The Brahmanda Purana (Sanskrit: ब्रह्माण्डपुराण, romanized: brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas, a genre of Hindu...

Brahmanda Purana - English Translation - Part 3 of 5. G.V.Tagare. Brahmanda Purana - English Translation - Part 4 of 5. G.V.Tagare (1959). Brahmanda Purana...

Vishnu Purana to c. 450 CE, Brahmanda Purana to c. 350–950 CE, Vamana Purana to c. 450–900 CE, Kurma Purana to c. 550–850 CE, and Linga Purana to c. 600–1000...

emphasize Varaha's gigantic size. The Brahmanda Purana, the Vayu Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Harivamsa and the Linga Purana describes Varaha as 10 yojanas...

human inclinations metamorphose into something demonic (Asura). In the Brahmanda Purana, it is stated the term 'Asura' was used for the Daityas due to their...

supreme being, in texts such as the Bhagavata Purana, the Markandeya Purana, and the Brahmanda Purana, though stories about his birth and origin vary...

environment it was written. The Ganesha Purana, along with the Mudgala Purana, Brahma Purana and Brahmanda Purana, is one of four Puranic genre encyclopedic...

appearance is described in the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, Markandeya Purana-Devi Mahatmya, Brahmanda Purana-Lalita Sahasranama, and the Tripura Rahasya...

came also to be known as the Brahmanda Purana. The Vayu Purana, according to the tradition and verses in other Puranas, contains 24,000 verses (shlokas)...

Skanda was born. The Brahmanda Purana mentions the names of the children of Svaha: Pavamāna, Pāvaka, and Śuci. In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Narayana offers...

daughter, and Śacī was the daughter of Puloman. — Padma Purana, Book 1, Chapter 6 In the Brahmanda Purana, it is stated that while Aditi is habitually righteous...

Lalita Sahasranama and Saundarya Lahari. In the Lalitopakhyana of the Brahmanda Purana, she is referred to as Adi Parashakti. The term "Tripura" conveys the...

Feminine (Shakti). The text is written in Sanskrit and is a part of the Brahmanda Purana, an ancient scripture that explores the cosmic creation and the divine...

Bhagavata Purana and Shiva Purana, she was the daughter of Prajapati Panchajana. Brahma Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Vayu Purana, Kalika Purana, Kurma Purana, Padma...

succeeded his father, the Emperor Pushyamitra in 149 BCE. The Vayu Purana and the Brahmanda Purana have assigned 8 years as the length of his reign. According...

Bhāgavata Purāṇa. Motilal Banarsidas. Nagar, Shanti Lal (2005). Brahmavaivarta Purana. Parimal Publications. Tagare, G. V. (1999) [1984]. Brahmanda Purana. Vol...

Brahmins would become a brahmarakshasa following his death. The Brahma Purana describes a conversation between a chandala and a brahmarakshasa. When enquired...

February 2002. Brahmanda purana is one of the 18 puranas in Sanskrit and is written by the great saint, Vedha Vyasa. In 130th chapter of this purana, Sudamuni...

Garga, mentioned in the Brahmanda Purana 12.6-11 as the person whose son was killed by Janmajeya Gārgya, mentioned in Brahmanda Purana 14.46ff as the father...

heavily influenced by Sankhya school of philosophy. According to the Brahmanda Purana, Kapila is described as an incarnation of Vishnu: "Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa...

celestial bow of Vishnu, from his father, Richika. According to the Brahmanda Purana, Renuka once went to the banks of the river Narmada to fetch some water...

'leaves'). The main nine forms of Durga worshipped in Hinduism: The Agni Purana lists the Navadurgas as: Rudrachanda Prachanda Chandogra Chandanayika Chanda...

Guide, Penguin Books India, ISBN 9780143414216 Debroy, Bibek (2014). Brahmanda Purana Vol 1. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. Doniger O'Flaherty...

references to Kalaratri include the Lalita Sahasranama (found in the Brahmanda Purana) and Lakshmi Sahasranama. The first part of the word kalaratri is kala...

Purana in the 10th century CE. Here, Mohini becomes a formal avatar of Vishnu. This legend is also retold in the Padma Purana. and Brahmanda Purana....

performance of Vedic rituals is necessary to attain Svarga. The Bhagavata Purana states that Svarga is the realm for the one who is able to discriminate...

the Markandeya Purana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The most famous of these stories is the one mentioned in the Markandeya Purana. According to this...

Advaita Vedanta framework. It is embedded in the latter portion of Brahmānda Purana, and the author is considered to be Vyasa. The Hindu tradition also...

prominently in Shaktism. He is featured in the Lalita Mahatmaya of the Brahmanda Purana, where he is slain by the goddess Lalita. After his brothers were slain...

Brahma Purana states that acting against both varna and ashrama (stage), which together guide one's dharma, leads to hell. The Brahmanda Purana calls associations...