Essay name: Brahma Purana (critical study)
Author:
Surabhi H. Trivedi
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This is an English study of the Brahmapurana—one of the eighteen major Puranas which 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.
Social and Economic Life
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the guest is the highest person to be revered. A guest who
comes in the early morning should be considered to be a god
and he should be considered to be the merit obtained from all
'the sacrifices. Agni is the highest among all the twice-
at
born, brahmins are the highest among all the classes, the
husband is the highest person for a wife, and a guest is the
highest person for all the beings (80.48,51). If he is
satisfied and pleased, the gods too are pleased but if he is
not satisfied the gods and pitys are also displeased (80.52).
Those people/whose places the guests come and go away satisfied
should be considered as passing a successful life, the life
of others being useless.
the merit of the dana of the world (163.14.16). The guest
leads one to heaven (163.19). The Dharma, fame and prosperity
of a person are destroyed who ignores a guest (163.21).
The things given to a guest entail
Atithi was given a seat and he was worshipped.
He
was given the food (163.17,18). The cows, arghya and water
were offered to him (208.9). He was highly honoured and was
worshipped with various things (I.13).
