A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.259

c5.259

BHAVISHYA PURĀNA. “This Purāna, as its name implies, should be a book of prophecies foretelling what will be.” The copies discovered contain about 7000 stanzas. The work is far from agreeing with the declared character of a Purāna, and is principally a manual of rites and ceremonies. Its deity is Siva. There is another work, containing also about 7000 verses, called the Bhavishyottara Purāna, a name which would imply that “it was a continuation or supplement of the former,” and its contents are of a similar character.—Wilson.