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- ==Origin of Nāradīyā-purāṇa== # The Nāradīyā-purāṇa which is also spelt as Nāradapurāṇa2 KB (279 words) - 18:29, 7 April 2023
- ...hells for transgression of [[dharma]] and so on. The original part of the purāṇa may be ancient. However, the extant edition, as available in print, seems t It is probable that this purāṇa may have acquired this title because it treats the created world as only a5 KB (742 words) - 05:06, 7 April 2023
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- ==Ūrujaḥ As per Viṣṇu Purāṇa== ...blockquote>The merchant class is mixed with rajas and tamas.<ref>[[Viṣṇu]] Purāṇa 1.6.4</ref></blockquote>752 bytes (115 words) - 16:52, 19 December 2016
- ==Origin of Nāradīyā-purāṇa== # The Nāradīyā-purāṇa which is also spelt as Nāradapurāṇa2 KB (279 words) - 18:29, 7 April 2023
- ==Overview on Purāṇa== ...Aparārka]] of Aparāditya.<ref>He was also of 12th century A. D.</ref> This purāṇa was probably composed during the 8th or the 9th century A. D.1 KB (185 words) - 17:37, 7 April 2023
- ==Gati as per Purāṇa== The Purāṇa-s predicate following four gati-s (or results) for human beings:1 KB (212 words) - 11:18, 7 April 2023
- ...and digests of [[dharmaśāstras]] have quoted profusely from them. One such purāṇa, classed among the 18 Mahāpurāṇas is the Vāyupurāna or Vāyavīyapur� ...rformance of a Sattrayāga in the Naimiṣāraṇya forest. The contents of this purāṇa can be summarized as follows:2 KB (290 words) - 03:11, 8 April 2023
- ...as]], it has 10,000 verses. There seems to have been a second part of this purāṇa called Brhad-Vāmanapurāṇa which is not available now. It was narrated b ...ef><ref>Vaiṣṇava purāṇa 93</ref><ref>Vaiṣṇava purāṇa 94</ref><ref>Vaiṣṇava purāṇa 95</ref>4 KB (656 words) - 03:06, 8 April 2023
- Ādityapurāṇ[[a]] literally means ‘purāṇa concerning [[Āditya]] or Sun-god’. Ādityapurāna, a purāṇa dealing with the deity [[Āditya]] (Sun-god), is often mentioned in the lat1 KB (175 words) - 03:52, 8 April 2023
- Ganeśagitā forms a part of the last portion of the purāṇa. It contains many stories of Devas, sages and kings. It glorifies Lord Ga� [[Category:Purāṇa]]1 KB (178 words) - 13:12, 16 December 2016
- ...prestige gradually declined and was relegated to a secondary place by the purāṇa-s, however retaining his place as the king of gods. In some of the temple s ==Indra, As per Purāṇa==3 KB (448 words) - 13:18, 7 April 2023
- ...hells for transgression of [[dharma]] and so on. The original part of the purāṇa may be ancient. However, the extant edition, as available in print, seems t It is probable that this purāṇa may have acquired this title because it treats the created world as only a5 KB (742 words) - 05:06, 7 April 2023
- ...period A. D. 900, though some scholars push it back to A. D. 400-500. This purāṇa, as its very name suggests, glorifies Narasimha as a form of [[Viṣṇu]].2 KB (295 words) - 17:43, 7 April 2023
- Several dharmaśāstra works have quoted from this purāṇa profusely. The purāṇa begins with a dialogue between lord [[Viṣṇu]] as the Matsya and Manu. H2 KB (321 words) - 16:40, 7 April 2023
- This is an upapurāṇa (minor or secondary purāṇa) belonging to the [[Saura]] group (devoted to Sun-[[worship]]). It might ha Sāmbapurāṇa is an upapurāṇa<ref>Upapurāṇa means minor or secondary purāṇa.</ref> belonging to the Saura group.<ref>Saura group is devoted to Sun-wors2 KB (327 words) - 00:24, 8 April 2023
- Vismidharmottarapurāṇa is in three sections. The topics covered in this purāṇa are as following:1 KB (138 words) - 02:47, 8 April 2023
- ...of [[yoga]] to the aspirants who are practicing it sincerely.<ref>[[Devī]]-purāṇa, Chapter 45</ref> Some of her described characteristics are:1 KB (176 words) - 03:34, 8 April 2023
- ...want to satisfy my enquiry by hearing the reply from You alone.<ref>Nārada Purāṇa 1.5.48</ref></blockquote> ...devotees that it cannot be described even in millions of years.<ref>Nārada Purāṇa 1.5.49</ref></blockquote>11 KB (2,010 words) - 12:50, 7 April 2023
- ...dama]] and his wife [[Devahuti]], are two interesting personalities in the Purāṇa-s dedicated to the [[Viṣṇu]] sect. Being great devotees of [[Viṣṇu]1 KB (235 words) - 00:41, 17 December 2016
- ...s, the Padmapurāṇa is the second. There seems to be two recensions of this purāṇa out of which the second has been printed. These recensions are: ...among 690 adhyāyas or chapters accommodated in six khaṇḍas or books. This purāṇa has been classed among the sāttvika and Vaiṣṇava purāṇas.7 KB (1,105 words) - 18:43, 7 April 2023
- According to one tradition, it is the original purāṇa, as its very name implies, composed by [[Brahmā]] the Creator himself. Com2 KB (250 words) - 13:17, 19 December 2016
- Periyapurāṇam literally means ‘the great purāṇa, mythological work’.2 KB (250 words) - 19:22, 7 April 2023