Vayupurana, Vāyupurāṇa, Vayu-Purana: 7 definitions

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण).—One of the eighteen Purāṇas. (See under Purāṇa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण).—Contents of; originally narrated by Brahmā; or Pāśupata Yoga, origin of Linga, glorification of Nīlakaṇṭha; one who does not know this Purāṇa, though learned in all the Vedas and other branches, will not be a man of culture; the whole Purāṇa is full of the greatness of Maheśvara;¹ narrator Vāyu;² (see vāyavīya) .

1) Vāyu-purāṇa 1. 48-205.
2) Ib. 26. 5.

context information

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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण).—Name of one of the 18 Purāṇas.

Derivable forms: vāyupurāṇam (वायुपुराणम्).

Vāyupurāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāyu and purāṇa (पुराण).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण).—[neuter] T. of a Purāṇa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Jones. 406. 407. Io. 264. 1310. 2102. 2103. Oxf. 47^a. L. 1678. Khn. 32. K. 30. B. 2, 30. Ben. 56. Bik. 219. Kāṭm. 2. Oudh. Iii, 10 (Pūrvārdha). Np. Ix, 20. X, 22. Burnell. 192^b. Ba. 16. P. 22. Poona. Ii, 181. Oppert. 725. 810. 4124. Ii, 4924. Mentioned in Kūrmapurāṇa Oxf. 8^a, in Revāmāhātmya Oxf. 65^a, in Devībhāgavatapurāṇa Oxf. 79^b. Vāyupurāṇe Ānandakānanamāhātmya or Kāśīmāhātmya. K. 20. Burnell. 193^a. Taylor. 1, 440. Sb. 239.
—Kedāramāhātmya. Ben. 47. 50. NW. 486.
—Kedāraliṅgamāhātmya. Burnell. 193^a.
—Śvetavarāhakalpe Gayāmāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 69. Pet. 724. Io. 2707. Oxf. 67^b. 84^b (Index). B. 2, 40. Ben. 47. NW. 464. Burnell. 193^a. Bhk. 14. Bhr. 36. Poona. 369. H. 32. Peters. 2, 185.
—Gītāmāhātmya. Rice. 84.
—Gostanīmāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 70.
—Tilapadmadānaprayoga. Ben. 143.
—Tulasīmāhātmya. Burnell. 193^a.
—Dvārakāmāhātmya. Gu. 3.
—Pāpaghnīmāhātmya. [Mackenzie Collection] 75.
—Māghamāhātmya. Burnell. 193^a. Bhr. 70. 567. H. 42. Taylor. 1, 292. 293.
—Mādhavamāhātmye Mādhavastavarāja. Burnell. 200^b. Oppert. Ii, 5544.
—Mārutotpatti. W. 1531.
—Rājagṛhamāhātmya. Pet. 724. Io. 2708.
—Rudrakavacastotra. Burnell. 197^b.
—Rudradānavidhi. Ben. 141.
—Revākhaṇḍa. Ben. 53. Bl. 2.
—Revāmāhātmya. Oxf. 64^b. L. 2263. B. 2, 150. Poona. 421. Ii, 189.
—Lakṣmīsaṃhitā. Io. 1711. Oudh. Ix, 4. Burnell. 193^a. Oppert. Ii, 232.
—Veṅkaṭeśastotra. Burnell. 201^a.
—Vraṇaghnaratnadānavidhi. Ben. 143.
—Sītātīrthamāhātmya. Burnell. 193^a.
—Hanumatkavaca. Burnell. 198^a.

2) Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण):—ibid. Stein 214. Vāyupurāṇe Kedāramāhātmya. Stein 214.
—Gayāmāhātmya. [Bhau Dāji Memorial] 66. Goldstu7cker 56.
—Śāṇḍilyatattvadīpikā (?). Rgb. 182.

3) Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण):—As p. 172 (3 Mss., 2 of these inc.). Bc 241. 242. Cs 4, 197 (inc.). Io. add 1869.
—Tod 14. Vāyupurāṇe Kāśīmāhātmya. Io. 1711.
—Gayāmāhātmya. Cs 4, 25. Hpr. 2, 49. Io. 1737. 2707. 2903. L.. 311. Peters. 6, 144.
—Gītāmāhātmya. Bc 63.
—Tiladā Māghakṛṣṇā. L.. 352, 5.
—Māghamāhātmya. Ak 214 (inc.). 215. Io. 856.
—Revāmāhātmya. Io. 980. 1301 ([fragmentary]). 2792. No. 3596. Peters. 5, 193.
—Vāyūtpatti. Bd. 179.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण):—[=vāyu-purāṇa] [from vāyu] n. Name of one of the 18 Purāṇas ([probably] one of the oldest, and supposed to have been revealed by the god Vāyu; it treats of the creation of the world, the origin of the four classes, the worship of Śiva etc.), [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 514.]

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Vāyupurāṇa (वायुपुराण):—n. das vom Windgotte geoffenbarte Purāṇa, Name eines Purāṇa [Viṣṇupurāṇa Einl. XXII. fg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 47,a, No. 103. 65,b,16. 67,b, No. 117. 84, No. 142. 182,b,3 v. u. 270,b,41.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1231.]

context information

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