History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.207
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.207
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*Brahmavaivarta*—A huge work printed by the Ānandāśrama, Poona, in four khaṇḍas (parts) viz. Brahma, Prakṛti, Ganapati and Kṛṣṇajanma. It has some chapters on Dharmaśāstra topics, such as on castes, gifts, vratas, hells, duties of varṇas and āśramas, women. Many of the verses quoted from this Purāṇa in the Sm. C., Hemādri and other writers are not found in the current Purāṇa Wilson, in the Introduction to the Viṣṇu, says (pp. LXV-LXVII) that it has not the slightest title to be called a Purāṇa. Vide H. in ABORI vol. XIX pp 75-76 and PRHR pp. 166-167.