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Bhagavata Purana is a
Mahapurana. The
difference between Upapuranas and
Mahapuranas has been
explained by
Rajendra Hazra: "a
Mahapurana is well known, and...
- dictionary.
Mahapurana may
refer to:
Mahapurana (Hinduism), the 18
great Puranas of Hinduism,
especially the
Bhagavata Purana and
Vishnu Purana Mahapurana (Jainism)...
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Bhagavata Mahapurana (Śrīmad Bhāgavata
Mahāpurāṇa) or
simply Bhagavata (Bhāgavata), is one of Hinduism's
eighteen major Puranas (
Mahapuranas) and one of...
- and his wife, Manasvini. The
Markandeya Purana (one of the
eighteen Mahāpurāṇas in Hinduism),
attributed to the sage,
comprises a
dialogue between Markandeya...
- than most of the
extant Mahapuranas, some of
these texts are
extensive and important.
Similar to the case of the
Mahapuranas, a
claim has been made in...
- The
Sanskrit text
Garuda Purana is one of 18
Mahapuranas in Hinduism. The
Garuda Purana was
likely composed in the
first millennium CE, with significant...
-
Mahapurana (महापुराण) or
Trishashthilkshana Mahapurana is a
major Jain text
composed largely by
Acharya Jinasena during the rule of
Rashtrakuta ruler Amoghavarsha...
- The
Vishnu Purana (Sanskrit: विष्णुपुराण) is one of the
eighteen Mahapuranas, a
genre of
ancient and
medieval texts of Hinduism. It is an
important Pancharatra...
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Puranas collections of
Hindu texts in Sanskrit. It is
listed as the
first Mahapurana in all anthologies, and is
therefore also
called Adi Purana.
Another title...
- The 'Bhavishya Purana' (Bhaviṣya Purāṇa) is one of the
eighteen major works in the
Purana genre of Hinduism,
written in Sanskrit. The
title Bhavishya means...
