- The
Upapuranas (Sanskrit:
Upapurāṇa) are a
genre of
Hindu religious texts consisting of many
compilations differentiated from the
Mahapuranas by styling...
-
consider it an
Upapurana.
There are
discussions on
whether the Devi
Bhagavata Purana is a Mahapurana. The
difference between Upapuranas and Mahapuranas...
- Sati
Purana or
Kalika Tantra, is one of the
eighteen minor Puranas (
Upapurana) in the
Shaktism tradition of Hinduism. The text was
likely composed in...
- CE. Some
scholars list it as a Mahapurana,
while some
state it is an
Upapurana. The date and
authors of
Shiva Purana are unknown. No
authentic data is...
-
Vishnudharmottara Purana (or the Vishnudharmottara) is a
Hindu Sanskrit text in the
Upapuranas genre. Like the Mahapuranas, it is also
encyclopedic covering a wide range...
- नरसिंह पुराण; Narasiṁha Purāṇa) is one of the
Upapuranas. R.C.
Hazra in his
Studies in the
Upapuranas came to the
conclusion that the
original text was...
- also
called a Mahapurana,
while the
other is
termed as a
Minor Purana (
Upapurana), also
referred as
Brihannaradiya Purana.
Unlike most
Puranas that are...
-
religious text,
which classified itself (I.25.26) as the last of the 18
Upapuranas. The
extant text
comprises three khaņḑas (parts): pūrvakhaņḑa, madhyakhaņḑa...
- Upavedas, Darśanas, Dharmashastras, Shastras, Agamas, Tantras, Puranas,
Upapuranas,
Ramayana (Ramcharitmanas &
other Ramayana versions),
Mahabharata (incl...
- and
pious people. The two
Upapuranas –
Ganesha Purana and
Mudgala Purana –
detail the
avatars of Ganesha. Both
these upapuranas are core
scriptures of the...
