Bhavishya Purana in Kannada PDF – 13 Vols by Shri B.Chennakeshavaiah in 1942

Bhavishya Purana in Kannada PDF

Bhavishya Purana in Kannada PDF

About Bhavishya Purana

The Bhavishya Purana (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major works in the Purana genre of Hinduism, written in Sanskrit. The title Bhavishya means “future” and implies it is a work that contains prophecies regarding the future, however, the “prophecy” parts of the extant manuscripts are a modern era addition and hence not an integral part of the Bhavishya Purana.

Those sections of the surviving manuscripts that are dated to be older, are partly borrowed from other Indian texts such as Brihat Samhita and Shamba Purana.The veracity and authenticity of much of the Bhavishya Purana has been questioned by modern scholars and historians, and the text is considered an example of “constant revisions and living nature” of Puranic genre of Hindu literature.

The text exists in many inconsistent versions, wherein the content as well as their subdivisions vary, and five major versions are known.Some manuscripts have four Parvan (parts), some two, others don’t have any parts. The text as it exists today is a composite of material ranging from medieval era to very recent. The available versions of Bhavishya Purana are based on a printed text published during the British colonial era.

The first 16 chapters of the first part of the Bhavisya Purana is called Brahmaparvan. It shows similarities to, and likely borrowed verses from some version of the Manusmriti. However, some of the caste-related and women’s rights related discussion in the Bhavishya Purana is egalitarian and challenge those found in the 19th-century published manuscripts of the Manusmriti.

The Brahmaparvan part of the Bhavishya Purana includes a 169 chapters compendium of Surya (Sun god) related literature, that overlaps with Zoroastrianism-related views.These Sun-related sections are a notable and important part of the Bhavishya Purana, and it may be related to the migration or interaction between people of Persia and central Asia with those in Indian subcontinent.

The second part of the text, called Madhyama Parvam, is a Tantra-related work. The “prophecy”-related third part Pratisarga Parva includes sections on Christianity, Islam, Bhakti movement, Sikhism, British rule, and considered by scholars as a 19th-century creation.

The fourth part of the text called Uttar Parvan, is also known as Bhavishyottara Purana. This last part describes festivals related to various Hindu gods and goddesses and their Tithis (dates on lunar calendar), as well as mythology and a discussion of Dharma particularly vrata (vow) and dana (charity).The text also has many Mahatmya chapters on geography, travel guide and pilgrimage to holy sites such as Uthiramerur, and is one of the Tirtha-focussed Puranas.

Download below the PDF’s of Bhavishya Purana in Kannada

(13 Vols by Shri B.Chennakeshavaiah in 1942.)

 

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 1

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 2

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 3

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 4

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 5

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 6

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 7

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 8

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 9

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 10

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 11

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 12

Download Kannada Bhavishya Purana Vol 13

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