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Puranas (Sanskrit: पुराण, romanized: Purāṇas, lit. 'Ancients') are a vast
genre of
Indian literature that
include a wide
range of topics,
especially legends...
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pastoral and
agricultural gods. The
transformation of
Brahmanism into
Pauranic Hinduism in post-Gupta
India was due to a
process of acculturation. The...
- as a grāmadevatā, he is vighnakartā, and as Gaṇeśa he is vighnahartā, a
paurāṇic devatā." (Krishan 1999, p. viii) Martin-Dubost 1965, p. 367. Narain, A...
- Krsnabook.com.
Retrieved 26
August 2012. Kumar,
Savitri V. (1983). The
Paurāṇic Lore of Holy Water-places: With
Special Reference to
Skanda Purāṇa. Munshiram...
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Ramkrishna Das and
Harish Tiwari. Varanasi's
music tradition is
traced to the
Pauranic days.
According to
ancient legend,
Shiva is
credited with
evolving music...
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Mahatmya and
includes a
rendition of the later, with a
retelling of the many
pauranic myths. The Devi
Bhagavata Purana (3.30.28)
constantly extols the goddess...
- generations.[page needed] The
Dards and
Shinas appear in many of the old
Pauranic lists of
people who
lived in the region, with the
former also mentioned...
- As a result, life and
property became unsafe.
Pargiter points to the
Pauranic tradition that the
Vrishnis and Andhakas,
while retreating northwards after...
- next
seven births their husband will live well. B. A.
Gupte provides a
Pauranic excerpt to
suggest that the
mythology behind the
festival is
symbolic of...
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Savitr disappears in post-Vedic
literature and is
absent from the
corpus of
Pauranic Hinduism. Some
modern Hindu spiritual thinkers ****ign
symbolism to the...
