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- Traditionally, a Purana is said to treat five subjects, or “five signs”: the primary creation of the universe, secondary creation after periodic annihilation, the genealogy of gods and patriarchs, the reigns of the Manu s (the first humans), and the history of the solar and lunar dynasties.
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Puranas (/ pʊˈrɑːnə /; Sanskrit: पुराण, romanized: purāṇa, lit. 'ancient, old', [1] IPA: [pʊˈrɑːɳə]) 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.
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.
- Vishnu Purana. The Vishnu Purana contains almost 23,000 verses. It is one of the most popular Maha Puranas. Vishnu Purana is centred on Hindu God, Lord Vishnu and his avatars such as Lord Krishna.
- Narada Purana. Narada Purana is also known as Naradiya Purana. It contains almost 25,000 verses. It discusses the Four Vedas and the Six Vedangas. Narada Purana goes on to list the major rivers of India and places of pilgrimage.
- Vamana Purana. Vamana Purana consists of 10,000 verses. It has named after the Vamana Avatar of Lord Vishnu, which is the dwarf avatar. It contains chapters on Lord Vishnu and other Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
- Matsya Purana. The Matsya Purana contains 14,000 verses. It is a Vaishnavism text which got named after the half-human and half-fish avatar of Vishnu.
Jan 26, 2024 · Puranas are highly regarded in Indian culture, especially for their role as ancient devotional texts. Spread across eighteen Puranas, they centralize various deities, exploring themes of sin and virtue, righteousness and unrighteousness, and discussions on karma and akarma.
Apr 9, 2017 · The Puranas are ancient Hindu texts eulogizing various deities of the Hindu pantheon through divine stories.
- Subhamoy Das
The Puranas are religious texts composed in Sanskrit, orally narrated for centuries before being written down from the 2nd century CE onwards. They are part of the sacred literature of the Hindu faith that also comprise of the Vedas, Brahmanas, Aryayankas, Upanishads, and the great epics.
The aim of the Puranas is to impress upon the minds of the masses the teachings of the Vedas and to generate in them devotion to God, through concrete examples, myths, stories, legends, lives of saints, kings and great men, allegories, and chronicles of great historical events.
