Narada
Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa
Later compilation
Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa
बृहन्नारदीयपुराण
A minor Purāṇa of 38 chapters, centred almost entirely on devotion to Viṣṇu: Vaiṣṇava festivals and ceremonies, glorification of the Ganges and of sacred places such as Prayāga and Kāśī, duties of classes and stages of life, vows and rites of passage. Its relation to the major Nāradīya confused nineteenth-century Indologists, because the title appears in both canonical lists of Purāṇas; later research established that the major one is the Nāradīya and this the minor.
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Authorship note
An upapurāṇa bearing Nārada’s name; Hazra dates it to around the 9th century. An anonymous compilation.
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- Ṛgvedic hymns ascribed to Nārada (8.13; 9.104–105) · 1000
- Nārada’s stanzas on the son (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa VII.13) · 700
- Nārada’s abridged Rāmāyaṇa (Rāmāyaṇa I.1) · 100
- Nārada’s questionnaire on government (Mahābhārata, Sabhāparvan 5)
- Nāradaparivrājaka Upaniṣad
Sources
- Hazra, Rajendra Chandra. Studies in the Upapurāṇas, vol. I. Calcuta: Sanskrit College, 1958 (sobre el Bṛhannāradīya).
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