- The
Brihaddharma Purana (Sanskrit: बृहद्धर्म पुराण, Bṛhaddharma Purāņa) is a
Hindu religious text,
which classified itself (I.25.26) as the last of the...
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number of texts,
which include the
Kurma Purana, the
Garuda Purana, the
Brihaddharma Purana, the
Sanatkumara Purana, the
Ekamra Purana, the Vāruṇa Purāṇa...
- Hinduism. It is
included in the list of
eighteen Upapuranas given in the
Brihaddharma Purana (1.25.23-26). It is most
celebrated for
Chitrasutras constituting...
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these Mahavidyas reside in Manidvipa. The Maha
bhagavata Purana and
Brihaddharma Purana however, list
Shodashi (Sodasi) as
Tripura Sundari,
which is simply...
- the
sacrificial fire,
while the "real" Sati is
reborn as Parvati. The
Brihaddharma Purana (c. 13th century)
narrates the
creation of the
Mahavidyas but...
- Both of
these narratives were
probably mentioned in a
sloka of the
Brihaddharma Purana (Bangabasi edition, Uttarkhanda, Ch.16) also. In Mukundaram's...
- a sub-division of the
greater Kayastha caste of this region. In the
Brihaddharma Purana the
Ambashthas and the Baidyas/Vaidyas were
considered as the...
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individual goddess. A
story from the
Shakta Maha-Bhagavata
Purana and the
Brihaddharma Purana (13th century)
narrates the
creation of all Mahavidyas, including...
- Bengal. The name Saha (or Sadhu) is not
found in 13th-century
works like
Brihaddharma Purana.
According to historians,
Sahas were
originally wine
sellers Shunri...
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engaged in the
profession of
astronomy or agriculture.
According to the
Brihaddharma Purana,
children of
Shudra fathers and
Kshatriya mothers are dāsa, an...
