Brahmanda Purana in Japanese
ब्रह्माण्डपुराण
The Purana of the Cosmic Egg
A vast compendium of cosmogony, genealogy, geography, and Shakti theology, containing the celebrated Lalita Sahasranama and the story of the cosmic egg (Brahmanda).
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The Brahmanda Purana is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, named after the cosmic egg (Brahmanda) from which the universe emerged. It is celebrated for containing the Lalitopakhyana and the Lalita Sahasranama: the thousand names of the supreme Goddess Lalita Tripurasundari. The text covers creation, manvantara cycles, royal genealogies, sacred geography, and extensive Shakti theology.
How This Book Is Organised
The Brahmanda Purana is structured across three bhāgas, which carry its four pādas.
Bhāgas
Three parts carrying the four pādas
Adhyayas
Chapters within each bhāga
Shlokas
Verses read one by one
Available Reading Features
This edition of the Brahmanda Purana on Vedapath includes:
Original Sanskrit verses (Devanagari)
Transliteration for guided reading
Word-by-word meanings
Clear, faithful translations
Shakti theology, cosmology, and tantric enrichments
Bhāgas of the Brahmanda Purana
The Brahmanda Purana is told in four pādas, gathered into three bhāgas.
The Lalitopākhyāna follows the fourth pāda in the Uttara Bhāga.
Pūrva Bhāga: Prakriyā and Anuṣaṅga Pādas
The First Part
The Prakriyā and Anuṣaṅga Pādas: the cosmos unfolding from the unmanifest, the continents and oceans, the measure of the yugas, and the Manus.
Madhyama Bhāga: Upodghāta Pāda
The Middle Part
The Upodghāta Pāda, the great book of lineages: sages, gods and kings, the Śrāddha rites for the ancestors, and the story of Paraśurāma.
Uttara Bhāga: Upasaṃhāra Pāda and Lalitopākhyāna
The Last Part
The Upasaṃhāra Pāda on the dissolution of the worlds, then the Lalitopākhyāna: Goddess Lalitā, her war against Bhaṇḍāsura, and the Śrīcakra.
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