History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.341

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Brahmāṇḍa-Purāṇa (vide note on pp. 895-96), 90n, 117, 119, 133, 147, 149, 184n, 541, 649n, 652n, 687, 690n, 693, 734, 735n (on Kalpas of Atharvaveda), 748, 817, 822, 824n, 840n, 841 (many verses identical with those of Vāyu), 845n (on period between Parīkṣit and Nanda), 850n, 851-2, 853n, 854-56, 861-3, 903n, 920 (Saptārcis mantra), 939n, 946-7, 960 (three kinds of *bhakti*), 976-77, 994 (list of Avatāras-different from usual one), 1042 (Lalitāmāhātmya of), 1102, 1187n (has verses that are also found quoted by Śabara), 1223n, 1372n, 1383, 1390n, 1470n, 1521, 1526, 1528, 1574, 1629n (for word 'sanātana-dharma'), compiled or revised about 320-335 A D 854; probably composed near the source of the Godāvarī, 895; divided into four pādas besides Lalitopākhyāna 845, is fond of etymologies, 890; one of the oldest of Purāṇas, has hundreds of verses in common with Vāyu 896, *Skanda* says there was first only one Purāṇa, viz. Brahmāṇḍa, 895.