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. The Brahmavaivarta Purana (: ब्रह्मवैवर्त पुराण, Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa) is a voluminous Sanskrit text and a major ( Maha-purana) of. It centers around and, is a text, and is considered one of the modern era Purana. Although a version may have existed in late 1st millennium CE, its extant version was likely composed in the 15th or 16th-century in the region of Indian subcontinent.
Another text, with a similar-sounding title, called Brahmakaivarta Purana also exists, is related, but was likely revised somewhere in South India. Numerous versions of this Purana exist, in up to 274 or 276 chapters, all claiming to be either part of, or manuscripts of the Brahmavaivarta Purana or the Brahmakaivarta Purana. The text is notable for identifying as the supreme Reality and asserting that all gods such as, are same, and all are incarnations of Krishna. All goddesses such as Radha, Savitri are also asserted by the Brahmavaivarta Purana to be equivalent and all incarnations of Prakriti (nature), with legends similar to those found in the and the. The text is also notable for glorifying the feminine through and its egalitarian views that all women are manifestations of the divine female, co-creators of the universe, and that any insult to a woman is an insult to goddess Radha.
The mythology and stories of Brahmavaivarta Purana, along with, have been influential to the Krishna-related Hindu traditions, as well as to dance and performance arts such as the. The Brahmavaivarta Purana, along with, have influenced performance arts and cultural celebrations in India, such as with Rasa Lila in above. The extant versions of Brahmavaivarta Purana text are unusual because goddess Radha is not mentioned in most other major Puranas. Further, this text is mostly legends, worship, mythology and drama during the life of Radha and Krishna, with discussion of ethics, dharma, four stages of life and festivals embedded as part of the plot. The specific details in this Purana show the influence or knowledge of events traced to mid 2nd-millennium CE developments associated with Tantra, saints such as and others.
This text is unlike the encyclopedic style found in almost all other major Puranas, and for these reasons, predominant portions of this Purana are likely to be a 15th or 16th century composition. The text very likely existed much earlier, and the older version likely was complete in the 8th to 10th century period. A version probably existed by 700 CE, adds Hazra. However, in its history, this Hindu text also underwent major revisions, over the centuries.
This text was likely revised in the Bengal region of South Asia. Another related text, called Brahmakaivarta Purana, also relatively modern but traced to South India, exists in many versions. There are a few manuscripts titled Adi brahmavaivarta purana, of unclear date of composition, proposed as the older possibly original Purana, but these are very different than the Brahmavaivarta Purana text generally considered as one of the 18 Mahapuranas.
The older version of the Brahmavaivarta Purana was once influential in its own way, because Nibandha authors of 15th and 16th century quoted nearly 1,500 lines in texts such as the Smriti Candrika, which they claimed is in this Purana. However, only 30 of these lines are found in the extant manuscripts of Brahmavaivarta Purana suggesting massive rewrite of the original Purana over its history, in or after the 15th or 16th century. The text includes chapters that, states Hazra, were likely inserted into the text after the 16th century. This modern content includes chapters on 'mixed castes, duties of women, duties of varna, duties of individuals during their Ashrama (stages of life), worship and glorification of Brahmins, theory of hell in after-life, and religious gift giving for merit'.
The only Smriti chapters in currently surviving manuscripts, that can be found in older versions of this text are two, namely 4.8 and 4.26. These relate to Vrata. Structure The text has four Khandas (parts). Sections in Brahmavaivarta Purana Khanda Number Chapters About Brahma 1 30 Prakriti 2 67 Ganesha 3 46 Krishna 4 131 to 133 Radha, Krishna Total 274 to 276 Krishna The third khanda is called Ganesha-khanda or Ganapati-khanda.
The tradition and other Puranas assert that this Purana had 18,000 verses. The actual manuscripts have more than 18,000 verses, unlike other Puranas where they usually fall short.
The categorizes Brahma Vaivarta Purana as a Purana. Scholars consider the Sattva-Rajas-Tamas classification as 'entirely fanciful' and there is nothing in this text that actually justifies this classification. Contents. ^ Monier Monier-Williams, Sanskrit English Dictionary with Etymology, Oxford University Press (Reprinted by Motilal Banarsidass), Article on Brahmavaivarta, page 740,., pp. 161, 163-164., pp. 161, 163., pp. 161-162.
^, pp. 248-249 with note 1351. ^, pp. 161-163., pp. 112-117. Richmond; Darius L. Swann; Phillip B. Zarrilli (1993). Motilal Banarsidass. ^, pp. 83-84., pp. 162-163.
^, pp. 166-167. ^, pp. 162-164., p. 164 with footnote 162., pp. LXV-LXVII. ^, pp. LXV-LXVI. ^, pp. 542-543. Dimock Jr, E.C. 'Doctrine and Practice among the Vaisnavas of Bengal'. History of Religions.
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'The Theological Bearing of Puranic Stories: An enquiry into the presence of feminine theology in the Brahmavaivarta Purana'. Religions of South Asia. 2 (2): 177–193. ^, p. LXVI-LXVII. Shrikant Pradhan (2008), Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, Vol. 68/69, pages 207-213. L.
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Some English translations of Puranas can be found online here:. (a) (abridged). (b) (full). (Volume 1&2 missing). (Correct me if any of these sources are abridged or not genuine) What about unabridged versions of other Puranas? Are they available on net? I found some Puranas on but I don't know whether they are abridged or unabridged.
Can anyone mention online sources for complete English translations for other Puranas viz.:. Agni Purana. Brahmavaivartha Purana. Kurma Purana. Matsya purana. Skanda Purana,. Vamana purana.
Varaha Purana and. Vayu Purana If all these are not available, can anyone give sources for. Matsya.
Skanda. Vayu and. Agni Puranas. Note: Skip to bottom of this answer to download complete Purana as single PDF file.
All these puranas are scanned and non text searchable. Index shows Skanda Purana consists 23 Volumes.Of 23 Volumes,20 volumes were found from Skanda Purana. I will update links for other Volumes after getting legitimate links. Index Shows Agni Purana consists four Volumes. I found all four volumes on West Bengal dspace.
Agni Purana. Index shows Brahma Purana consists four voulmes.
Those Volumes were available on West Bengal Dspace. Brahma Purana. Kurma Purana was found in Two Volumes.Those Scanned Volumes were available on Dspace. Kurma purana. Index shows Vayu Purana consists two volumes. Those Volumes were found on West Bengal dspace. Vayu Purana.
Volumes of Varaha Purana were found on West Bengal dspace. Varaha Purana. Additionally, there's another version of Garuda Purana in three volumes on and it's scanned copy was found on West Bengal Dspace. Garuda Purana.
As goes dead frequently, I combined all Volumes of each Purana and Uploaded those single files to Google drive as PDFs. (83 MB). (151 MB). (126 MB). (118 MB). (62 MB). (94 MB).
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