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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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

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...

romanized: lalitāsahasranāma) is a Hindu religious text from the Brahmanda Purana which lists the thousand names of the Hindu mother goddess Lalita Devi...

of Vishnu's Varaha avatar in rescuing Bhudevi is described in the Padma Purana: They sought the shelter of Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu. Then knowing that wonder, he...

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...

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

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

assigned the duty of a Kshatriya.[citation needed] According to the Garuda Purana, human souls, if not worthy of attaining moksha, receive rewards and punishments...

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

born of (their own) nature. The Brahma Purana states that mixing among varnas leads to hell. The Brahmanda Purana calls associations between low and high...

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

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...

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....

in Andhra Pradesh) and iśvara ("Lord"). According to the Brahmanda and Bhavishyottara Puranas, the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from...

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...

include the Vayu Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Brahmanda Purana, the Devi Bhagavata Purana, and the Padma Purana. The Matsya Purana narrates that the...

The Yuga Purana states that Saketa was ruled by seven powerful kings after the retreat of the Greeks. The Vayu Purana and the Brahmanda Purana also state...

called Devapura, ‘city of the devas’ and Pūṣābhāsā, ‘sun-splendour’ in the Puranas. In Hindu tradition, Amaravati was built by Vishvakarma, the architect...

is a tutelary goddess of the Tantric Shri Vidya tradition. In the Brahmanda Purana, Bala Tripurasundari is mentioned in chapter 26 of the Lalita Mahatmya...

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...

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...