I.P.Glushkova].
Moscow, Vostochnaja literatura, 1996, pp. 29-36
S.L.Neveleva. Pravila obshchenija v Mahabharate [Rules of communication in the
MahAbhArata]. - In: Ehtiket u narodov Yuzhnoj Azii. [Etiquette among peoples of South Asia. Ed. by
N.G.Krasnodembskaya]. SPb, Peterburgskoye vostokovedeniye, 1999, pp. 157-182 (revised and
enlarged version).
V.S.Sementsov. Zametki o kompozitsii nachalnykh glav Bhagavadgity. [Notes on the Arrangement
of the BhagavadgItAs initial chapters]. - In: Literatury Indii. Moscow, Nauka, 1989, pp. 35-45.
(Vsevolod Sementsov /1941-1986/ believed in the ideological and compositional unity of the
BhagavadgItA. In this article he argued that the structure of the first 6 chapters of this text, the sequence of
the themes discussed there is predetermined by the sequence of themes in the Arjunas initial speech
(question) in I. 28-46, II.1-10. As Sementsov tries to show, even the main answer, given by the GItA to
the central problems of life and religion - i.e., the idea of bhakti - is predetermined by the verse II.7 in
Argunas speech).
Vsevolod Sementsov. Transmission in the Traditional Culture: The Case of the BhagavadgItA. The Petersburg Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. I, no. 2, 1993, pp. 4-33.

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E.N.Tjomkin. On the term itihAsa and the problem of the structure of the MahAbhArata text. Manuscripta Orientalia, International Journal for Oriental Manuscript Research. Vol. 2, No. 2, June
1996, pp. 13-18.
Yaroslav Vasilkov. Draupadi in the Assembly-hall, Gandharva-husbands and the Origin of the Ganikas. Indologica Taurinensia. Vol. XV-XVI. 1989-1990. Proceedings of the Seventh World Sanskrit Conference (Leiden,
August 23rd-29th, 1987). Torino, 1990, pp. 387-398.
Yaroslav Vasilkov (in collaboration with N.V.Gurov). Strana Aratta po drevnim pismennym
istochnikam. [The Land of Aratta as represented in ancient written sources]. - Vestnik Vostochnogo
Instituta, No. 1, vol.1, 1995, pp. 12-66. English summary: pp. 115-117.
[Contains detailed analysis of Mbh 8. 27, 30 on the background of Sumerian epic data on the land
of Aratta. Aratta is supposed to be the original name of the Indus Valley Civilization].
Yaroslav Vassilkov. Parable of a man hanging in a tree and its archaic background. - In: Sthapakashraddha /
SthApakazraddham. Prof. G.A.Zograph Memorial Volume. Ed. by N.V.Gurov and Ya.V.Vassilkov. SPb,
Peterburgskoye vostokovedeniye, 1995, pp. 257-269.
Yaroslav Vassilkov. Parable of a man hanging in a tree and its archaic background ( ). Jadavpur Journal of Comparative Literature, vol. 32 (1994-1995), Calcutta, 1995, pp. 38-51.
Yaroslav Vassilkov. The Mahabharatas Typological Definition Reconsidered. - Indo-Iranian Journal, vol.
38, 3, July 1995, p. 249-255.
Yaroslav Vassilkov (in collaboration with V.K.Afanasjeva:). Drevneindijskaja Povest o Savitri v perevode
N.V.Lobanovoj [Ancient Indian Tale of SAvitR in N.V.Lobanovas translation]. (Foreword
Yaroslav Vassilkov. An Iranian Myth in Eastern India: Gayomart and the Mythology of Gaya. - Orientalia
Suecana, vol. XLVII (1998), Uppsala, 1999, pp. 131-149.
Yaroslav Vassilkov. Kalavada (the doctrine of Cyclical Time) in the Mahabharata and the
concept of Heroic Didactics. - M.Brockington and P.Schreiner (eds.). Composing a Tradition: Concepts,
Techniques and Relationships. Proceedings of the First Dubrovnik International Conference on the Sanskrit
Epics and Puranas. August 1997. Zagreb, 1999, pp. 17-33.

Works completed, but not yet published:

Ju. Kokova. Obrazy pjati vrishnijskikh gerojev v Bhagavatapurane [Images of six VRSNi heroes in
the BhagavatapurANa]. Thesis of the Ph.D. dissertation.
Makhabharata. Kniga shestaya. Bhishmaparva. Perevod s sanskrita V.G. Ehrmana.
[MahAbhArata. Book VI: BhISmaparvan. Translated from Sanskrit by V.G.Ehrman]. [Including new
Russian translation of the BhagavadgItA].

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Makhabharata. Kniga chetyrnadtsataja. Ashvamedhikaparva. Perevod s sanskrita Ya.V.

Vasilkova i S.L.Nevelevoj [MahAbhArata. Book XIV. Azvamedhikaparvan. Translated from Sanskrit by
Ya. V. Vassilkov and S.L.Neveleva].

The prospects of the work on the complete translartion of the MahAbhArata:

Ya. V. Vassilkov and S.L.Neveleva have started this year to work on a volume which will contain
the translation of the last (XV-XVIII) books of the Mbh. It will take probably two years. After that there
will remain only one, but very large gap: didactic Books XII and XIII.

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