Talk:Nandipurāna
By Swami Harshananda
Nandipurāna
The purāṇas—the mythological lore of Hinduism—contain a lot of material on the subjects generally dealt with in the dharmaśāstra literature. They have been traditionally grouped under two heads: The Mahāpurāṇas and the Upapurāṇas, each of them being 18 in number.
The Nandipurāna—also called
Nandapurāna—assigned to the latter group, is probably lost now, though a large number of its verses have been quoted in the Kalpataru of Lakṣmīdhara (12th century A.D.) and Aparārka of Aparāditya (also of 12th century A. D.).
Some of the interesting subjects dealt with in it are: ārogyadāna by starting and running free hospitals; vidyādāna by running pāṭhaśālas or schools; abstention from meat-eating.
This purāṇa was probably composed during the 8th or the 9th century A. D.
References[edit]
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore