Download or read book The Padma Purana Part 8 written by Dr. G.P. Bhatt and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Epic and Puranic Bibliography up to 1985 Annotated and with Indexes written by Heinrich von Stietencron and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Agni Purana Part 4 written by Dr. G.P. Bhatt and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Skanda Purana Part 6 written by J. L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Kurma Purana Part 2 written by J. L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Narada Purana Part 1 written by J. L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Brahmanda Purana Part 5 written by J.L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Padma Purana Part 2 written by Dr. G.P. Bhatt and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Brahmanda Purana Part 4 written by J.L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Skanda Purana Part 2 written by J. L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 1993 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Bhagavata Purana Part 4 written by J.L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Purana is a class of literature that treats ancient religion, philosophy, history, sociology, politics and other subjects. It is an Encyclopaedia of various branches of knowledge and ancient wisdom. It has been defined as a class of literature that contains material on the topics of Creation, Dissolution of Manus, Ages of Manus, Genealogies and the History of glorious kings. For dealing primarily with these subjects it has been called Pancalaksana a little that was incorporated in the Puranas themselves and had become popular by the Fifth Century A.D., for it was included by Amarasimha in his lexicon 'Amarakosa'. But as the process of interpolation continued, the Pancalaksana definition was found inadequate. The Puranic redactors adopted a Dasalaksana definition that suited the contemporary text. Still, the dynamic forces were at work and the process of insertion, modification and abridgement went on and it was soon discovered that the Dasalaksana definition too fell short of an actual fact. It was found that the Puranas contained certain aspects that were not covered by any of the five or ten characteristics. Besides some of the characteristics covered by the Pancalaksana or Dasalaksana definition were not found in certain Puranas. In fact, the Purana as a class represents the different phases and aspects of the life of diverse ages. It is impossible to adopt a standard definition for the class of literary composition that contains heterogeneous phases and aspects. Moreover, a definition framed on the numerical basis of points is bound to be imperfect. The Puranas are divided into two classes the Mahapuranas and the Upapuranas. Each class consists of eighteen Puranas. Thus the number of the Puranas is thirty-six.

Download or read book The Brahmanda Purana Part 3 written by J.L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Women and the Puranic Tradition in India written by Monika Saxena and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the diverse ways in which women have been represented in the Purāṇic traditions in ancient India – the virtuous wife, mother, daughter, widow, and prostitute – against the socio-religious milieu around CE 300–1000. Purāṇas (lit. ancient narratives) are brahmanical texts that largely fall under the category of socio-religious literature which were more broad-based and inclusive, unlike the Smṛtis, which were accessible mainly to the upper sections of society. In locating, identifying, and commenting on the multiplicity of the images and depictions of women’s roles in Purāṇic traditions, the author highlights their lives and experiences over time, both within and outside the traditional confines of the domestic sphere. With a focus on five Mahāpurāṇas that deal extensively with the social matrix Viṣṇu, Mārkaṇḍeya Matsya, Agni, and Bhāgavata Purāṇas, the book explores the question of gender and agency in early India and shows how such identities were recast, invented, shaped, constructed, replicated, stereotyped, and sometimes reversed through narratives. Further, it traces social consequences and contemporary relevance of such representations in marriage, adultery, ritual, devotion, worship, fasts, and pilgrimage. This volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars in women and gender studies, ancient Indian history, religion, sociology, literature, and South Asian studies, as also the informed general reader.

Download or read book Journal of the Oriental Institute written by Oriental Institute (Vadodara, India) and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Linga Purana Part 2 written by J. L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Skanda Purana Part 4 written by J. L. Shastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions written by T. W. Doane and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions is a study the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles being compared to mythologies of other nations and religions of ancient times, taking in considering their origin and meaning. Comparing biblical myths to those of other nations of antiquity the author shows that many of the Bible tales, mainly about Jesus, and of other legends, are often copied or borrowed from the myths of other religions. The book gives a good history of how long the idea of the mythological nature of the Jesus in the New Testament has been noted.