Unfortunately the West Bengal Public Library website is down at the moment, but hopefully it will be back soon.īy the way, if you don't like Tagare's translation, you can read this extremely abbreviated translation of the Brahmanda Purana (and the other 17 Mahapuranas). Also the link for Volume 3 is on DSpace, the digital repository for the West Bengal Public Library Network.
Note that volumes 1, 2, and 5 were taken from the Digital Library of India (DLI), downloaded as PDF's and then uploaded to Google Drive if you're interested you can see my answer here for details on how to download books from DLI in PDF format.
Vayu and Vayaviya Puranas do share a very large overlap in their structure and. Vayu Purana is mentioned in the manuscripts of the Mahabharata and other Hindu texts, which has led scholars to propose that the text is among the oldest in the Puranic genre. The online proofread version of the Brahmanda-Purana and the Lalitopakhyana also includes an interwoven Puranic glossary. The Vayu Purana is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism. Here is the table of contents and index for the translation. In my question here, I gave links to all five volumes: But what you linked to is just Volume 1 of Tagare's translation. The knowledge of the Puranas supplements that of the Vedas and the Upanishads. A person who has learnt the Vedas and the Upanishads, but has not bothered to study the Puranas, can never be wise. Tagare, published by Motilal Banarsidass. Vayu Mahapurana: An Exhaustive Introduction, Sanskrit Text, English Translation, Notes & Index of Verses by Sudarshan Kumar Sharma.
For better or worse, the only unabridged English translation of the Brahmanda Purana is the one by G.V.