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鈥攐ne 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.
Appendix 8 - Geographical and Ethnic Data
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i 1385 were white fortresses.
The city was protected by weapons and
it had many ditches. The festivities were going on perpetually.
The brahmins, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras living there were
very religious. It had many trees. Lord Siva constructed
there a Bindusaras by collecting the drops of water from all
the holy places of the world. Its area is ten yojanas. The
land there is surrounded on all the sides by sand. Lord krsna
is known there as Purusottama. All the tirthas coming within
the range of Utkalapradesa are holy through the grace of lord
krsna.
-ksetra.
No tirtha entails the same merit as that of Purusottama
(219) Ekaratra T- (25.54).
(220) Ekavira - T It is situated on the bank of the
river Godavari (161.3).
(221) Gabhasti R - It is a river in Sakadvipa
(20.66).
- T - (25,26)
(222) Gabhastiman
- A continent of Bharatavarsa
(19.6). It is one of the nine continents into which the
world is divided (25.15).
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(223) Gadadhara T It is on the northern bank of
the river Godavari. It destroys all the sins and gives the
