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	Vishnu Purana Index
		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.
		Like most of the other Puranas, this is a complete narrative from the creation of the current universe to its destruction.
	www.sacred-texts.com /hin/vp/index.htm (649 words)

	Evolution in the Vishnu Purana by Rudi Jansma
		Traditionally, a Purana covers five distinct topics: 1) the creation of the universe; 2) its destruction and renovation; 3) the genealogy of gods and patriarchs; 4) the reigns of the manus, forming the periods called manvantaras; and 5) the history of the solar and lunar races of kings.
		All eighteen Puranas are written in verse, in the form of a dialogue between teacher and pupil.
		In this Purana, Vishnu is the pervader, present in everything, cause of everything, from which all comes and to which all returns.
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	Manas: Religious texts of India, Puranas
		Around the time when the puranas first began to be composed, the belief in particular deities had become established as one of the principal marks of the Hindu faith, and to some degree the puranas can be described as a form of sectarian literature.
		Among these puranas, the Vishnu Purana and the Bhagavata Purana (also known as the Bhagavatam) are, with respect to their standing as works of devotional literature, preeminent; and the Bhagavata Purana is even the supreme work of Krishna devotional literature.
		The Puranas are works that most eminently represent the deep mythic structuring of Indian civilization, and they are properly viewed as expanding upon, modifying, and transforming the orthodox Brahminism of the Vedas, principally by the introduction of the idea of bhakti or devotion.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/Religions/texts/Puranas.html (884 words)

	Puranas - Crystalinks
		Sage Vyasa is credited with compilation of Puranas from age Yuga to age, and for the current age, he has been identified and named Krishna Dvaipayana, the son of sage Parashara.
		According to the Matsya Purana (a Tamasika Purana itself), the eighteen Puranas are divided into three groups of six according to gunas of people they are primarily meant for.
		Puranas are named after the three main forms of Brahman: Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Protector of Life and Humanity; and Shiva, the Destroyer.
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		Purana (Sanskrit:, meaning "tales of ancient times") is the name of an ancient Indian genre (or a group of related genres) of Hindu Sanskrit literature (as distinct from oral tradition).
		The Puranas are available in vernacular translations and are disseminated by Brahmin scholars, who read from them and tell their stories, usually in Katha sessions (in which a travelling brahmin settles for a few weeks in a temple and narrates parts of a Purana, usually with a Bhakti perspective).
		Traditionally, the Puranas are said to have been composed by the sage Vyasa, the narrator of the Mahabharata epic.
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	The Puranas
		Vyasa is the compiler of the Puranas from age to age; and for this age, he is Krishna-Dvaipayana, the son of Parasara.
		The aim of the Puranas is to impress on 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.
		The main Puranas are: Vishnu Purana, Naradiya Purana, Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Garuda (Suparna) Purana, Padma Purana, Varaha Purana, Brahma Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Markandeya Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Vamana Purana, Matsya Purana, Kurma Purana, Linga Purana, Siva Purana, Skanda Purana and Agni Purana.
	www.sivanandadlshq.org /religions/puranas.htm (1001 words)

	Purana Pravesh by Pradip Bhattacharya
		Consequently, exaggerated and miraculous elements entered the Purana and it came to be counted as a religious text.
		Puranas are still in wide circulation while many ancient astronomical and other scientific texts have disappeared.
		The Puranas are a dazzling proof of the excellence of the Hindu's historical sense.
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		The Puranas vary greatly in length: the Skanda Purana is the longest with 81,000 couplets, while the Brahma Purana and Vamana Purana are the shortest with 10,000 couplets each.
		By definition, a Purana must cover five subjects: the creation of the universe; its destruction and recreation; the principal gods and patriarchs; the reigns of the Manus and the history of the Suryavanshi and Chandravanshi kings.
		Sometimes the Vayu Purana is substituted for the Agni Purana or Shiva Purana.
	www.gurjari.net /ico/Mystica/html/purana.htm (515 words)

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		Garuda Purana is one of the Puranas which are part of the Hindu body of texts known as the smriti.
		Garuda Purana is in the form of instructions by Vishnu to his carrier, Garuda (The King of Birds - a vimana of Lord Vishnu).
		The Bhagavata Purana says the Romaharashana had a son named Suta and it was this son who related the story of that particular Purana to the other sages.
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	Garuda Purana Essentials - The Gold Scale
		Puranas also tell of duties among men, and they are written in an easy, flowing style.
		The speaker of the Garuda Purana is Garud, who narrates it to Kasyapa, who tells it to Vyasa, to in turn narrates it to Shiva.
		The content of this Purana reflects a sad fact: that in the Puranic literature of AD 500 to 1000, sectarianism creeps into mythology, and one god is extolled above the others.
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	Purana Qila,Purana Quila in Delhi,Old Fort in Delhi,Purana Quila New Delhi,Purana Qila Delhi,Purana Qila India
		Purana Qila was a site of Indraprastha, the original city of Delhi.
		Several excavations have taken place in the Purana Qila in an attempt to prove, or disprove as the case may be, whether it is indeed the site of Indraprastha or not.
		One of the most fascinating buildings, and also one of the few that still survive, in the Purana Qila is the Qila-i-kuhna masjid.
	www.indiasite.com /delhi/places/puranaqila.html (738 words)

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		The 18 major Puranas are divided into three groups, each exalting one member of the Hindu Trinity (see Trimurti).
		Of the 18 major Puranas, the Vishnu Purana is the most complete, in that it conforms more than the others to the definition of a Purana.
		The Bhagavata Purana (also called the Shrimad Bhagavata) is believed to be the most recent and is the most popular.
	narasimhan.com /SK/Culture/heritage/rel_purana.htm (502 words)

	The Hindu : Miscellaneous / Religion : The Purana tradition
		The Puranas were composed for the sake of expounding the truth to a larger audience and thus this body of literature is best suited to the narrative tradition.
		In his discourse, Sri B. Sundar Kumar said Suta was one of the sages who learnt this Purana from Suka and the narrative in the text proceeds in the form of a conversation between Suta and Saunaka.
		As it was written as a sequel to the Mahabharata, the Purana at the outset dwells on the aftermath of the great war, and the events after the departure of Lord Krishna and the Pandavas from the world.
	www.hindu.com /2005/10/27/stories/2005102702770900.htm (435 words)

	Markandeya Purana Sayings - The Gold Scales
		A Purana (Sanskrit: "Ancient Lore") belongs to a class of sacred Hindu writings that were written down chiefly from AD 300 to AD 750.
		The Puranas became the scriptures of the common people and available to everybody, unlike the Vedas, who were restricted to initiated men.
		Stories from 18 main Puranas and just as many subsidiary Puranas were told in markets and other common places, and intertwined in the stories there were norms and proverbial sayings, and much else.
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	Srimad Bhagavatam - Bhagavata Purana \| શ્રીમદ ભાગવત
		Bhagavat Purana (also known as Srimad Bhagavata, Bhagavatam or Bhagwat) is the most popular and widely circulated of all the Puranas.
		Hence Puranas, which were recited at the time of sacrifices became popular.
		The Bhagavata Purana depicts Krishna not as a Jagad-Guru (a teacher) as in the Bhagavad-Gita, but as a heroic lad brought up by cowherd parent, Nand and Yashoda, in a small village situated on the banks of Yamuna River.
	www.swargarohan.org /bhagavat.htm (748 words)

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		The Puranas are so divided that any class of person can take advantage of them and gradually regain their original spiritual position and get out of the hard struggle for existence.
		In the Puranas, (which are classified under the three modes) as a matter of course, Srila Vyasadeva has certainly given descriptions of the glories of Krishna, but not as many as given to religiosity economic development, sense gratification and salvation.
		Therefore, in the pure goodness Purana, viz., Srimad Bhagavatam, Srila Vyasadeva proclaims that the prime necessity of human life is to realize one's eternal relationship with the Lord and thus surrender unto Him without further delay.
	www.dharmakshetra.com /literature/puranas/puranas.html (249 words)

	Kamat's Potpourri: The Bhagavata Purana
		After the four vedas, the Puranas form the most sacred of the texts for devout Hindus.
		The highest philosophy of monism as found in vedas and upanishads was difficult for commoners to understand.
		The surname "Bhagvat", came to be associated with a family who took to Bhagavata Purana - recitation as profession.
	www.kamat.com /indica/culture/bhagavata.htm (488 words)

	A Gap in Puranic History Bridged by Pradip Bhattacharya
		In this Purana, related by Shiva in response to Skanda’s queries, there is no mention of the Manvantara tradition, of Kalki, or of Abhiras that occur in Mahabharata when it speaks of the coming of Kali Yuga in terms taken from the Vayu Purana.
		The Yuga Purana knows him as Satuvara, an oppressive ruler, just before the Shakas invaded around 60 B.C. They were routed by Shri Shatakarni, mentioned in the Puranas and the Sanchi inscription, who is the Yuga Purana’s “Shata”, an abbreviation of the full name “Shri Sata” that occurs on coins from Ujjain.
		For the Yuga Purana the end of Kali Yuga comes with the invasion of the Shakas, followed by drought, famine and the exodus of survivors to 12 mandalas.
	www.boloji.com /history/027.htm (1429 words)

	The Purana Qila in Delhi [Archaeological Site in India] India, Archaeologists carried out excavations at the Purana ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Purana Qila in Delhi is a good example of this.
		The Purana Qila or Old Fort was built in the sixteenth century by the kings Humayun and Sher Shah Sur.
		First of all, we are not sure whether the Mahabharata is purely a legend, or whether it is a legend based on events that actually happened.
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	Sthala Purana : Legends, stories, epics and folklore of the gods, temples, mahatmas of various places of india @ ...
		India's Puranas tell tales of these gods competing with another, making families with one another and even giving birth to each other.
		For not only are there the 18 Maha-Puranasand 18 Minor Puranas, but in addition to these practically every village in India has legends about the time, say, Lord Vishnu or a given mahatma deemed it fit for one of their divine plays.
		Now, as the population has grown, the number of gods and demons should be at least 10 times that, in order to reflect the subtle likes and dislikes of each man, woman and child.
	archives.amritapuri.org /bharat/purana/purana.php (908 words)

	Jesus in the Vedas - Bhavisya Purana - Krishna Talk 58 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although the Bhavisya Purana is certainly a bona-fide literature, its predictions concerning certain events cannot be taken as absolute because of evangelical interference.
		The Bhavisya Purana is considered to be one of the major 18 Puranas of the Vedic canon.
		The Bhavisya Purana is also mentioned in the ancient text of the Apastambha-dharma-sutras, so it is to be taken as an original Puranic literature dating from the time of Vyasadeva.
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	All Religious books shiv purana Garuda puranas by Devshoppe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Garuda Purana is one of the oldest purana in vedic history, which has a lot of information on topics like death, life after death and funeral ceremonies related to it etc.
		The Puranas are sacred text.There are many such puranas.Eighteen of these are major puranas and are known as Mahapuranas.The other are minor puranas and are known as Upapuranas.Tradition believes that the mahapuranas were composed by great sage Vedavyasa,also known as Vyasadeva.
		The rites performed through the procedure mentioned in Puranas got wide acceptance among public in the form of more benevolence and spirituality as it was the essence of Puranas.
	www.devshoppe.com /PuransandVedas.html (1071 words)

	Purana Qila, India. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		The majestic fortress of Purana Qila (daily dawn–dusk; $2), whose crumbling ramparts dominate busy Mathura Road, 4km southeast of Connaught Place, is rumoured to stand on the site of Indraprastha, the Pandava city of Mahabharata fame.
		Purana Qila is served by buses between Delhi Gate and Sundernagar, such as #423 and #438.
		During the Partition of India in 1947, Muslim refugees gathered within the confines of the fort to await transportation to the newly created nation of Pakistan; tens of thousands of them were slaughtered en route.
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	the Puranic Tradition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This work is a close analysis of the Purana, in an attempt to address the central issues of Canonicity, comparative studies, and the female conception of the divine.
		It is largely a discussion of the relationship between the "Great Puranas" of the Sanskrit tradition and other vernacular traditions.
		Sheridan, Daniel, The Advaitic Theism of the Bhagavata Purana, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1986.
	www.colorado.edu /ReligiousStudies/TheStrip/Archive/Hindu/purana.htm (506 words)

	The Hare Krsnas - Sastra, Vedas and Vaisnava Literature - Vedic Literature - The Puranas
		The Puranas relate the Vedic teachings to historical facts and events that explain the teachings of the Rg, Sama, Atharva and Yajur Vedas.
		The Puranas, along with Chandogya Upanisad and the Mahabharata, are often referred to as the fifth Veda.
		Visnu Purana has 23,000 verses, including stories of various devotees, a description of varnasrama, the six angas of the Veda, a description of the age of Kali, a description of Sveta Varaha Kalpa, and Visnu dharmotara.
	www.harekrsna.com /philosophy/gss/sastra/vedas/puranas.htm (1124 words)

	Purana Quila Delhi, Old Fort Delhi, Purana Quila Delhi Tours & Travel, Purana Quila Delhi Travel Guide, Purana ...
		The fort was built by Humayun and it acted as the citadel of the city of Dinapanah.
		Quila Kuhna Masjid is one remarkable building built in Purana Quila under the patronizing eyes of Sher Shah.
		Purana Quila is at the same time imposing and inspiring.
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	Puranas
		If one wishes to maintain ere long, that abode which is called Moksa (eternal salvation), one should mentally worship as long as one lives, and follow the duties prescribed for (their respective) different castes and stages of life, with delight.
		The Purana is a strong advocate of non-sectarian religion where all gods stand on equal footing...
		This close cousin of the Brahmanda Purana is one of the oldest and most authoritative of the Puranas.
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