The Viṣṇu Purāṇa (Sanskrit: विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism. It is an important Pancharatra...
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In Hinduism, Itihasa-Purana, also called the fifth Veda, refers to the traditional accounts of cosmogeny, myths, royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty...
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The Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana...
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greater detail to Krsna's biography than either the Harivamsa or the Visnu Purana, the Bhagavata probably postdates these texts of the third or fourth...
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The Nilamata Purana (Sanskrit: नीलमत पुराण, romanized: nīlamata purāṇa), also known as the Kasmira Mahatmya, is an ancient text (6th to 8th century CE)...
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month of Māgha (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Iṣa (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ Budha - Dwells in the sun during the month of Āṣādha or Śukra (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Sahajanya...
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The 'Bhavishya Purana' (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major works in the Purana genre of Hinduism, written in Sanskrit. The title Bhavishya means...
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The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mukhyapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text contains over 81,000 verses,...
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Phalashruti (section Bhagavata Purana)
Kashmir. Oxford University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-19-088982-1. The Visnu Purana: Ancient Annals of the God with Lotus Eyes. ANU Press. 23 June 2021....
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Ganesha Purana and the Mudgala Purana are core scriptures for devotees of Ganesha, known as Ganapatyas (Gāṇapatya). These are the only two Purana that are...
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