How many pages are there in Bhavishya Purana?
88 pages
Bibliographic information
Title | Bhavishya Purana A.H.W. Sameer series |
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Author | B.K. Chaturvedi |
Publisher | Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd., 2004 |
ISBN | 8128805983, 9788128805981 |
Length | 88 pages |
How many types of Puran are there?
18 Puranas
There are traditionally 18 Puranas, but there are several different lists of the 18, as well as some lists of more or fewer than 18. The earliest Puranas, composed perhaps between 350 and 750 ce, are the Brahmanda, Devi, Kurma, Markandeya, Matsya, Vamana, Varaha, Vayu, and Vishnu.
Who wrote Matsya Purana?
The composition of the text may have begun in the last centuries of the 1st-millennium BCE, and its first version complete by about the 3rd-century of the common era, asserts Ramachandra Dikshitar – known for proposing ancient dates for Indian literature.
Which is last Purana?
Accordingly Veda Vyasa completes maha bhagavatha Puranam. Probably that is his last work.
Which is the biggest Purana?
The Skanda Purana
The Skanda Purana is the largest Purana with 81,000 verses, named after deity Skanda, the son of Shiva and Uma, and brother of deity Ganesha.
What is the 1st Puran?
Brahmapurana is the first of all puranas.
What are 18 Puranas?
Puranas – All 18 Maha Puranas(English): Vishnu, Naradiya, Padma, Garuda, Varaha, Bhagavata, Matsya, Kurma, Linga, Shiva, Skanda, Agni, Brahmanda, Brahmavaivarta, Markandeya, Bhavishya, Vamana, Brahma Kindle Edition.
What is the Bhavishya Purana?
The title Bhavishya means “future” and implies it is a work that contains prophecies regarding the future, however, the “prophecy” parts of the extant manuscripts are a modern era addition and hence not an integral part of the Bhavishya Purana.
Did the Bhavishya Purana predict Muhammad’s mission and life?
Popular Indian Islamic preachers and apologists such as Dr. Zakir Naik often make the claim that the Hindu scriptures, the Bhavishya Purana in particular, predict the mission and life of Muhammad, and that this constitutes a miracle. This claim is a relatively recent invention, and is not often made outside of India to non-Hindus.
Is Muhammad in the Bhavishya Purana a demon?
There do appear to be passages in the Bhavishya Purana that that describe Muhammad, but some of these are hostile and appear to paint him as a mlecha, a dastardly foreigner, or even as a demon.
Is Devi-Bhagavata Purana same as Bhagavat Purana?
^ According to Shiva Purana, Devi-Bhagavata Purana is the fifth purana mentioned as Bhagavata Purana. ^ This text underwent a near complete rewrite in or after 15th/16th century CE, and almost all extant manuscripts are Vaishnava (Krishna) bhakti oriented.