Brahma Purana (critical study)
by Surabhi H. Trivedi | 1960 | 254,628 words
This is an English study of the Brahmapurana鈥攐ne of the eighteen major Puranas. This text occupies an important place in the Pauranic literature. This study researches the rich an encyclopaedic material for social, religious, philosophical, mythological, political, geographical and literary study found in the Brahma-Purana. It also includes a lingu...
18. Mother and daughter
Generally the relationship of a mother and daughter is very cordial but the Brahma Purana notes two curious instances where it is otherwise. Thus Paura, Gadhi's wife deceives her daughter Satyavati by interchanging the carus prepared by her son-in-law Rcika, Satyavati's husband, to get a virtuous brahmin as her own son and she allotted the caru meant for procreating a lustrous ksatriya to Satyavati (10.38-40). Again, Mena also pokes fun of Uma by saying that her husband was very poor (38.26,27).