Thomas Stephens, SJ (1549-1619): Khristapurana: Versions and Editions

[First manuscript / edition, Raitur, Goa, 1616. Roman script. Not found, according to Falcao.]

The Christian Purana. Devanagari manuscript. Marsden Collection Manuscripts. London: School of Oriental and African Studies. N.d. (Falcao 2003, 213.) See J.E. Abbott, “The Discovery of the Original Devanagari Text of the Christian Purana of Thomas Stevens,” BSOS 2 (1921-23) 679-83, cited in Hambye 32. Falcao 2003, 20, however, calls this the 7th edition, even though he uses it as his basic text; no reasons are given.

[Estevao, Thomas.] Discurso sobre a vinda de Jesus Christo nosso Salvador ao Mundo dividido em dous Tratados. Feito pello Padre Thomas Estevao, Inglez da Companhia da Jesus, Impresso em Rachol com Licenca da S. Inquizicao e Ordinario. No Colegio do Todos os Santos da Companhia de Jesus. Anno 1616. Second ed. Raitur, Goa, 1649. Roman script. Not found, according to Falcao.

Estevao, Thomas. Discurso sobre a vinda de Jesus Christo nosso Salvador ao Mundo dividido em dous Tratados. Feito pello Padre Thomas Estevao, Inglez da Companhia da Jesus, Impresso em Rachol com Licenca da S. Inquizicao e Ordinario. No Colegio do Todos os Santos da Companhia de Jesus. Anno 1616. Third ed. Old Goa, 1654. Roman script. Not found, according to Falcao.

Discurso sobre a vinda de Jesus Christo Nosso Salvador ao Mundo, 1731, 88 leaves, illustrated. Copy of the 1654 edition by Manuel Salvador Rebello in 1767. Central Library, Panjim, Goa. (Pia de Menezes Rodrigues, “La chronique documentaire e des médias: Research Libraries in Goa [colonial and postcolonial experiences],” Lusotopie 1999: Dynamique religieuses en lusophonie contemporaine, 478. See http://books.google.co.in. Not mentioned in Baago or Falcao 2003.)

The Christian Purana of Father Thomas Stephens: A Work of the 17th Century: Reproduced from Manuscript copies and edited with a biographical note, an introduction, an English synopsis of contents and vocabulary. (Roman script.) [4th ed., according to Falcao.] Ed. Joseph L. Saldanha. Mangalore, 1907. Pp. xci+597. XB. (Baago 2; Falcao 2003, 214.)

Phadara Stiphanskrta Khristapurana: Paile va Dusare. (First [printed edition in] Devanagari script: see Falcao 2003, 20.) [5th ed., according to Falcao.] Ed. Shantaram Bandelu. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1956. Pp. iv+(15)+(96)+1076. DNC, UTC. (Baago 2; Falcao 2003, 213)

Father Stephens Anityachen Khristapurana. Bombay: Marathi Samshodhan Patrika, 1965. Bombay University Library. (Baago 2)

Kristapurana. [6th ed., according to Falcao.) Ed. Caridade Drago. (Second [printed edition in] Devanagari script: see Falcao 2003, 20.) Pp. li+907. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1996. (Falcao 2003, 213)

Khristapurana. Ed. Nelson Falcao. 2009.