The Upapuranas (Sanskrit: Upapurāṇa) are a genre of Hindu religious texts consisting of many compilations differentiated from the Mahapuranas by styling...

consider it an Upapurana. There are discussions on whether the Devi Bhagavata Purana is a Mahapurana. The difference between Upapuranas and Mahapuranas...

Sati Purana or Kalika Tantra, is one of the eighteen minor Puranas (Upapurana) in the Shaktism tradition of Hinduism. The text was likely composed in...

CE. Some scholars list it as a Mahapurana, while some state it is an Upapurana. The date and authors of Shiva Purana are unknown. No authentic data is...

whereas Indra was able to once again assume his throne. According to an Upapurana called the Ganesha Purana, Surya was once pleased with Virochana, granting...

religious text dedicated to the Hindu deity Ganesha (Gaṇeśa). It is an upapurāṇa that includes many stories and ritualistic elements relating to Ganesha...

not one of the 18 Maha-Puranas (great Puranas), and is counted as an Upapurana or secondary Purana. The extant text exists in many versions, which vary...

even further. The Naraka myth gets the most extensive elaboration in the Upapurana called Kalika Purana (10th century), which was composed in Kamarupa itself...

ISBN 9783447025225. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon. 1872. Studies in the Upapurāṇas. Sanskrit College. 1958. Center Vedic om Aditya "Manifestation of Viṣṇu...

also called a Mahapurana, while the other is termed as a Minor Purana (Upapurana), also referred as Brihannaradiya Purana. Unlike most Puranas that are...