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======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23/02/2020. 1.INTRODUCTION : 6. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 13.Shiva Purana:  24,000 verses. Discusses Shiva, and stories about him. 14. Skanda Purana:  81,100 verses. Describes the birth of Skanda (or Karthikeya), son of Shiva. Being the longest Purana, it is an extraordinarily meticulous pilgrimage guide, containing geographical locations of pilgrimage centers in India, with related legends, parables, hymns and stories. Many untraced quotes are attributed to this text. 15. Vamana Purana: 10,000 verses. Describes North India, particularly Himalayan foothills region. 16. Varaha Purana:  24,000 verses. Primarily Vishnu-related worship manua

======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/02/2020. 1.INTRODUCTION : 5. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Markandeya Purana : 9,000 verses. Describes Vindhya Range and western India. Probably composed in the valleys of Narmada and Tapti rivers, in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Named after sage Markandeya, a student of Brahma. Contains Chapters on dharma and on Hindu epic Mahabharata. The Purana includes Devi Mahatmyam of Shaktism. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Matsya Purana : 14,000 verses. An encyclopedia of diverse topics. Narrates the story of Matsya, the first of ten major Avatars of Vishnu. Likely composed in west I

======================================================================== #Garuda Temple, Triprangode, Kerala ======================================================================== 24/12/2019. 1.INTRODUCTION : 4. ======================================================================= Vellamassery Garudan Kavu, Kerala ====================================================================== 6. Garuda Purana : 19,000 verses. An encyclopedia of diverse topics. Primarily about Vishnu, but praises all gods. Describes how Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma collaborate. Many Chapters are a dialogue between Vishnu and the bird-vehicle Garuda. Describes cosmology, relationship between gods. Discusses ethics, what are crimes, good verses evil, various schools of Hindu philosophies, the theory of Yoga, the theory of "heaven and hell" with "karma and rebirth", includes Upanishadic discussion of self-knowledge as a means of moksha. Includes Chapters on rivers, ge

======================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/10/2019 Introduction : 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of the many texts designated 'Puranas' the most important are the Mahapuranas or the major Puranas. These are said to be 18 in number, divided into three groups of six, though they are not always counted in the same way. Agni Purana: 15,400 verses. Contains encyclopedic information. Includes geography of Mithila (Bihar and neighboring states), cultural history, politics, education system, iconography, taxation theories, organization of army, theories on proper causes for war, diplomacy, local laws, building public projects, water distribution methods, trees and plants, medicine, Vastu Shastra (architecture), gemology, g

======================================================================= -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18/09/2019 Introduction : 2. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vyasa, the narrator of the Mahabharata, is hagiographically credited as the compiler of the Puranas. The date of the production of the written texts does not define the date of origin of the Puranas. They existed in an oral form before being written down, and were incrementally modified well into the 16th century. An early occurrence of the term 'Purana' is found in the Chandogya Upanishad (7.1.2), translated by Patrick Olivelle as "the corpus of histories and ancient tales" (The Early Upanisads, 1998, p. 259). The Brhadaranyaka Upanishad refers to Purana as the "fifth Veda", itihasapura?a? pañcama? vedana?,

06/08/2019 Maha Puranas -1. Introduction : 1. The word Puranas  literally means "ancient, old", and it is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly myths, legends and other traditional lore. Composed primarily in Sanskrit, but also in regional languages, several of these texts are named after major Hindu deities such as Vishnu, Shiva and Devi. The Puranas genre of literature is found in both Hinduism and Jainism. The Puranic literature is encyclopedic, and it includes diverse topics such as cosmogony, cosmology, genealogies of gods, goddesses, kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, folk tales, pilgrimages, temples, medicine, astronomy, grammar, mineralogy, humor, love stories, as well as theology and philosophy. The content is highly inconsistent across the Puranas, and each Purana has survived in numerous manuscripts which are themselves inconsistent. The Hindu Puranas are anonymous texts and likely the work of many authors over the cen