Studies in the Epics and Puranas c10.8

c10.8

⁵ Cf. Śiva Purāṇa, 1, 2, 48-55; the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā itself of the Śiva Purāṇa speaks of a Śaiva Purāṇa with 12 Saṃhitās and 100,000 stanzas (1. 1. 45-65). But this Śaiva is not available and it cannot be included in the Mahāpurāṇas as it would considerably swell the total number of verses of the Purāṇas which is stated to be 400,000.