Guest guest Posted October 31, 2004 Report Posted October 31, 2004 93 , "manoj_menon" <ammasmon@s...> > I know there aew 18 mahapuranas (Vishnu, Siva, SKanda, > Brahmaanda ....) and Devi B. is not one of them (much of Devi > stories come in the Markandeya purana or the Brahmanda purana and > both are considered "Brahma puranas"), but I am more interested in > finding out what the "scientific analysis" is for determining the > inclusion or exclusion of an epic into the mahapurana list? I was too lazy to type much LOL, but it seems i had to. Ok, There is a list of 18 Mahapuranas which we all know. In that list we get the name of "Bhagavata"-purana. According to Devi-bhagavata itself this "Bhagavata" means "Devi-bhagavata". But according to other sourses, it refers to vaishnava Shrimad-bhagavata. What i told about scientific analisis is that scientists proved that Devi-bhagavata was written later than vaishnava Bhagavata - thus it CANNOT be Mahapurana. However most probably original Bhagavata-mahapurana is lost. While both vaishnava and shakta texts under this name are later compositions. A. Quote
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