

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionaryīhaviṣyapurāṇa (भविष्यपुराण):- n. Kumbhaghoṇamāhātmya from the Madhyamakhaṇḍa.

Brāhmaparvan (148 Adhyāyāḥ) and Madhyamatantra (86 Adhyāyāḥ). Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorumġ) Bhaviṣyapurāṇa (भविष्यपुराण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:- Oxf.


The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.īhavishyapurana in Sanskrit glossary Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryīhaviṣyapurāṇa (भविष्यपुराण).-Name of one of the 18 Purāṇas.ĭerivable forms: bhaviṣyapurāṇam (भविष्यपुराणम्).īhaviṣyapurāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bhaviṣya and purāṇa (पुराण). The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Indexīhaviṣyapurāṇa (भविष्यपुराण).-(Bhaviṣyam)-one among the mahāpurāṇas comprises 14,500 ślokas narrated by Brahmā to Manu containing the māhātmyam of the sun, and the account of Aghora kalpa with the characteristics of Bhūtagrāma he who makes a gift of it with a kumbha on the Full Moon day of the Puṣya month gets the fruits of the Agniṣṭoma Lomaharṣaṇa revealed it to the sages. There are about fourteen thousand books in this purāṇa and they deal with almost all subjects on earth including such important ones like, Sṛsṭi (creation), Kālamāna (time), Garbhādhāna (conception), Godāna (gift of cows), Āśramadharmas (duties of a hermit) Liṅga Śāstra (science of sex), Viṣacikitsā (treatment of poisoning) and Āyurveda (Medical science). Bhavishyapurana in Purana glossary Source: : Puranic Encyclopediaīhaviṣyapurāṇa (भविष्यपुराण).-This purāṇa contains the instructions given by the god Sūrya to Manu.
