Brahmanda Purana: illustrated cover of the Vedapath edition
Brahmanda Purana: illustrated cover of the Vedapath edition
PuranaNarrated by Vayu / SutaShakti Tradition

Brahmanda Purana in Malay

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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About This Book

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

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Adhyayas

Chapters within each bhāga

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Shlokas

Verses read one by one

Available Reading Features

This edition of the Brahmanda Purana on Vedapath includes:

Sanskrit

Original Sanskrit verses (Devanagari)

Transliteration

Transliteration for guided reading

Meanings

Word-by-word meanings

Translations

Clear, faithful translations

Enrichment

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.

Brahmanda Purana - Pūrva Bhāga: Prakriyā and Anuṣaṅga Pādas

Pūrva Bhāga: Prakriyā and Anuṣaṅga Pādas

The First Part

Bahagian pertama daripada tiga bahagian Purāṇa memuatkan dua pāda pertamanya.

CosmogonyGeographyManvantaras
Brahmanda Purana - Madhyama Bhāga: Upodghāta Pāda

Madhyama Bhāga: Upodghāta Pāda

The Middle Part

Bahagian tengah memuatkan pāda ketiga, Upodghāta (adhyāya 1-74), kitab besar Purāṇa tentang salasilah.

LineagesŚrāddhaParaśurāma
Brahmanda Purana - Uttara Bhāga: Upasaṃhāra Pāda and Lalitopākhyāna

Uttara Bhāga: Upasaṃhāra Pāda and Lalitopākhyāna

The Last Part

Bahagian terakhir memuatkan pāda keempat dan Lalitopākhyāna. Upasaṃhāra Pāda (adhyāya 1-4) menutup Purāṇa: para Manu yang akan datang, peleburan dunia-dunia dan kembalinya semuanya kepada sumber, serta penciptaan yang menyusul.

DissolutionLalitāŚrīcakra

Key episodes

  1. Opening cosmogonic account

    Purva Bhaga

    Emergence of the manifest cosmos from the unmanifest and the first ordering of principles

  2. Formation and differentiation of the elements and the cosmic egg (brahmāṇḍa) framework

    Purva Bhaga

  3. Establishment of worlds/regions (lokas) and their functional hierarchy

    Purva Bhaga

  4. Appearance of Prajāpatis/progenitors and the initiation of generative creation

    Purva Bhaga

  5. Introduction of Manu lineages

    Purva Bhaga

    The role of Manus in inaugurating human epochs and transmitting dharma through descent

  6. Systematic description of bhū-maṇḍala

    Purva Bhaga

    Continents (dvīpas), surrounding oceans, major mountains (e.g., Meru and boundary ranges), and principal rivers

  7. Division of Jambūdvīpa into varṣas and the placement of peoples, climates, and sacred landmarks within an ordered terrestrial schema

    Purva Bhaga

  8. Astronomical ordering

    Purva Bhaga

    Paths and functions of the Sun and Moon, the planetary spheres (grahas), nakṣatra circuits, and their role in calendrical computation

  9. Time-reckoning frameworks

    Purva Bhaga

    Days, months, seasons, and larger cycles (yuga-oriented thinking) as the backbone of ritual and historical narration

  10. Transition into dynastic catalogues

    Purva Bhaga

    Royal lineages presented as continuations of primordial ordering, connecting cosmic origins to terrestrial rule

  11. Genealogical anchoring of exemplary rulers and houses (dynastic sequences rather than single epic episodes), emphasizing continuity, legitimacy, and dharmic governance

    Purva Bhaga

  12. Opening frame and setting of the Purāṇa’s discourse

    Madhyama Bhaga

    Interlocutors, occasion, and the purpose of narration

  13. Establishment of ṛṣi lineages and transmission chains

    Madhyama Bhaga

    Who heard, who taught, and how the Purāṇa is preserved

  14. Paraśurāma cycle

    Madhyama Bhaga

    His origins, vows, conflicts, and role in dharma-restoration; association with tīrthas and sacred acts

  15. Lalitopākhyāna-oriented prelude

    Madhyama Bhaga

    Devī’s supremacy and the devotional-theological lens through which later material is read

  16. Cataloging/affirmation of prominent sages and their descendants

    Madhyama Bhaga

    Genealogical anchors for later cosmological and dynastic sections

  17. Śrāddha exposition

    Madhyama Bhaga

    Why it is performed, who is eligible, what is offered, timing/contexts, and the fruits (phala) for ancestors and performers

  18. Ethical-ritual admonitions

    Madhyama Bhaga

    Purity, truthfulness, restraint, hospitality, and their relation to successful rites

  19. Linking narrative exempla to ritual norms

    Madhyama Bhaga

    Stories used to validate Śrāddha, lineage duties, and sacred observances

  20. Upasaṃhāra-style recapitulation of the Purāṇa’s main topics (cosmogony, genealogies, yugas/manvantaras, dharma) in compressed form

    Uttara Bhaga

  21. Description of dissolution (pralaya) motifs

    Uttara Bhaga

    Withdrawal of elements, exhaustion of time-cycles, and reabsorption into the unmanifest

  22. Future-oriented indications (prophetic markers) concerning the progression of Kali-yuga, social, ethical, and political signs of decline and transition

    Uttara Bhaga

  23. Closing assurances about the fruits (phalaśruti) of studying/hearing the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa and maintaining dharmic conduct amid adversity

    Uttara Bhaga

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