Brihaddharmapurana, Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa, Brihaddharma-purana: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa can be transliterated into English as Brhaddharmapurana or Brihaddharmapurana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: WikiPedia: PuranasBṛhaddharmapurāṇa (बृहद्धर्मपुराण) is a Hindu religious text, which classified itself (I.25.26) as the last of the 18 Upapuranas. The extant text comprises three khaṇḍas (parts): pūrvakhaṇḍa, madhyakhaṇḍa and uttarakhaṇḍa. The pūrvakhaṇḍa and madhyakhaṇḍa of both the Asiatic Society and the Vangavasi edition have 30 chapters. While the uttarakhaṇḍa of the Asiatic Society edition comprises 14 chapters, the Vangavasi edition comprises 21 chapters and R. C. Hazra considers these additional 7 chapters (15-21) as the essential part of the text.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa (बृहद्धर्मपुराण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 414. Ben. 57. Tu7b. 14. Bṛhaddharmapurāṇe Karmavipāka. L. 635.
—Gaṅgāstava. L. 480.
2) Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa (बृहद्धर्मपुराण):—Stein 205.
3) Bṛhaddharmapurāṇa (बृहद्धर्मपुराण):—As p. 119 (3 Mss. of which two are fragments). Io. 1313. No. 3402.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBṛhaddharmapurāṇa (बृहद्धर्मपुराण):—[=bṛhad-dharma-purāṇa] [from bṛhad > bṛṃh] n. ‘the large Dharma-purāṇa’, Name of [work]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Puraana, Purana.
Full-text: Upapurana, Vivadarnavasetu, Nilapingala, Nilakuntala, Tripattra, Phalguda, Mahapasha, Gangastava, Dharmapurana, Naraki, Mahadanda, Kamsakara, Karmavipaka, Narayana.
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
Chapter 7.3 - The Brihaddharma-purana (study)
Chapter 6.4 - The Mahabhagavata-purana (study)
Brihaddharma Purana (abridged) (by Syama Charan Banerji)
Mahabhagavata Purana (translation and study) (by Prabir Kumar Nanda Goswami)
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
2. The Viṣṇudharmottara-purāṇa: An Introductory Note < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Kalika Purana (literary study) (by Dilip Kumar Goswami)
Introduction to the Upapuranas < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Sculptures of Madan-Kamdev (Study) (by Kamal Nayan Patowary)
Part 2.2 - Surya Upasana in Ancient Assam < [Chapter 5 - Sculpture: The true reflector of the Society]