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Ganesha Purana is a religious text in
Hinduism dedicated to the
elephant-headed deity
Ganesha and was produced by the Hindu sect
Ganapatya? | ||||||||||||
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As the article section on Source Text explains, the lack of a "critical edition" for the Ganesha Purana means that there is no single version of the text that is considered authoritative. For that reason I think it is important in making citations to indicate which edition is involved, as things like line numbers and even chapter organization is different among different editions. To appreciate this problem, consider what it would be like if there were no single, authoritative version of the Harry Potter books. For each book there might be variant versions. In some versions Harry might be called Hugh, or might have different adventures. Perhaps in some versions characters like Ron might not appear at all, or may be replaced by different characters. Indologists try to cope with these mazes by having consensus projects that examine multiple editions and use scholarly methods to try to determine what the variations have in common, and what relationship variants have to one another. The current article section on Source Text will try to keep track of the major editions that are available to the modern scholar. If you know of any edition that is not cited, please add it along with enough reference information so a person could obtain the physical text if they wanted to. Without examining the actual edition in your own hands it is impossible to determine how that edition varies from others. This is a tedious but important step in puranic work. Buddhipriya 02:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I believe this is an interesting topic and could eventually become a Good Article with hard work. However, the current state of the article falls short of GA standards.
Fail. This article fails the GA nomination. A lot of work improving the writing is required. It needs more citations for its claims. The scope of the article needs to be slightly more comprehensive. Vassyana 09:41, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
This section should be moved to the article Ganesha. Kkrystian 17:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the review. "The lead mentions that there are two Purana dedicated to Ganesha, but there is no explicit mention of what the second one is that I can determine."
"I would also think that the “Structure” and “Incarnations” sections could stand significant expansion, the latter as it specifically relates to the Ganesha Purana."
![]() | Ganesha Purana was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. | ||||||||||||
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![]() | A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the "
Did you know?" column on
February 9, 2007. The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the
Ganesha Purana is a religious text in
Hinduism dedicated to the
elephant-headed deity
Ganesha and was produced by the Hindu sect
Ganapatya? | ||||||||||||
Current status: Former good article nominee |
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content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As the article section on Source Text explains, the lack of a "critical edition" for the Ganesha Purana means that there is no single version of the text that is considered authoritative. For that reason I think it is important in making citations to indicate which edition is involved, as things like line numbers and even chapter organization is different among different editions. To appreciate this problem, consider what it would be like if there were no single, authoritative version of the Harry Potter books. For each book there might be variant versions. In some versions Harry might be called Hugh, or might have different adventures. Perhaps in some versions characters like Ron might not appear at all, or may be replaced by different characters. Indologists try to cope with these mazes by having consensus projects that examine multiple editions and use scholarly methods to try to determine what the variations have in common, and what relationship variants have to one another. The current article section on Source Text will try to keep track of the major editions that are available to the modern scholar. If you know of any edition that is not cited, please add it along with enough reference information so a person could obtain the physical text if they wanted to. Without examining the actual edition in your own hands it is impossible to determine how that edition varies from others. This is a tedious but important step in puranic work. Buddhipriya 02:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I believe this is an interesting topic and could eventually become a Good Article with hard work. However, the current state of the article falls short of GA standards.
Fail. This article fails the GA nomination. A lot of work improving the writing is required. It needs more citations for its claims. The scope of the article needs to be slightly more comprehensive. Vassyana 09:41, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
This section should be moved to the article Ganesha. Kkrystian 17:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for the review. "The lead mentions that there are two Purana dedicated to Ganesha, but there is no explicit mention of what the second one is that I can determine."
"I would also think that the “Structure” and “Incarnations” sections could stand significant expansion, the latter as it specifically relates to the Ganesha Purana."