[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) › c4.2606 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2606 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2606 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2606) BRAHMAVAIVARTAPURĀṆA. One of the eighteen Purāṇas. Sāvarṇi Manu taught this Purāṇa to Nārada. The theme of the Purāṇa is the story of Rathandhara. This Purāṇa contains eighteen thousand verses. It is stated in Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 272, that this Purāṇa is good to be given as a gift on the full moonday of the month of Māgha. - [Previous: c4.2605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2605) - [Next: c4.2607](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2607) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.272) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2606) · Pramāṇa