Adhyatma Ramayana Verses 1.1 – 1.14 In A Brahmanda Purana Manuscript (Sanskrit, Devanagari)
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The Brahmanda Purana (Sanskrit: ब्रह्माण्डपुराण, romanized: brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas, a genre of Hindu texts.[1] It is listed as the eighteenth Maha-Purana in almost all the anthologies.[2] The text is also referred in medieval Indian literature as the Vayaviya Purana or Vayaviya Brahmanda, and it may have been same as the Vayu Purana before these texts developed into two overlapping compositions.[1][3]
The text is named after one of the cosmological theories of Hinduism, namely the "Cosmic Egg" (Brahma-Anda).[4] It is among the oldest Puranas, the earliest core of text maybe from 4th century CE, continuously edited thereafter over time and it exist in numerous versions.[5] The Brahmanda Purana manuscripts are encyclopedic in their coverage, covering topics such as Cosmogony, Sanskara (Rite Of Passage), Genealogy, chapters on ethics and duties (Dharma), Yoga, geography, rivers, good government, administration, diplomacy, trade, festivals, a travel guide to places such as Kashmir, Cuttack, Kanchipuram, and other topics.[1][5][6]
The Brahmanda Purana is notable for including the Lalita Sahasranamam (a stotra praising the Goddess Lalita as the supreme being in the universe), and being one of the early Hindu texts found in Bali, Indonesia, also called the Javanese-Brahmanda.[7][8] The text is also notable for the Adhyatma Ramayana, the most important embedded set of chapters in the text, which philosophically attempts to reconcile Rama-Bhakti with Advaita Vedanta over 65 chapters and 4,500 verses.[9][a][10]
^ abcDalal 2014, p. 88.
^Hazra 1962, p. 255.
^Rocher 1986, pp. 33, 156–157, with footnotes
^Dalal 2014, p. 83.
^ abRocher 1986, pp. 156–160.
^Dikshitar 1951, pp. xx–xxiii.
^Rocher 1986, pp. 78–79, with footnote 61
^Hinzler 1993, p. 442.
^ abRocher 1986, pp. 158–159, with footnotes
^Winternitz 1927, pp. 578–579.
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The BrahmandaPurana (Sanskrit: ब्रह्माण्डपुराण, romanized: brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas, a genre of Hindu...
Vishnu Purana to c. 450 CE, BrahmandaPurana to c. 350–950 CE, Vamana Purana to c. 450–900 CE, Kurma Purana to c. 550–850 CE, and Linga Purana to c. 600–1000...
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emphasize Varaha's gigantic size. The BrahmandaPurana, the Vayu Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Harivamsa and the Linga Purana describes Varaha as 10 yojanas...
human inclinations metamorphose into something demonic (Asura). In the BrahmandaPurana, it is stated the term 'Asura' was used for the Daityas due to their...
environment it was written. The Ganesha Purana, along with the Mudgala Purana, Brahma Purana and BrahmandaPurana, is one of four Puranic genre encyclopedic...
came also to be known as the BrahmandaPurana. The Vayu Purana, according to the tradition and verses in other Puranas, contains 24,000 verses (shlokas)...
supreme being, in texts such as the Bhagavata Purana, the Markandeya Purana, and the BrahmandaPurana, though stories about his birth and origin vary...
Skanda was born. The BrahmandaPurana mentions the names of the children of Svaha: Pavamāna, Pāvaka, and Śuci. In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Narayana offers...
Lalita Sahasranama and Saundarya Lahari. In the Lalitopakhyana of the BrahmandaPurana, she is referred to as Adi Parashakti. The term "Tripura" conveys the...
romanized: lalitāsahasranāma) is a Hindu religious text from the BrahmandaPurana which lists the thousand names of the Hindu mother goddess Lalita Devi...
appearance is described in the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, Markandeya Purana-Devi Mahatmya, BrahmandaPurana-Lalita Sahasranama, and the Tripura Rahasya...
have long been the subject of scholarly studies. According to the BrahmandaPurana, Kapila is described as an incarnation of Vishnu: "Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa...
Brahmins would become a brahmarakshasa following his death. The Brahma Purana describes a conversation between a chandala and a brahmarakshasa. When enquired...
succeeded his father, the Emperor Pushyamitra in 149 BCE. The Vayu Purana and the BrahmandaPurana have assigned 8 years as the length of his reign. According...
Advaita Vedanta framework. It is embedded in the latter portion of BrahmāndaPurana, and the author is considered to be Vyasa. The Hindu tradition also...
in Andhra Pradesh) and iśvara ("Lord"). According to the Brahmanda and Bhavishyottara Puranas, the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from...
performance of Vedic rituals is necessary to attain Svarga. The Bhagavata Purana states that Svarga is the realm for the one who is able to discriminate...
prominently in Shaktism. He is featured in the Lalita Mahatmaya of the BrahmandaPurana, where he is slain by the goddess Lalita. After his brothers were slain...
the Markandeya Purana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The most famous of these stories is the one mentioned in the Markandeya Purana. According to this...
is a tutelary goddess of the Tantric Shri Vidya tradition. In the BrahmandaPurana, Bala Tripurasundari is mentioned in chapter 26 of the Lalita Mahatmya...
associated with the Suryavamsha lineage of royalty is present in the BrahmandaPurana: Before the birth of Garuḍa when Kaśyapa and Vinatā were living together...
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