[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c90.55 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.55 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.55 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c90.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.55) ¹³⁵² मद्वयं भद्वयं चैव ब्रत्रयं वचतुष्टयम् । अनापलिंग्कूस्कानि पुराणानि पृथक् पृथक् ॥ देवीभागवत I 3. 2 मद्वयं = मत्स्य, मार्कण्डेय, भद्वयं = भविष्य, भागवत, ब्रत्रयं = ब्रह्मा, ब्रह्मवैवर्त, ब्रह्माण्ड, वचतुष्टय = वराह, वामन, वायु, विष्णु, अ, ना, प, लिं, ग respectively stand for अग्नि, नारदीय, पद्म, लिङ्ग, गरुड, कू = कूर्म, स्क = स्कन्द Wilson in Preface to tr of Visnu at p XXIV states that his ms of Varāha omits the Garuda and Brahmānda from the list of 18 Purānas and inserts Vāyu and Narasimha The ms is singular in this respect. The printed Varāha (chap 112. 69 in the B. I and verse 74 in Venk ed) only puts Śaiva for Vāyu, that is all - [Previous: v7.c90.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.54) - [Next: v7.c90.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.56) - [Up: v7.c90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90) ## Linked texts (2) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.1.3.2) — Sanskrit - [Varāhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.varaha) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.55) · Pramāṇa