Author: Dr. G.P. BhattPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839137
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 2942
Book Description
Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 46
Author: Dr. G.P. BhattPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839137
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 2942
Book Description
Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology;: The Padma-purāṇa, pt. 4-8
Author: Jagdish Lal ShastriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Hindu mythological texts.
An Epic and Puranic Bibliography (up to 1985) Annotated and with Indexes
Author: Heinrich von StietencronPublisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN: 9783447030281
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
Book Description
The Skanda Purana Part 6
Author: J. L. ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120811313
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 26
Author: J.L. ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838939
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1399
Book Description
Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 30
Author: Dr. G.P. BhattPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838971
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1183
Book Description
Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 40
Author: Dr. G.P. BhattPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839072
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 895
Book Description
Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 25
Author: J.L. ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838920
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1223
Book Description
The Skanda Purana Part 2
Author: J. L. ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120810228
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 597
Book Description
The Bhagavata-Purana Part 4
Author: J.L. ShastriPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838777
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
The Purana is a class of literature that treats ancient religion, philosophy, history, sociology, politics and other subjects. It is an Encyclopaedia of various branches of knowledge and ancient wisdom. It has been defined as a class of literature that contains material on the topics of Creation, Dissolution of Manus, Ages of Manus, Genealogies and the History of glorious kings. For dealing primarily with these subjects it has been called Pancalaksana a little that was incorporated in the Puranas themselves and had become popular by the Fifth Century A.D., for it was included by Amarasimha in his lexicon 'Amarakosa'. But as the process of interpolation continued, the Pancalaksana definition was found inadequate. The Puranic redactors adopted a Dasalaksana definition that suited the contemporary text. Still, the dynamic forces were at work and the process of insertion, modification and abridgement went on and it was soon discovered that the Dasalaksana definition too fell short of an actual fact. It was found that the Puranas contained certain aspects that were not covered by any of the five or ten characteristics. Besides some of the characteristics covered by the Pancalaksana or Dasalaksana definition were not found in certain Puranas. In fact, the Purana as a class represents the different phases and aspects of the life of diverse ages. It is impossible to adopt a standard definition for the class of literary composition that contains heterogeneous phases and aspects. Moreover, a definition framed on the numerical basis of points is bound to be imperfect. The Puranas are divided into two classes the Mahapuranas and the Upapuranas. Each class consists of eighteen Puranas. Thus the number of the Puranas is thirty-six.