[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1480 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1480 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1480 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1480](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1480) BAHUDANTAKA. A book on the science of Ethics (Nītiśāstra), the work of Brahmā. It contains ten thousand chapters. This book was abridged into five thousand chapters by Purandara. (M.B., Śānti Parva, Chapter 69, Stanza 83). - [Previous: c4.1479](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1479) - [Next: c4.1481](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1481) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1480](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1480) · Pramāṇa