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  2. Brahmanda Purana - Wikipedia

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    The Brahmanda Purana manuscripts are encyclopedic in their coverage, covering topics such as Cosmogony, Sanskara (Rite Of Passage), Genealogy, chapters on ethics and duties , Yoga, geography, rivers, good government, administration, diplomacy, trade, festivals, a travel guide to places such as Kashmir, Cuttack, Kanchipuram, and other topics.

  3. Sri Venkateswar Steam Press - Wikipedia

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    It published a number of books written, compiled or translated by Jwala Prasad Mishra (1861-1916 CE), the head pandit at Muradabad Kameshwar Sanskrit pathshala during the early 1900s that include Panchatantra (1910), Vajasaneyi Sri Sukla Yajuevedasamhita (1912), Bihari Satsai, Dayananda-Timira-Bhaskara (1913), Jati Bhaskar (published in 1926 ...

  4. Brahma Purana - Wikipedia

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    The Brahma Purana dedicates a majority of its chapters to describing the geography, temples and scenes around the Godavari river and of Odisha. [6]The text is notable for dedicating over 60% of its chapters on description of geography and holy sites of Godavari River Region, as well as places in and around modern Odisha, and tributaries of Chambal River in Rajasthan.

  5. Brahma Vaivarta Purana - Wikipedia

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    The Brahmavaivarta Purana, along with Bhagavata Purana, have influenced performance arts and cultural celebrations in India, such as with Rasa Lila in Manipur above.. This text is mostly legends, worship, mythology and drama during the life of Radha and Krishna, with discussion of ethics, dharma, four stages of life and festivals embedded as part of the plot.

  6. Hindu cosmology - Wikipedia

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    According to Richard L. Thompson, the Bhagavata Purana presents a geocentric model of our Brahmanda (cosmic egg or universe), where our Bhu-mandala disk, equal in diameter to our Brahmanda, has a diameter of 500 million yojanas (trad. 8 miles each), which equals around 4 billion miles or more, a size far too small for the universe of stars and ...

  7. Puranas - Wikipedia

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    This story, state Bonnefoy and Doniger, appears in Vayu Purana's chapter 1.55, Brahmanda Purana's chapter 1.26, Shiva Purana's Rudra Samhita's Sristi Khanda's chapter 15, Skanda Purana's chapters 1.3, 1.16, 3.1, and other Puranas. [89] The texts are in Sanskrit as well as regional languages, [4] [5] and almost entirely in narrative metric ...

  8. Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi - Wikipedia

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    Even though he was a Sanskrit scholar, he preferred simple Malayalam, the vernacular language, to make the common people aware of their real status in the society. Brahmananda Sivayogi believes that superstitions and evil customs influenced the common people due to their ignorance of Rajayoga.

  9. List of Hindu texts - Wikipedia

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    Yadavabhyudaya: A Sanskrit epic poem by Vedanta Desika on the life and deeds of Krishna. Yoga Sutra ( योग सूत्र ): One of the six darshanas of Hindu or Vedic schools and, alongside the Bhagavad Gita and Hatha Yoga Pradipika , are a milestone in the history of Yoga , compiled sometime between 500 BCE and 400 CE by the sage Patanjali