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The original, complete version of the
Brahmanda Purana has been lost, and 19th-century scholars could only generally locate and procure independent sub-parts or collection of chapters that claimed to have been part of this Purana. Many of these chapters turned out to be fraudulent, sold by imposters
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The tradition and other
Puranas assert that the Brahmanda Purana had 12,000 verses, but the published Venkateshwar Press version of manuscript contains 14,286 verses. The Indonesian version of Brahmanda Purana is much shorter, lacks superfluous adjectives but contains all essential information, and
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The published manuscript of the
Brahmanda Purana has three Bhaga (Parts). The first part is subdivided into two Pada (Sub-Parts), while the other two have just one Pada each. The first Bhaga has 38 Adhyaya (Chapters), the second is structured into 74 chapters, while the third and last Bhaga has 44
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The text underwent continuous revisions after the 10th century, and new sections probably replaced older ones. The 13th-century Yadava dynasty scholar
Hemadri quoted large parts of the then existing Brahmanda Purana, but these parts are not found in currently surviving versions of the same text,
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does not contain the prophecy-related chapters found in the published extant Indian version. This suggests that older versions of the Indian text may have been smaller, in a different style, and without prophecy-related sections, although tradition informs the opposite (an even larger source).
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Other unpublished versions of the manuscripts exist, states Rocher, preserved in various libraries. These vary in their structure. The
Nasiketopakhyana text, which is embedded inside this Purana, for example exists in 18 chapters in one version and 19 chapters in another, in a form that
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scholar and the founder of the
Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic group in Hinduism and in Asia in modern times. The Adhyatma-Ramayana thus was added to this Purana later, and it is an important document to the Rama-related tradition within Hinduism.
849:). It is among the oldest Puranas, the earliest core of text maybe from 4th century CE, continuously edited thereafter over time and it exist in numerous versions. The Brahmanda Purana manuscripts are encyclopedic in their coverage, covering topics such as
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texts. It is listed as the eighteenth Maha-Purana in almost all the anthologies. The text is also referred in medieval Indian literature as the
Vayaviya Purana or Vayaviya Brahmanda, and it may have been same as the
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Adhyatma-Ramayana, the most important embedded set of chapters in the extant versions of the Purana, is considered to have been composed centuries later, possibly in the 15th century, and is attributed to
1197:(books). The Nasiketopkhyana, a text in 18 chapters, the Pinakinimahatmya, a text in 12 chapters, the Virajakshetramahatmya and the Kanchimahatmya, a text in 32 chapters are embedded in this Purana.
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dated this Purana to 4th-century BCE. Most later scholarship places this text to be from centuries later, in the 4th- to 6th-century CE. The text is generally assumed, states
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The
Brahmanda Purana is one of the oldest Puranas, but estimates for the composition of its earliest core vary widely. The early 20th-century Indian scholar
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The second part, which comprises chapters 5–44 of the third section, the
Uttarabhaga is the Lalitopakhyana (Narrative Of Lalita). It describes the Goddess
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Another 30% of the chapters approximately, or 47 chapters, are geographical Mahatmyas to various locations across India, such as those in modern
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originals of these are either lost or yet to be discovered. The Javanese Brahmanda was translated by the Dutch Sanskrit scholar
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and Bharata-varsha, and certain other locations identified as islands and landmasses like Anudvipa, Ketumaala-varsha.
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Detailed description of creation of cosmos, discussion about the time as a dimension and details of Kalpa and Yuga.
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termed as a corrupted "Insipid, Amplified Version" of the "Beautiful Old Legend" of Nachiketa found in the ancient
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suggesting that the 13th-century version of this Purana was different in many respects than extant manuscripts.
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Adhyatma Ramayana Verses 1.1 – 1.14 In A Brahmanda Purana Manuscript (Sanskrit, Devanagari)
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The Iconography and Ritual of Siva at Elephanta: On Life, Illumination, and Being
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Hazra, Rajendra Chandra (1962). "The Puranas". In Radhakrishnan, S. (ed.).
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Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia
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on Lalita's emergence out of fire after which the king of gods
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The Strides of Vishnu: Hindu Culture in Historical Perspective
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Over 35% of the chapters in the text is Adhyatma Ramayana, an
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Brahmanda Purana - English Translation By G.V.Tagare - Part 5
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Brahmanda Purana - English Translation By G.V.Tagare - Part 4
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Brahmanda Purana - English Translation By G.V.Tagare - Part 3
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Brahmanda Purana - English Translation By G.V.Tagare - Part 2
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Brahmanda Purana - English Translation By G.V.Tagare - Part 1
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The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition
1775:. Madras University Historical Series, No. 19. Vol. 1.
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Classical Hindu Mythology: A Reader in the Sanskrit Purāṇas
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Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs
1829:: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina Texts
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English Translation By G. V. Tagare (Includes Glossary)
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884:The Brahmanda Purana is notable for including the
1794:Dimmitt, Cornelia; Van Buitenen, J.A.B. (2012) .
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971:and compared to Sanskrit texts found in India.
1698:Bailey, Gregory (2003). Sharma, Arvind (ed.).
1170:treatise of over 65 chapters and 4,500 verses.
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2084:. Vol. 1. Translated by Ketkar, S.
2029:. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.
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1769:Dikshitar, V.R. Ramachandra (1951).
2606:List of numbers in Hindu scriptures
2129:Read Brahmand Puran Online In Hindi
2063:. Vol. 1. Read Country Books.
919:over 65 chapters and 4,500 verses.
1400:, pp. 158–159, with footnotes
1368:, pp. 78–79, with footnote 61
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1945:Hazra, Rajendra Chandra (1987) .
1880:Gietz, K.P.; et al. (1992).
1723:Collins, Charles Dillard (1988).
861:, chapters on ethics and duties (
1968:"Balinese palm-leaf manuscripts"
1624:, pp. 337–388, chapter 2.2.
1042:There Is No Sin, Major Or Minor,
59:
1751:Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide
2081:A History of Indian Literature
1928:The Cultural Heritage of India
1139:Bhanda and her final triumph.
1:
2103:(in Sanskrit). Archived from
1478:, p. 159, with footnotes
1442:, p. 157, with footnotes
2003:Lochtefeld, James G (2002).
1886:. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.
1833:State University of New York
1706:University of South Carolina
1857:An Introduction to Hinduism
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1600:, pp. xviii, xxvi–xxx.
1040:Many Can Lead A Happy Life,
929:V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar
825:
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1863:Cambridge University Press
1622:sanskritdocuments.org n.d.
888:and Shri Radha stotram (a
855:Sanskara (Rite Of Passage)
53:Hindu scriptures and texts
1984:10.1163/22134379-90003116
1901:Glucklich, Ariel (2008).
1011:Violence Or Non-Violence?
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1966:Hinzler, H.I.R. (1993).
1549:, pp. LXXXV–LXXXVI.
2078:Winternitz, M. (1927).
1951:. Motilal Banarsidass.
1909:Oxford University Press
763:Timeline of Hindu texts
596:Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam
2086:University of Calcutta
1055:Chapters 1.2.30-1.2.36
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571:Eighteen Greater Texts
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2101:sanskritdocuments.org
2055:Wilson, Horace Hayman
1772:The Purana Index: A-N
1748:Dalal, Rosen (2014).
1701:The Study of Hinduism
1660:, pp. lxiii–lxv.
1636:, pp. xliv–lvii.
955:A Javanese Brahmanda
576:Eighteen Lesser Texts
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2632:Hindu creation myths
2123:The Brahmanda Purana
2007:. Rosen Publishing.
1831:. Albany, New York:
1777:University of Madras
1351:, pp. xx–xxiii.
1115:(a manifestation of
957:palm-leaf manuscript
881:, and other topics.
27:Hindu religious text
2319:Sanat-kumara Purana
1684:, pp. 145–162.
1672:, pp. 158–160.
1564:, pp. 157–159.
1520:, pp. 553–554.
1508:, pp. 333–334.
1417:, pp. 578–579.
1339:, pp. 156–160.
1207:List Of Hindu Texts
886:Lalita Sahasranamam
586:Iraiyanar Akapporul
546:Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai
292:Related Hindu texts
2094:"Brahmanda Purana"
1153:and the Adi Kalpa.
1038:If By Killing One,
1028:Avoid Retaliating,
1021:Is The Gateway To
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2110:on 11 March 2016.
1958:978-81-208-0422-7
1918:978-0-19-971825-2
1893:978-3-447-03028-1
1811:978-1-4399-0464-0
1802:Temple University
1786:978-81-209-1274-8
1740:978-0-88706-773-0
1715:978-1-57003-449-7
1466:, pp. 18–19.
1239:Adhyatma-Ramayana
1191:Adhyatma Ramayana
1030:It Is The Way To
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591:Abhirami Anthadhi
529:Sangam literature
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1044:In Killing Him.
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541:Divya Prabandham
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