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The term Purana appears in the Vedic texts. For example, Atharva Veda mentions Purana (in the singular) in XI.7.24 and XV.6.10-11: [18] "The Rig and Sama verses, the Chandas, the Purana along with the Yajur formulae, all sprang from the remainder of the sacrificial food, (as also) the gods that resort to heaven.
The notable Shaiva Upapuranas are the Saura Purana, the Shivadharmapurva Purana, the Shivadharmottara Purana, the Shivarahasya Purana, the Ekamra Purana, the Parashara Purana, the Varuna Purana, and the Maheshvara Purana. [1] The extant Saura Purana comprises 69 chapters. The extant Parashara Upapurana consists 18 chapters.
Mulugu Papayaradhya, an 18th-century Telugu poet, is regarded as the first poet to translate the Devi Bhagavata Purana into Telugu. [100] Tirupati Venkata Kavulu also translated this purana into Telugu language in 1896 entitled Devi Bhagavatamu. They have divided the purana into 6 skandas and themselves published it in 1920. [101]
The Sanskrit text Garuda Purana is one of 18 Mahapuranas in Hinduism. [1] The Garuda Purana was likely composed in the first millennium CE, with significant expansions and revisions occurring over several centuries. Scholars estimate that the earliest core might date back to between the 4th and 11th centuries CE, with substantial additions and ...
Vishnu Purana is one of the 18 major Puranas, and these text share many legends, likely influenced each other. [63] The fifth chapter of the Vishnu Purana was likely influenced by the Mahabharata. [68] Similarly, the verses on rites of passage and ashramas (stages) of life are likely drawn from the Dharmasutra literature.
Basava Purana: A 13th-century Telugu epic poem written by Palkuriki Somanatha. It is a sacred text of Lingayat. It is a sacred text of Lingayat. The epic poem narrates the life story of philosopher and social reformer Basava (1134–1196 CE), the founder of Lingayat.
Katha (or Kathya) is an Indian style of religious storytelling, performances of which are a ritual event in Hinduism.It often involves priest-narrators (kathavachak or vyas) who recite stories from Hindu religious texts, such as the Puranas, the Ramayana or Bhagavata Purana, followed by a commentary ().
The text starts off with the legends of Devi trying to bring Shiva back from ascetic life into that of a householder's by making him fall in love again. [1] According to Ludo Rocher, Markandeya describes how Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu are "one and the same" and that all goddesses (Sati, Parvati, Menaka, Kali and others) are manifestation of the same feminine energy.