Brahma Purana (critical study)
by Surabhi H. Trivedi | 1960 | 254,628 words
This is an English study of the Brahmapurana—one of the eighteen major Puranas. This text occupies an important place in the Pauranic literature. This study researches the rich an encyclopaedic material for social, religious, philosophical, mythological, political, geographical and literary study found in the Brahma-Purana. It also includes a lingu...
11. Nudity
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Lord Siva is described as surrounded by Ganas who are nude (nagna) and without clothes (avasas) (38.36,37). As the information regarding nudity is purely mythological it is useless for the present inquiry.