Bhavishya Purana

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The Bhavishya Purana is an ancient Sanskrit text authored by Rishi Vyasa, the compiler of the Vedic texts. It is one of the 18 major Puranas and it contains the prophecies of important events of the world.

Its name comes from the words bhavishyat (meaning "future") and purana (meaning "history"). Thus "Bhavishya Purana" means "History of Future." Like other ancient Sanskrit works, past tense is used in the language of the book as Hindu philosophy maintains that the past will recur in the future and the future has happened. It is regarded as 'the Book of Prophecies'.

There is a controversy regarding some parts of this Purana and research has been done proving redaction (see reference).

[edit] Reference

Hiltebeitel, Alf (2001). Draupadi Among Rajputs, Muslims and Dalits: Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics. Delhi, Oxford University Press. ISBN 019-5655044

[edit] External links

• Bhavishya Purana and Christianity
• Bhavishya Purana and Islam
• Bhavisya Purana and its non-authentic parts
• Jesus in the Vedas, by Swami B.V. Giri

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Brahma Purana | Brahmānda Purana | Brahma Vaivarta Purana | Mārkandeya Purana | Bhavishya Purana | Vāmana Purana | Vishnu Purana | Bhagavata Purana | Nāradeya Purana | Garuda Purana | Padma Purana | Varaha Purana | Vāyu Purana | Linga Purana | Skanda Purana | Agni Purana | Matsya Purana | Kūrma Purana | Shiva Purana