MAHA PURANAS -4. Swami Sivananda
======================================================================== #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