[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.259 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.259 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.259 - **Language:** English ### [c5.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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. - [Previous: c5.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.258) - [Next: c5.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.260) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.259) · Pramāṇa