UCC ID: UCCIK-423529

NCC ID: UCCIK-14.172b.1

Name Of The Text: ब्रह्मपुराण(Brahmapurāṇa)

Name Of The Author: अज्ञात(Unknown)

Total Manuscripts: 1

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Details Of The Text: Counted as the first among the Mahāpurāṇas; hence known also as Ādipurāṇa; interlocution Lomaharṣaṇa and the sages; from the absence of quotations from this Purāṇa in the works of early nibandha writers and the contents of the present purāṇa text agreeing with the contents of an Upapurāṇa of the same name as referred to by Narasimha Vājapeyin, this text is held as apocryphal; compiled between 10th and 12th century. See R. C. Hazra, Purāṇic Record on Hindu rites and customs, pp. 145 ̶ 57. The Gautamīmāhātmya in chs. 70 ̶ 176 constitutes an independent work by itself describing the sacred places and temples. The Uttarakhaṇḍa in some mss. is said to be a description of the sacred river Balajā. See Wint. HIL. I. p. 535. For a brief account see Wilson, Viṣṇupurāṇa Intro. For an analysis of the work see JRAS. V. p. 65. The Purāṇa is said to have three different layers. The Purāṇa is a conglomeration of chs. corresponding to those of Viṣṇupurāṇa, Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa, Śāmbapurāna, Vāyupurāṇa, Harivaṃśa and Mahābhārata (Anuśāsana; Śānti ̶ parvans). For a detailed study see Surabhi H. Trivedi, J. of Ori. Inst. M. S. Uni. Baroda XVIII. pp. 74 ̶ 100. ment. in Kūrmapurāṇa, Oxf. 88; Devībhāgavata, Oxf. 79b; Revāmāhātmya, Oxf. 65a; Varāhapurāṇa, Oxf. 59a; Vāmanapurāṇa, Oxf. 45b and by Hemādri in Pariśeṣakhaṇḍa, 1. 1552, 1553, 1556. See also Ādityabrahmapurāṇa, NCC. II. p. 75a for Lakṣmīsahasranāmastotra claimed as a part of it. Ptd. (1) Ānandāśrama 23. 1895. (2) Veṅk. Press. Bombay, 1906. (3) with Tamil transl. by V. S. Venkatarama Sastri. Chidambaram, 1908. (4) with Bengali transl. ed. by Panchanana Tarkaratna. Vaṅgavāsi Press. Calcutta, 1909. (5) in 2 pts. Mansukh Roy Mor. Gurumaṇḍala Granthamālā 11. Calcutta, 1954. See Br. Mus. Ptd. Bks. 1906 ̶ 28. 794 and IO. Ptd. Bks. 1938, p. 506. (6) with Hindi transl. Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, 1990.

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