The Vishnu Purana (IAST:Viṣṇu purāṇa, Sanskrit: विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism. It...
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[primary] Avatars' of Vishnu. The Agni Purana, Varaha Purana, Padma Purana, Linga Purana, Narada Purana, Garuda Purana, and Skanda Purana all provide matching...
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credited as the compiler of the Puranas. The ancient tradition suggests that originally there was but one Purana. Vishnu Purana (3.6.15) mentions that Vyasa...
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The Padma Purana categorizes the Garuda Purana—along with the Bhagavata Purana, the Vishnu Purana and itself—as a sattva Purana (a Purana that represents...
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Kali (demon) (section Vishnu Purana)
Kali's family lineage is told differently in the Vishnu Purana, which is a father purana to the Kalki Purana: The wife of Adharma (vice) was Himsá (violence)...
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Yama (section Vishnu Purana)
(1864). The Vishnu Purana. Trübner. The Vishnu Purana (abridged ed.). 25 May 2013 – via wisdomlib.org. "Book I: Chapter VIII". The Vishnu Purana. Retrieved...
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Dashavatara (redirect from Dashavatara of Vishnu)
of Vishnu. Subnotes N.A. (1950). The Bhagavata-Purana. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. p. 29. "Know About "The Dashavatara"~ 10 Avatars of Lord Vishnu in...
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Avatar (redirect from Vishnu Avataras)
Dashavatara of the Garuda Purana and the twenty-two avatars in the Bhagavata Purana, though the latter adds that the incarnations of Vishnu are innumerable. The...
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interpretation of the purana. 'Bhagavata' (or 'Bhagavatam' or 'Bhagavat', Sanskrit भागवत) means 'follower or worshipper of Vishnu'. 'Bhagavan' (Sanskrit...
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Brihada Vishnu Purana (Sanskrit: बृहद विष्णु पुराण) also known as Brihat Vishnu Purana (Romanised: Bṛhat Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Vrihadda Vishnu Purana is a Sanskrit...
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