[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c7.160 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.160 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c7.160 - **Language:** English ### [c7.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.160) Fourthly, as regards their value and efficacy. The brahmans asserted a supreme position for the Veda, to dispute which was blasphemy, but the Puranas claimed even higher merit for themselves; thus, to give only a few instances, it is said the Purana destroys all sin;⁵ it gives every blessing and even final emancipation from existence;⁶ it bestows union with Brahmā;⁷ it raises one to Viṣṇu: ⁸ that is, in short, the Puranas gave blessings equal, or rather superior, to anything the Vedas could give.⁹ It is said that the Purana should be heard even by brahmans who attained the utmost bounds of sacred knowledge (brahma-para),¹⁰ and that even tales in the Purana would make a brahman know the Veda.¹¹ - [Previous: c7.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.159) - [Next: c7.161](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.161) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c7.160) · Pramāṇa