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Puranas ( IPA: [pʊˈrɑːɳə]; Sanskrit: पुराण, romanized : purāṇa, lit. 'ancient, old' [1]) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore. [2] The Puranas are known for the intricate layers of symbolism depicted within their stories.
Jun 7, 2024 · Purana, in the sacred literature of Hinduism, any of a number of popular encyclopaedic collections of myth, legend, and genealogy, varying greatly as to date and origin. Puranas were written almost entirely in narrative couplets, in much the same easy flowing style as the two great Sanskrit epic.
Some English translations of Puranas can be found online here: Vishnu purana. (a) Garuda purana (abridged) (b) Garuda purana (full) Bagavata Purana. (a) Shiva Purana (b) Online proofread edition. Linga purana. (a) Brahmanda Purana (b) Online proofread edition. Padma Purana.
The Shiva Purana is a very famous Hindu religious text belonging to the Purana genre of Sanskrit Texts in Hinduism. It is an integral part of the Shaivism literature corpus. The Shiva Purana is primarily dedicated to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati. However, it also references and reveres all gods.
The Vishnu Purana is a primary sacred text of the Vaishnava branch of Hinduism, which today probably has more adherents than any other. It is one of the canonical Puranas, a branch of post-Vedic sacred literature which was first committed to writing during the first millennium of the common era.
Apr 9, 2017 · The Puranas are ancient Hindu texts eulogizing various deities of the Hindu pantheon through divine stories.
The Agni Purana, ( Sanskrit: अग्नि पुराण, Agni Purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism. [1] The text is variously classified as a Purana related to Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Smartism, but also considered as a text that covers them all impartially without leaning towards a ...
