Studies in the Epics and Puranas c10.45

c10.45

²⁵ Internal evidence records the earlier tradition about the Vāyu Purāṇa which states that it consisted of 12,000 stanzas (Vāyu Purāṇa, Anandasrama Ed., 32. 66: एवं द्वादशसाहस्रं पुराणं कवयो विदुः ।) thus ruling out the Revāmāhātmya and going against the Anukramaṇī descriptions altogether. Taking stand on the Anukramaṇīs, it can be said that during their period, the Vāyu text was a bulky volume covering 24,000 stanzas and included Revāmāhātmya and Rudramāhātmya.