Brahmandapurana, Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa, Brahmanda-purana, Brahmamdapurana: 6 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaBrahmāṇḍapurāṇa (ब्रह्माण्डपुराण).—One of the eighteen purāṇas. This purāṇa contains a talk by Brahmā about the glory of Brahmāṇḍa. There are twelve thousand verses in this purāṇa. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 272).
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the VisnudharmottarapuranaBrahmāṇḍapurāṇa (ब्रह्माण्डपुराण) refers to one of the eighteen Major Puranas according to the Matsyapurāṇa and other traditional lists of Puranic literature: a category of ancient Sanskrit texts which gives a huge contribution in the development of Indian literature.—The lists of eighteen Mahāpurāṇas (e.g., brahmāṇḍapurāṇa) and eighteen Upapurāṇas are not same everywhere, as some names are dropped in some references whereas some are included in others. It can be noticed that, except the Vāyuapurāṇa and the Śivapurāṇa, the names of the Mahāpurāṇas are similar in almost all the Purāṇas.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study (dharma)Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (ब्रह्माण्डपुराण) should be donated (dāna) in dakṣiṇāyana or during the eclipses, according to the Dharmaśāstra taught in the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, the donation of the various Purāṇas to various recipients on different tithis along with the merits thereof are given in the ninth chapter.—[...] If a person donates the Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa to a devotee of Śiva, with devotion in front of Śiva in dakṣiṇāyana or during the eclipses becomes a leader of the Gaṇas of Śiva.
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (ब्रह्माण्डपुराण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—This Purāṇa hardly exists in a complete body, but seems to be made up of a large number of Māhātmya. L. 819. 854 (Uttarakhaṇḍa). B. 2, 16. Ben. 46. Kāṭm. 2. Rādh. 39. NW. 490. Oudh. Viii, 4. Np. V, 10. Burnell. 190^a. 203^b. Oppert. 89. 1512. 2917. 4947. 5594. 6067. Ii, 530. 4328. 4775. 6926. Rice. 72. Mentioned in Kūrmapurāṇa Oxf. 8^a, in Varāhapurāṇa Oxf. 59^a, in Revāmāhātmya Oxf. 65^b, in Devībhāgavatapurāṇa Oxf. 79^b. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇe Agnīśvaramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 62.
—Añjanādrimāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 62.
—Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa q. v.
—Anantaśayanamāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 62.
—Arjunapuramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 63.
—Kṣetrakhaṇḍe Aṣṭanetrasthānamāhātmya. Burnell. 203^b.
—Ādipuramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 63. Burnell. 190^a.
—Ānandanilayastotra. Burnell. 198^a.
—Ṛṣipañcamīvrata. W. p. 336.
—Kaṭhoragirimāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 64.
—Kalāhastimāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Lalitopākhyāne Kāmākṣīvilāsa. [Mackenzie Collection] 66.
—Kārttikamāhātmya. K. 22.
—Kāverīmāhātmya. Burnell. 203^b.
—Kumbhakoṇamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Kṣīrasāgaravarṇana. Burnell. 201^b.
—Kṣīrābdhiśayanavarṇana. Taylor. 1, 53.
—Gaṇeśakavaca. Burnell. 197^b.
—Godāvarīmāhātmya. K. 24.
—Gopurīmāhātmya. Burnell. 190^b.
—Gomuktimāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Campakāraṇyamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a. Rice. 72.
—Jñānamaṇḍapamāhātmya. Taylor. 1, 156. 163.
—Tañjāpurīmāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Tārakabrahmamantramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 54.
—Tuṅgabhadrākhaṇḍa. Taylor. 1, 165.
—Tuṅgabhadrāmāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 72.
—Tulasīkavaca. Burnell. 198^a.
—Uttarakhaṇḍe Lalitopākhyāne Triśatīstotra. Burnell. 197^b. Bhr. 548.
—Dakṣiṇāmūrtistotra. Burnell. 202^b.
—Dattātreyastotra. Burnell. 202^b.
—Dattātreyāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotra. Oxf. 299^a.
—Devadāruvanamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Devāṅgacaritra. [Mackenzie Collection] 94.
—Deśanirṇaya. [Mackenzie Collection] 131.
—Nadīstotra. Burnell. 199^b.
—Nandigirimāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 74.
—Narasiṃhamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Nāciketopākhyāna. Ben. 51.
—Nṛsiṃhakavaca. Burnell. 198^a.
—Nṛsiṃhasahasranāman. K. 44.
—Padmakhaṇḍa. [Mackenzie Collection] 75.
—Paścimaraṅganāthastotra. Taylor. 1, 20.
—Kṣetrakhaṇḍe Paścimaraṅgamāhātmya. Taylor. 1, 441. 442.
—Pāpavināśamāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 75. Burnell. 190^a.
—Pārijātācalamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Pinākinīmāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 76. Burnell. 190^a.
—Puṃnāgavanamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Purāṇadānamāhātmya. L. 930.
—Purāṇaśravaṇamāhātmya. Taylor. 1, 160.
—Badarikāśramāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Bandīstotra. Burnell. 200^a.
—Buddhipuramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 84.
—Brahmapāragastotra. Cop. 3.
—Brahmapurīmāhātmya. Burnell. 190^b.
—Bhikṣāṭana. Burnell. 203^b.
—Bhūgolavistāra. Burnell. 76^b.
—Mandāravanamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Mayūrasthalamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Mallāpuramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 80.
—Kṣetrakhaṇḍe Mallārikavaca. Burnell. 197^b.
—Kṣetrakhaṇḍe Mallārimāhātmya. Cop. 4. L. 763. Ben. 51. Burnell. 197^b. Gu. 3. Oppert. Ii, 7697. 8306. Bp. 293.
—Kṣetrakhaṇḍe Mallārihṛdaya. Oudh. Xv, 22.
—Māyāpurīmāhātmya. Peters. 2, 186.
—Yugalakiśorastotra. L. 3120.
—Rāmavacana. Rice. 72.
—Rāmānusmṛti. Burnell. 200^b.
—Rāmāyaṇamāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 54.
—Reṇukāstotra. Burnell. 199^b.
—Lakṣapūjāmāhātmya. W. p. 134.
—Lakṣmīpuramāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Lalitāsahasranāman. Bhk. 17. H. 45.
—Lalitāsahasranāmastotra. Bp. 293.
—Lalitopākhyāna. L. 854. Np. Vi, 54. Burnell. 190^a. Oppert. 3846. 4607. 8222. Ii, 2439. 4909. 6410. 7266. 7289. 7729. 10176. Rice. 72.
—Varāhastuti. Burnell. 201^a. Oppert. Ii, 5561.
—Valkalakṣetramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 83.
—Prajñānakumudacandrikāyāṃ Vārijākṣacaritra. Bp. 45. 292.
—Virajākṣetramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 84.
—Viṣṇupañjara. Pet. 724. Oudh. Xvii, 82. Burnell. 201^a. Oppert. Ii, 2001.
—Veṅkaṭagirimāhātmya. K. 30. Burnell. 190^a. Taylor. 1, 164. 292. 439. 441.
—Veṅkaṭeśakavaca. Burnell. 198^a.
—Veṅkaṭeśamāhātmya. Bhr. 572. Rice. 90.
—Veṅkaṭeśasahasranāman. Poona. 412. 575.
—Veṅkaṭeśastotra. Burnell. 201^a.
—Vedagarbhāpurīmāhātmya. Ben. 47. NW. 484.
—Vedāraṇyamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Śivakāñcīmāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Śivagaṅgāmāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 87.
—Śivamānasikasnāna. Burnell. 199^a.
—Śrīgoṣṭhīmāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 87.
—Śrīnivāsamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Śrīmuṣṇamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Śrīraṅgamāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 87. Burnell. 190^a. Taylor. 1, 163. 165. 440.
—Śrīvidyātriśatī. K. 52.
—Rahasyottarabhāge Satyopākhyāna. Khn. 30.
—Sanatkumārapulastyasaṃvāda. Paris. (B 94).
—Sarasvatistotra. Burnell. 200^a.
—Siddhalakṣmīstotra. Burnell. 199^b.
—Sītāstotra. Oudh. Xvii, 10.
—Sugandhavanamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
—Sundarapuramāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 89.
—Sundarāraṇyamāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 89.
—Hanumatkavaca. Burnell. 198^a. Taylor. 1, 53.
—Hastigirimāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 90. Burnell. 190^a. Taylor. 1, 439.
—Herambakānanamāhātmya. Burnell. 190^a.
2) Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (ब्रह्माण्डपुराण):—[Bhau Dāji Memorial] 112. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 59. Stein 205 (Prakriyāpāda till Anuṣaṅgapāda incl.). Brahmāṇḍapurāṇe Kṛṣṇāṣṭottaraśatanāman q. v.
—Gaṇapatistavarāja. Fl. 24.
—Nāciketopākhyāna. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 112. Stein 206.
—Puruṣottamamāhātmya. Stein 206.
—Pratiṣṭhānamāhātmya. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 80.
—Pradoṣavratavidhi. Fl. 25.
—Mallārimāhātmya. Stein 206.
—Māyāpurīmāhātmya. Peters. 4, 14.
—Lalitāsahasranāman. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 95.
—Lalitopākhyāna. Stein 207.
—Viṣṇupañjara. Oudh. Xx, 38. 50.
—Veṅkaṭeśastotra. Rgb. 181.
—Satyopākhyāna. Stein 207.
—Hanumatkavaca. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 94. Fl. 26. Oudh. Xx, 40. Stein 207.
—Hanumatsahasranāman. Oudh. Xx, 40.
—Haridvāramāhātmya. Peters. 4, 14.
3) Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (ब्रह्माण्डपुराण):—Ulwar 808. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇe Ṛṇaharaṇastotra. Ulwar 2062.
—Nṛsiṃhakavaca. Ulwar 2200.
—Nṛsiṃhastavarāja. Ulwar 2206.
—Mallāripañcāṅga. Ulwar 2272.
—Rāmarakṣā. Ulwar 2317.
—Lalitādevīsahasranāmastotra. Ulwar 2337.
—Lalitopākhyāna. Ulwar 2340.
—Virajākṣetramāhātmya. Ulwar 808. 870.
—Viṣṇupañjarastotra. Ulwar 2356.
—Veṅkaṭeśvarasahasranāman. Ulwar 2366.
4) Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (ब्रह्माण्डपुराण):—It is divided into 4 pādāḥ 1) Prakriyāpāda. 2) Anuṣaṅgapāda. 3) Upodghātapāda = Madhyamapāda. 4) Upasaṃhārapāda = Uttarapāda. Ak 159. Bc 458 (Prakriyāpāda till Madhyamabhāga). Cs 4, 63 (Uttarārdha). Hpr. 2, 144 (in 110 Adhyāyāḥ). Brahmāṇḍapurāṇe Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa q. v.
—Aparā Jyeṣṭhakṛṣṇā. L.. 352, 13.
—Ayodhyāmāhātmya. Cs 4, 194.
—Ahīndrapuramāhātmya. Thomas App. p. 257.
—Āmardakī Phālgunaśuklā. L.. 352, 8.
—Āmardakīmāhātmya. Cs 2, 494. L.. 246. 282, 7.
—Kaṭhoragirimāhātmya. Io. 2619. No. 3440.
—Kadambapurīmāhātmya. Thomas App. p. 269. 271.
—Kadalītrirātravrata. L.. 247.
—Kapiṣṭhalamāhātmya. Thomas App. p. 271.
—Kāñcīmāhātmya. Bc 300.
—Kumbhaghoṇamāhātmya. Thomas App. p. 276. 278.
—Kṛṣṇāṣṭottaraśatanāman. As p. 50.
—Gomuktīśvaramāhātmya. Hz. 1216.
—Jālaṃdharamāhātmya. Hpr. 2, 71.
—Tañjāpurīmāhātmya. Bc 492.
—Tārakabrahmamantramāhātmya. Io. 2615.
—Tulasīmāhātmye Tulasīkavaca. L.. 248.
—Dakṣiṇāmūrtipañjara. Whish 112 B 9.
—Dattātreyasahasranāman. Hpr. 2, 94.
—Navarātravratakathā. L.. 249.
—Nāganāthamāhātmya from the Tīrthakhaṇḍa (Uparibhāga). Thomas App. p. 265. 266.
—Nāsiketopākhyāna. Io. 916. No. 3445.
—Padmā Bhādrapadaśuklā. L.. 352, 20.
—Pāpavināśamāhātmya. Thomas App. p. 279.
—Pinākinīmāhātmya. As p. 107. Io. 2574. 2678. 2711.
—Putradā Śuklā Pauṣī. L.. 352, 4.
—Puruṣottamamāhātmya. Io. 916. No. 3444.
—Bālāsahasranāman. Hz. 1203.
—Bhagavadavatāra. L.. 250.
—Mallāpurīmāhātmya. Io. 2618.
—Mallārimāhātmya. As p. 138. Cs 4, 65. Io. 916. No. 3441. Io. 2463. Peters. 6, 157.
—Mokṣadāśuklā Mārgaśīrṣasya. L.. 352, 2.
—Rādhikāstotra. As p. 162 (2 Mss.).
—Rāmāyaṇamāhātmya. Io. 2615. No. 3438.
—Lalitātriśatī. Whish 110 B 3.
—Lalitādevīstotra from the Lalitopākhyāna. Whish 110 B 2.
—Lalitāsahasranāman from the Uttarakhaṇḍa. Bd. 177. L.. 251. 252.
—Lalitopākhyāna from the Uttarakhaṇḍa. Ak 235 (inc.). Cs 4, 61. 62 (both inc.). Io. 916. No. 3432. Io. 1427. Śg. 2, 293 (inc.). Whish 69 B. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇe Viṣṇupañjara. As p. 177. Cr. L.. 197, 2. 253. 254, 1. Peters. 6, 110.
—Veṅkaṭeśvarasahasranāman. L.. 255.
—Śrīraṅgamāhātmya. As p. 207. Io. 2574. No. 3437. Whish 50 a. Winternitz Catal. p. 239.
—Samaṣṭikānanamāhātmya. Winternitz Catal. p. 250.
—Sarasvatīstotra. L.. 256.
—Siṃhasthagurumāhātmya. L.. 257.
—Hanumatkavaca. L.. 258. 259.
—Hanumatsahasranāmastotra. Hpr. 2, 263.
—Hanumadākhyāna. Io. 2712. No. 3433.
Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (ब्रह्माण्डपुराण):—[=brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa] [from brahmāṇḍa > brahma > brahman] n. Name of one of the 18 Purāṇas (so called as revealed by Brahmā and containing an account of the egg of Brahmā and the future Kalpas.; cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 514; 521])
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBrahmāṃḍapurāṇa (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡಪುರಾಣ):—[noun] = ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ [brahmamda]2 - 2.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Puraana, Purana, Brahmanda.
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Some Late Chapters of the Vayu-purana < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]
The Skanda-Purana On The Dharana Gotra < [Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)]
Shakhas of the Rigveda as mentioned in the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
The Kalika Purana (literary study) (by Dilip Kumar Goswami)
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
2. Kerala in the Puranas < [Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous Sanskrit works bearing on Kerala history]
Appendix 1 - Sanskrit Works bearing on Kerala History
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
The River Gaṅgā or Ganges < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
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5. Epithets of Rudra-Śiva tracked in the Upaniṣadic literature < [Chapter 6b - Epithets (References)]
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