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	Brahma
		Brahma (a masculine form not to be confused with Brahman, the neuter gender denoting the spiritual splendor of the Lord's body) is a title for the secondary creator of the universe (vaikrta phase of creation) and the progenitor of the living beings, Prajapati.
		Brahma, also known as Aja ("Unborn"), Padma-ja ("Lotus-born"), Svayambhu ("Self-existent"), or Caturmukha ("Four-faced"), is said to have been born from a golden egg and in turn to have created the earth and all things on it.
		Brahma is usually depicted as having four faces (Brahmas in other universes have more heads) and four arms, holding sacrificial instruments, prayer beads, and a book, and either seated or standing on a lotus throne or on his mount, the hamsa (swan).
	www.veda.harekrsna.cz /encyclopedia/brahma.htm (1555 words)

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		BRAHMA SUTRAS Aphorisms on the Vedanta philosophy by Badarayana or Vyasa.
		She was delivered of a son which Brihaspati and Soma both claimed, but Tara, at the command of Brahma to tell the truth, declared Soma to be the father, and the child was named Buddha.
		At length, upon the command of Brahma, she declared Soma to be the father, and he gave the boy the name of Buddha.
	www.mypurohith.com /Encyclopedia/EnclopB4.asp (830 words)

	Cover Story
		BRAHMA is regarded as the Supreme Being, the God of gods; of whom Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva are manifestations.
		Brahma), derived from the root brih, ‘to expand,’ and denoting the universally expanding essence, or universally diffused substance of the universe ….
		He is the invisible, imperishable Brahma; varying in form, invariable in substance, the chief principle, self-engendered; who is said to illuminate the caverns of the heart; who is indivisible radiant, undecaying multiform.
	www.splendourindia.org /splen_dec2002/brahma.htm (656 words)

	Puranas - Crystalinks
		Sage Vyasa is credited with compilation of Puranas from age Yuga to age, and for the current age, he has been identified and named Krishna Dvaipayana, the son of sage Parashara.
		According to the Matsya Purana (a Tamasika Purana itself), the eighteen Puranas are divided into three groups of six according to gunas of people they are primarily meant for.
		Puranas are named after the three main forms of Brahman: Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Protector of Life and Humanity; and Shiva, the Destroyer.
	www.crystalinks.com /puranas.html (655 words)

	Lord Brahma, god Brahma, Kalpa Vriksha, Hindu pantheon
		Brahma also known as Prajapati is the creator par excellence, the foremost of the Hindu trinity, the other two being Siva and Vishnu, the destroyer and the protector.
		Brahma is also the first and the most ancient God, who is known in the Rg Veda (the oldest of the Vedas) by various epithets.
		From it the Omkara or the sacred syllable Om emanated.
	www.indiaprofile.com /religion-culture/brahma.htm (1363 words)

	Brahma
		Brahma was assigned the work of creating the universe by Brahman, the Supreme Being to assist him in this endeavor, Brahma created 10 Prajapatis, who are believed to be the fathers of the human race.
		Brahma's abode is known as Brahmaloka, which is said to contain all the splendors of earth and of the heavens of the other gods.
		According to the Puranas, Brahma is said to be the son of the Supreme Being and his female energy, Maya.
	www.gurjari.net /ico/Mystica/html/brahma.htm (965 words)

	Purana
		The Puranas vary greatly in length: the Skanda Purana is the longest with 81,000 couplets, while the Brahma Purana and Vamana Purana are the shortest with 10,000 couplets each.
		By definition, a Purana must cover five subjects: the creation of the universe; its destruction and recreation; the principal gods and patriarchs; the reigns of the Manus and the history of the Suryavanshi and Chandravanshi kings.
		Sometimes the Vayu Purana is substituted for the Agni Purana or Shiva Purana.
	www.gurjari.net /ico/Mystica/html/purana.htm (515 words)

	Brahma Purana - Spiritual Literature Of India - Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita And Other Scriptures Of India
		Brahma was so pleased at this that he granted Dhruva an eternal place in the sky, near the constellation that is known as saptarshi or the seven sages.
		Brahma’s city is on the peak of Sumeru.
		Brahma was helping them in their fight with the demons and Brahma’s fifth head was trying to help the demons.
	www.bharatadesam.com /spiritual/brahma_purana.php (16644 words)

	Indian Mythology - Hindu Mythology Articles, Facts @ Indian Divinity.com >> BRAHMA
		Brahma, the first member of the Hindu trinity though much less important than the other two, namely Vishnu and Mahesh, is manifested as the active creator of this universe.
		Brahma has four arms and in his hands he holds a lotus flower, his scepter, spoon, a string of beads, a bowl containing the holy water and the Vedas.
		According to Shiva Purana, from the incestual union of Brahma and Satrupa was born SUAYAMBHUVA MANU, the progenitor of man, and from him in turn all creatures.
	www.webonautics.com /mythology/brahma.html (558 words)

	garuda
		The Bhagavata Purana says the Romaharashana had a son named Suta and it was this son who related the story of that particular Purana to the other sages On the other hand, Romaharshana himself belonged to the suta class, so that he too could be addressed as Suta.
		In a brahma marriage, the groom is invited and is given a bejewelled bride.
		These are the Puranas, the dharma, shastras (sacred texts), the four Vedas, nyaya, (doctrine), mimamsa (philosophy), ayurveda (medicine) arthashastra (political economy), gandharva shastra (singing), dhanurveda (the art of fighting) and shadanga (six schools of philosophy).
	www.dharmakshetra.com /literature/puranas/garuda.html (14665 words)

	Puranas
		Vyasa is the compiler of the Puranas from age to age; and for this age, he is Krishna-Dvaipayana, the son of Parasara.
		The aim of the Puranas is to impress on the minds of the masses the teachings of the Vedas and to generate in them devotion to God, through concrete examples, myths, stories, legends, lives of saints, kings and great men, allegories and chronicles of great historical events.
		The main Puranas are: Vishnu Purana, Naradiya Purana, Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Garuda (Suparna) Purana, Padma Purana, Varaha Purana, Brahma Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Markandeya Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Vamana Purana, Matsya Purana, Kurma Purana, Linga Purana, Siva Purana, Skanda Purana and Agni Purana.
	lakshmi.4mg.com /puranas.html (1033 words)

	Hindu Mythology - Introduction I - free Suite101.com course
		The main Puranas are: Vishnu Purana, Naradiya Purana, Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Garuda (Suparna) Purana, Padma Purana, Varaha Purana, Brahma Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Markandeya Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Vamana Purana, Matsya Purana, Kurma Purana, Linga Purana, Shiva Purana, Skanda Purana and Agni Purana.
		The Bhagavata Purana is a chronicle of the various incarnations of Lord Vishnu, but focuses on Krishna.
		The purpose of the Bhagavata Purana is to enable a person to overcome the fear of death.
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	The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Puranas
		Purana (Sanskrit पुराण, purāṇa, meaning "ancient" or "old") is the name of a genre (or a group of related genres) of Indian written literature (as distinct from oral literature).
		Traditionally the Puranas are said to have been composed by the sage Vyasa, the narrator of the Mahabharata epic.
		These texts, such as the Padma Purana of Bengal and Assam (narrating the story of the goddess Manasā), are vast in number and scattered all over the Indian subcontinent.
	www.book-of-thoth.com /thebook/index.php/Puranas (1433 words)

	Brahma Vaivarta Purana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brahma Vaivart Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text, is divided into four parts.
		all vedas and scriptures mentioned the parabrahma to be the supreme god but this brahma vaivart purana confirms it to krishna the supreme god.
		And the same supreme god krishna is believed to be born as krishna of Mahabharata and raseswari born as radha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brahma_Vaivarta_Purana (206 words)

	[Advaita-l] The Humbling of Indra - a story from the Brahma-vaivarta Purana (Part One)
		O king of the Devas, there are among your servants who maintain that it may be possible to number the grains of sand on earth and the drops of rain that fall from the sky, but no one will ever number all those Indras.
		But the existence of one Brahma, measured in such Brahma days and nights, is only one hundred and eight years.
		Brahma follows Brahma, one sinks, the next arises; the endless series cannot be told.
	www.advaita-vedanta.org /archives/advaita-l/2003-June/012572.html (1601 words)

	Puranas
		Each of the 19 Puranas has a history associated with it; to give a taste of what this history is, let us consider the Brahma Purana.
		The Brahma Purana is not only the first in the list of Mahapuranas, it is also believed to have been the first to be composed.
		The shortest purana is the Markandeya Purana with 900,000 shlokas.
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	brahmapurANa
		he brahma purANa is one of a group of histories written more than two thousand years ago, a compilation having a form that is inherent to all major literature of the ancient Indian subcontinent.
		The deities of the purANa are brahmA, viSNu and ziva.
		In structure they are similar to the dharmazAstra and epics, but to be called a purANa in the classical sense the work must deal with paJcalakSaNa, five characteristics: 1) sarga, primary creation, 2) pratisarga, secondary creation of primary matter, 3) vaMza, genealogy 4) manvantara, ages of man, and 5) vaMzAnucarita; the history of dynasty.
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	Puranas of Hinduism to be researched as History with an open mind
		Vishnu purANa, considered as the chief authority almost like the Sruti by the followers of viSishTAdvaita philosophy, was written by Parasara, Vyasa's father.
		History for the modern mind is what is available through archeological research and due to the fashions set by the western traditions, any research of ancient literature that points to hoary periods several millenia before the common historical era, is looked at with disbelief and therefore not pursued to its logical conclusion.
		purANas have the single objective of talking only about those events and lives of the past which ennoble you and enable you to a better man. Since history always repeats itself, the purpose of history should be to learn the lessons of history and do better in the future.
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	Puranas
		If one wishes to maintain ere long, that abode which is called Moksa (eternal salvation), one should mentally worship as long as one lives, and follow the duties prescribed for (their respective) different castes and stages of life, with delight.
		The Purana is a strong advocate of non-sectarian religion where all gods stand on equal footing...
		Brahma narrated this Purana with special emphasis on the description of the Brahmanda (the Cosmic Egg); it also deals with the future Kalpa-periods.
	www.bluedove.com /Hindu_Puranas.htm (922 words)

	Hinduism 101 - Important Religious Texts. - free Suite101.com course
		The Puranas are akin to the historical epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
		Often the Puranas use the lives of great kings and others to get across the teachings of the Vedas and instill within people a love and devotion of the Gods and Goddesses, which is the chief purpose of the Vedas.
		Thus, the Puranas are a great and interesting potpourri of myths and legends involving the lives of Gods, Goddesses, kings, sages and others.
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	Srivaishnavan.com - FAQ
		Brahma is the four-faced one, who came from the lotus, out of the navel of Lord Narayana.
		The second set of six Puranas, which are not wholly authoritative, (Rajasa Puranas) are: Vamana Purana Brahma Purana Markandeya Purana Bhaavishya Purana Brahmanda Purana Brahma Vaivarta Purana 3.
		Brahma Mimamsa is dealt with in Brahma Sutras.
	www.srivaishnavan.com /ans_vedas.html (1868 words)

	The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky, Vol 1, bk 2, ch 13
		In the Vishnu Purana, the whole seven periods are given, and the progressive Evolution of "Spirit-Soul," and of the seven forms of matter (or principles) are shown.
		It is on the right comprehension of this tenet in the Brahmanas and Puranas that hangs, we believe, the apple of discord between the three Vedantin Sects: the Advaita, Dwaita, and the Visishtadvaitas.
		Brahma is very often confused with Brahm, by Wilson, for which he is criticised by his successors.
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	Indiaclub.com: Bhavishya Purana (HINDI) : Religion
		Traditionally, a purana must firstly describe the primary creation of the universe; this is known as sarga.
		A purana must secondly describe this process of periodic destruction and creation; this is known as pratisarga.
		Fourthly, a Purana must catalog the various manvantaras, this is, the many different eras that the earth or the universe has passed through.
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	PURANAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		On all sides, the egg was surrounded by water, fire, wind, the sky and the elements.
		When the universe is to be destroyed, it is Vishnu again who adopts the form of Shiva and performs the act of destruction.
		During each of Brahma’s days, the sages, the gods and the kings are destroyed and recreated fourteen times.
	www.onlinedarshan.com /puranas/puranas.asp?id=2 (233 words)

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		The Puranas were meant, not for the scholars, but for ordinary people who could not understand high philosophy and could not study the Vedas.
		There is an emphasis on the worship of Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), Shiva (the destroyer), Surya (the Sun God), Ganesha (the elephant headed god known to be the remover of obstructions), and Shakti (the goddess).
		All the Puranas belong to the class of Suhrit-Sammitas, or the Friendly Treatises, while the Vedas are called Prabhu-Sammitas or Commanding Treatises with great authority.
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	The Temple Chariot
		The Brahma Rath viz the Lords Chariot attracts the attention of the devotees who throng the precincts of the Temple at Manjeshwar during the annual Shashti festival.
		The present chariot is the same Brahma Rath, the encouragement and patronage bestowed by the Kashimatadeesh Sri Sri Vibhudendra Teerth Swamiji and stands as a mute evidence of the greatness of the Swamiji.
		Pancharatra Gana Purana, the performance of yajna and the celebration of the chariot festival aims at procuring peace and welfare of all the people of the world.
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		Lord Brahma said-'Since you have manifested first of all the deities, therefore the first day(pratipada) will be reserved for your worship.
		Lord Brahma assigned the auspicious day of dashami for their worship.One who worships all these six goddesses on the auspicious day of dashami is blessed and one who observes fast on this day gets absolved of all his sins.
		Lord Brahma replied--The northern peak of Mandarachal mountain is famously known as Munjawan.
	www.vignanam.org /spirituality/varaha_purana.php (6655 words)

	culture
		These are the Brahma Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Brahmavayvarta Purana, Markandeya Purana, Bhavishya Purana, and Vamana Purana.
		The Bhagavata Purana (also called the Shrimad Bhagavata) is believed to be the most recent and is the most popular.
		The Puranas are a valuable source to trace the development of Hinduism.
	narasimhan.com /SK/Culture/heritage/rel_purana.htm (502 words)

	Brahma Vaivarta Purana
		It is only Purana that exclusively describes the episodes from the life of Radha, the most beloved lady of Lord Shri Krishna.
		They pleased Brahma with their prayers and desired the boon that they might win over the kingdom of Lanka.
		Brahma was helping them in their flight with the demons and Brahma’s fifth head was trying to help the demons.
	www.astrojyoti.com /BrahmaVaivartaPurana.htm (16701 words)

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