Studies in the Epics and Puranas c10.37
Studies in the Epics and Purāṇas c10.37
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c10.37
To turn next to the Vāyu Purāṇa, the number of stanzas is only 12,000 in the printed text. There is clear MS evidence to support the division of the Purāṇa in two parts.²¹ It has all the five characteristics²² of the Purāṇa as required by the Nāradīya description; but, as observed earlier, Revāmāhātmya is not found as part of the Vāyu Purāṇa but is separately available, and Gayāmāhātmya is available in the second part not in the first as stated by the Nāradīya. It declares the greatness of Śiva no doubt. As regards the objection that the Vāyu is not connected with the Śvetakalpa but with the Varāha-