[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) › c4.2595 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2595 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2595 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2595](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2595) BRAHMAPURĀṆA, (BRAHMAPURĀṆA). This is a great book of twenty-five thousand verses taught to the great hermit-sage Marīci by Brahmā. It is mentioned in Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 271, that if a copy of this book is taken and offered to a Brahmin on the full moon day of the month of Vaiśākha with cow and water, the giver will attain heaven. - [Previous: c4.2594](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2594) - [Next: c4.2596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2596) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.271) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2595](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2595) · Pramāṇa