Sanskrit language, purana means story of ancient times. For Hindus, a purana is a scripture that tells what happened in ancient times. Puranas tell about history...

The Kalika Purana is a Hindu script. It is one of the 18 uppurana. There are 98 lesson and 9000 sloka in this holy book. This is the only book written...

The Brahmanda Purana is one of the oldest Puranas. Estimates for the composition of its earliest core vary widely. The early 20th-century Indian scholar...

The Devi Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: देवी भागवतपुराणम्, devī bhāgavatapurāṇam), also known as the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas...

A major battle took place on 17 December 1772 at Purana Qila, Delhi, between Emperor Shah Alam II and the Marathas, led by Visaji Krishna and Tukoji. The...

According to the Vishnu Purana, the Bhagavata Purana and the Garuda Purana Yadu had four sons, while according to the rest of the Puranas he had five sons....

Purushottama or Supreme Purusha in many ancient sacred texts like the Vedas, Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata (including Bhagavad Gita), etc. The Vishnu Sahasranama...

The Puranas that tell Sati’s story are the Vayu Purana, Skanda Purana, Bhagavata Purana, Kurma Purana, Padma Purana, Linga Purana, Shiva Purana, and...

mainly mentioned in the Hindu scriptures Lalita Mahatmyam of the Brahmanda Purana and Tripura Rahasyam. Kameshvara is the highest form of Shiva and considered...

Puranas as Tamasic and the Brahmanya Puranas as Rajasic and that only Sattvic Puranas are to be considered to be authoritative over Tamasic Puranas and...

character in it. He is considered to be the scribe of both the Vedas and Puranas. According to Hindu beliefs, Vyasa is an avatar of the god Vishnu. Vyasa...

medium that conveys offerings to them in the Yajnas. According to Bhavishya Purana, the Agnivanshi Rajputs (Paramaras, Chahamanas, Pratiharas, and Solankis)...

Gopala Krishna Yashoda Krishnaism Bhagavata Purana Ravi M. Gupta and Kenneth R. Valpey (2013). The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition. Columbia...

Aghasura (Sanskrit: अघासुर) is an asura featured in Hindu literature, most notably in the Bhagavata Purana. He was one of Kamsa generals....

Dashavatara The Agni Purana, Padma Purana, Garuda Purana, Linga Purana, Narada Purana, Skanda Purana and Varaha Purana mention the common (Krishna, Buddha)...

Krishnaism include: Bhagavad Gita Bhagavata Purana Harivamsa (an appendix to the Mahabharata) Brahma Vaivarta Purana Garga Samhita These texts emphasize the...

“cow-repelling, antelope-footed, and bull-toothed." J.L.Shastri (1951). Linga Purana - English Translation - Part 2 of 2. Devdutt, Pattanaik (2002). Lakshmi :...

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of this Kali Yuga which is about 432,000 years away. The Shrimad Bhagwat Purana, a holy book in Hinduism, describes the incarnations of Lord Vishnu in detail...

Parmal. They belonged to the Banaphar clan. According to the Bhavishya Purana, Alha's mother, Devaki, was a member of the Ahir caste and father a Bananaphar...

of Mahadevi. She is identified as Adi Parashakti in the Devi Bhagavata Purana. She is considered to be a form of goddess Durga. This short article about...

who belongs to the Fire Dynasty of the Rajputs. According to Bhavishya Purana, When Parshurama destroyed all the Kshatriyas in the land, the Brahmin priests...

400 movies. He has played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay (1975), Machchar in Purana Mandir (1984), Salman Khan's dad in Andaz Apna Apna (1994) and directed...

scriptures include the following: The Vedas The Brahmanas The Upanishads The Puranas Two epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are also considered to be...

Sahasranama and Saundarya Lahari. In the Lalitopakhyana of the Brahmanda Purana, she is referred to as Adi Parashakti. According to the Shri kula tradition...

Bhakta worships his chosen God by any of these mentalities. The Bhagavata Purana teaches nine primary forms of bhakti. They are: śravaṇa ("listening" to...

being widespread among those of Tamil descent. According to the Skanda Purana, Kartikeya Muruga was the second son of Shiva and Parvati younger brother...

in various Hindu texts as either a human or an asura (demon). While the Puranas portray him as an asura, the Harivamsha describes him as an asura reborn...

city is 600,869.Density is 4000/km2. The name is said to be taken from Purana that depicts, a linga under the Nelli tree(Amla or Indian gooseberry). From...

town has the 64 Holy Tirthas, of which 24 are important accoring to Skanda Purana. The town covers an area of 53 km2. The population of the town is 44,851...

within, in the depths of his heart. The Shaiva Puranas, particularly the Shiva Purana and the Linga Purana, present the various aspects of Shiva, mythologies...

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and the 1980s. He was known for directing horror movies such as Darwaza, Purana Mandir and Veerana. Ramsay wrote the screenplay for Zee Horror Show Ramsay...

different meanings in different places. Malaya first recorded in the Vayu Purana (c. 1 BCE - 7 CE) as Malayadvipa (lit. 'Malaya island') refers to the Sumatra...

support their Sanskrit origin with various myths and Puranas such as Kulapurana and Markandeya Purana. The Padmashalis claim to be descendants from Bhrigu...

Peethas in Pakistan, other two being: Hinglaj Mata mandir and Sharada Peeth. Puranas describe that the three eyes (the third eye) of the Goddess fell here after...

Kalchuri-Chedi era. He and his descendants whose names do not occur in the Puranas seem to have ruled over a large territory comprising Gujarat, Konkan and...

tribes. According to the Bhuvanakosa chapters of the Mahabharata and the Puranas these forest tribes were organised in the form of ganas of the mercenaries...

the ten incarnations of Vishnu in canto 10, chapter 40 of the Bhagavata Purana. In the text, Akrura's prayer contains Hayagriva's name when he had a vision...

tradition of Hinduism. Dances of the life of Krishna according to the Bhagavata Purana (such as Rasa Lila or Krishna Lila), devotional singing at midnight when...

Tritiya) celebrating a jatre fair and during karthika masa organised a purana also known as legendary stories about Shivasharanas. [source?] Gajiginahal...

stated that Sri Mahalakshmi Vrat Ki Katha was contained in the Bhavishya Purana, which exists in several recensions. However, some researchers were unsuccessful...

Parvati is typically portrayed as a benign and friendly goddess. The Linga Purana describes Shiva asking Parvati to defeat the asura Daruka, who received...

speaks harshly to Lakshmana, not the real Sita. The Kurma Purana and Brahma Vaivarta Purana used this story first. But the Adhyatma Ramayana (about 14th...

Place"). It is also known as the "Land of Bhagwad Gita". According to the Puranas, Kurukshetra is a region named after King Kuru, the ancestor of Kauravas...

("remembered"). The major scriptures are the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Purānas, the Mahābhārata, the Rāmāyana, and the Āgamas. There are six āstika schools...

Purusha suktam, Narayana suktam, Narayana Upanishads and other sattvic Puranas. These followers of Vaishnavism are referred to as Vaishnavas or Vaishnavites...

daughter of Seleucus, according to both the Mahavamsa and the Bhavishya Purana. He was the ruler until 297 BC. He became a Jain monk and died of starvation...

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described in many Hindu scriptures, especially in the Mahabharata and the Puranas. The story tells about the churning of the ocean by the gods and the demons...

Bhagavata, state Brandon and Banham, refers to the Hindu text Bhagavata Purana. Mela is a Sanskrit word that means "gathering, meeting of a group" and...

Smriti texts. Important ones are the Devi Mahatmya, Devi-Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, and Shakta Upanishads like the Devi Upanishad. The Devi Mahatmya...

are however common to both Shaivite and Buddhist Tantras. The Markandeya Purana reports that Dattatreya, to free himself of all attachments, dived into...

Ayya Vaikundar and his activities, with mixing of episodes from the Hindu Puranas (mythologies) and Itihasas (epics). It is presented as if Vishnu is telling...

becomes the king of Mathura. Edits, The Divine (2023-04-22). Bhavishya Purana - A Concise Guide. by Mocktime Publication. Nehra, Air Marshal RK. Hinduism...

plays a big role later in the war Mahabharata. According to the Harivansa Purana, Vasudeva and Nanda (who took care of Krishna during his early years as...

primordial Lake Satisar, that Kashmir was before it was reclaimed. The Nilamata Purana gives the name Kashmira to the Mira" which means the sea lake or the mountain...

consecrated into the Ganges as it is a sacred river. According to Hindu Puranas a king named Bhagiratha did Tapasya for many years to bring the River Ganges...

says that Nepal is named after an old Hindu sage called Ne. The Pashupati Purana says that because Ne protected the country in the Himalayas, it became known...

the Vedas). According to the Puranas, Gayatri was a girl who helped Brahma in the sacrifice performed at Pushkar Purāṇa, a Critical Study. Maa Durga,...

Pazhamudircholai. The story of Lord Murugan is written about in Skanda Purana. Legend says that the demon Soorapadman tortured the Devas. They complained...

started his works of Periya Puranam when he was in Chidambaram. Among all Puranas in Tamil, Sekkizhar's Periya Puranam stands first.[source?] Kulothunga...

Maharashtra. The Traikuṭakas who were a branch of the Abhira kings of the Puranas. They rose to power about 250 A. D. about the time of the middle Kshatrapas...

Rajputs are descendants of ancient Vedic Kshatriyas. It is stated in the Agni Purana that "the Chandravanshi are descendants of Krishna and Arjuna and the Suryavanshi...

repelling the Arab invasions in India. The Ekalinga Mahatmya, the Ekalinga Purana, written in the 15th century CE, describes how Guhila dynasty's founder...

size and momentum of the chariots. Medieval Indian texts, such as the Puranas, mention Ratha Yatra celebrations for various deities, including Surya...

epic poem Kalevala, the Chinese story of Pangu, and the Indian Brahmanda Purana. In related stories, the creation is caused by a single entity emanating...

saint-poets were inspired by Bhakti. One famous example is the Bhagavata Purana, a text focused on Lord Krishna, which is closely connected to the Bhakti...

was located somewhere in the eastern part of U. P. The evidence of the Puranas from which we learn that Prayāga was the nucleus of the original Gupta...

Periplus, Chap. 41 Abhira Ptolemy Awasthi, A. B. L. (1965). Studies in Skanda Purana: Geography, history, polity & Society. Kailash Prakashan. Chandra, Moti...

also known as Qila Katas (قلعہ کٹاس‎). The temples' pond is said in the Puranas to have been created from the teardrops of Shiva, after he wandered the...

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and the Brhat Samhita, an astrological work, as well as in the Bhagavata Purana, which self-references as a samhita. The Gayatri mantra is among the famous...

who also serves as Shiva's mount. According to Hindu texts called the Puranas, Shiva and Parvati often sit in Kailasha and talk about deep Hindu ideas...

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Ritual Behaviour. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-10373-2. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Schomer, Karine; McLeod...

overview of his military conquests. Other historical sources, such as the Puranas and the works of Chinese and Greek historians, also provide some information...

contemporary religions, Hence scriptures of Hinduism such as Vedas and Puranas, along with Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, have incorporated and adopted...

and philosophies. Sanskrit is the language of the Vedas, Bhagavadgita, Puranas like Bhagavatam, the Upanishads, the Hindu epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata...

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Jain and Buddhist texts, as well as in the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the Puranas. The early rulers are not well-known, but the Haryanka dynasty led for...

spiritual love stories of Krishna, influenced by sacred texts like the Bhagavat Purana and Gitagovinda. Raslila is considered a major cultural achievement and...

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Abhiras are often mentioned in Ksatrapa inscriptions of Saurashtra. The Puranas and the Brihatsamhita place the Abhiras in the southern region during the...

Ganesha–Kartikeya story in canonical Hindu texts such as the Vedas or Puranas, suggesting the tale is more folkloric or allegorical than foundational...

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(current form) Headquarters Mukti Bhaban, 2 Comrade Moni Singh Street, Purana Paltan, Dhaka Newspaper Muktijoddha (1971) Weekly Ekota (1972–present) Ideology...

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passage is a textual error for Vahlkan. Numerous passages from the Epics, Puranas, and classical Sanskrit literature confirm that the Punjab—Pañcanada, meaning...

late Hindu sources, some books of philosophy, Ramain and Yoga Vashishtha, Puranas, books of Dharma Shashtra, Mahabharat and Gita, but all these books lack...

Islam Secretary General Nurul Islam Founded 6 February 1977 Headquarters Purana paltan, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Ideology Islamism International affiliation...

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Krishna from the hunchback female whose episode is described in the Bhagavata Purana. 2008 Śrīsītārāmakelikaumudī (श्रीसीतारामकेलिकौमुदी) Hindi Jagadguru Rambhadracharya...

indicating their presence in Kathiawad and Gujarat. Ancient texts like the Puranas and the Brihatsamhita place the Abhiras in the southern regions of India...

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Chedi (Sanskrit: चेदी) was an ancient Indian mahajanapada, a kingdom which roughly fells in the modern day region of Bundelkhand of Madhya Pradesh regions...

which is generally regarded as one of the oldest and the most dependable of Purana textbooks. It was on the base of this substantiation that Fleet and numerous...