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''Krista Purana'' (; Devanagari: क्रिस्त पुराण, "The Christian Puranas") is an epic poem on the life of Jesus Christ written in a mix of Marathi and Konkani by Fr.Thomas Stephens, S.J. (1549–1619). Adopting the literary form of the Hindu puranas it retells the entire story of mankind, from the creation days to the time of Jesus in lyrical verse form. The Christian Puranas - 11,000 stanzas of 4 verses - were very popular in the churches of the area where they were sung on special occasions up to the 1930s. Although no copy of the original edition has yet been discovered, it is believed to have been published at Rachol (Raitur) in 1616 (while the author was still living), 1649, and 1654. == Editions == # ''Discurso sobre a vinda do Jesu-Christo Nosso Salvador ao mundo, dividido em dous Tratados, pelo Padre Thomaz Estevão, Inglez, da Companhia de Jesu. Impresso em Rachol com licencia da Santa Inquisicão, e Ordinario no Collegio de Todos os Santos da Companhia de Jesu Anno 1616.''〔J.L. Saldanha, ''The Christian Puránna of Father Thomas Stephens of the Society of Jesus: 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'', ed. Joseph L. Saldanha (Bolar, Mangalore: Simon Alvares, 1907) xxxix.〕 First edition, Rachol (), Goa, 1616. (script. ) The title with all its details is taken from the ‘Licence,’ which itself is found, not in the MS collated by J.L. Saldanha, but in J.H. da Cunha Rivara’s Introduction to his edition of Stephens, ''Grammatica da Lingua Concani'', 1857.〔 Gaspar de S. Miguel, who, with some other ecclesiastics, completed a revision of the work on February 20, 1649, appears to have been published in the latter year under the title of the Puránna, in place of the original Portuguese designation borne by the first edition…. It is not known where the second edition was printed.”〔J.L. Saldanha xxxix.〕 The Drago edition, however, indicates (see front matter) that it was printed at Raitur, Goa, 1649. No copy has been traced to date. # ''Puránna.'' Em Goa com licenca da Santa Inquisicao e Ordinario no Collegio de S. Paolo novo de Companhia de Jesu. Anno de 1654. Third edition, Old Goa (to Drago ), 1654. (script. ) Licences by Rev. Fr Lucas da Cruz and another, dt. 2 January 1653 and 22 June 1654. No copy has been traced to date. See, however, the MS preserved in the Central Library, Panjim, listed below, which claims to be a copy of this third, 1654, edition. (The photo alongside is of this MS.) # ''The Christian Puránna of Father Thomas Stephens of the Society of Jesus: 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''. (script. ) 4th edition, by Joseph L. Saldanha. Bolar, Mangalore: Simon Alvares, 1907. Pp. xci+597. (available at XB; St Pius X Seminary, Goregaon, Mumbai. ) # ''Phādara Stīphanskṛta Khristapurāṇa: Paile va Dusare''. 5th edition, by Shantaram P. Bandelu. First (edition in ) Devanagari script. Poona: Prasad Prakashan, 1956. Pp. iv+(15)+(96)+1076. (available at De Nobili College, Pune; United Theological College, Bangalore. ) # ''Kristapurāṇa''. 6th edition, by Caridade Drago, SJ. Second (edition in ) Devanagari script. Pp. li+907. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1996. (available at Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr, Alto Porvorim, Goa; Divyadaan: Salesian Institute of Philosophy, Nashik. ) # ''Phādara Thomas Stīphanskṛta Khristapurāṇa: Purāṇa 1 va 2: Sudhārita ani vistārita sampurṇa avṛtti hastalikhita Mārsden Marāṭhi padya pratitīla śloka, Marāṭhi bhāṣāntara; vistṛta sandarbha, parisiste va granthasuchi.'' Ed. and tr. Nelson Falcao, SDB. Bangalore: Kristu Jyoti Publications, 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Krista Purana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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