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Book Synopsis An Introduction To Purans by : Raj Kumar Pruthi
Download or read book An Introduction To Purans written by Raj Kumar Pruthi and published by UBS Publishers' Distributors. This book was released on 2005 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known As The Saviours Of Hinduism, It Is Believed That The Teachings Of The Puranas Have Not Only Prevented Indian Society From Disintegrating But Also Have Strengthened It Instead By Providing It A Tenacious Resilience. This Book Is A Discussion Of The 18 Major Puranas. A Significant Aspect Of The Book Is That It Also Incorporates Inputs From The Latest Research Done On The Scriptures.
Download or read book Purāṇa Perennis written by Wendy Doniger and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-02-23 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, leading American, European, and Indian scholars including John E. Cort, Friedhelm Hardy, Padmanabh S. Jaini, Laurie L. Patton, A. K. Ramanujan, Velcheru Narayana Rao, and David Shulman discuss the subject of the Purāṇas, focusing particularly on the relationship between the "Great Puran'as" of the Sanskrit tradition and the many other sorts of Purāṇas. The Puran'as are essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of myth, ritual, science, and history, and the authors of these essays are all superb storytellers.
Download or read book Bhakti Yoga written by Edwin F. Bryant and published by North Point Press. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of what has become the standard edition of The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, an exploration of probably the most significant tradition in Hinduism, along with a rendering of key texts and parables from that tradition Bhakti Yoga explores one of the eight “limbs” of yoga. In the simplest terms, bhakti yoga is the practice of devotion, which is the essential heart of yoga and of Hinduism in general. In recent times, the term has come to be used in a rather simplistic way to refer to the increasingly popular practice of kirtan, or chanting in a group or at large gatherings. But bhakti yoga is far more complex and ancient than today’s growing kirtan audiences are aware, and embraces many strands and practices. Edwin F. Bryant focuses on one famous and important school of bhakti and explores it in depth to show what bhakti is and how it is expressed. And he supplies his own renderings of central texts from that tradition in the form of “tales and teachings” from an important work called the Bhagavata Purana, or “The Beautiful Legend of God.” This clarifying work establishes a baseline for understanding, and will be welcomed by all serious students of the spiritual heritage of India.
Book Synopsis Introduction to Puranas पुराण परिचय by : Nag Sharan Singh
Download or read book Introduction to Puranas पुराण परिचय written by Nag Sharan Singh and published by Nag Prakashak. This book was released on 2022-01-16 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vast literature available in the form of Puranas, stands next to the Vedas, in importance and popularity. It envisages to popularize the precepts, morals and values, propounded in the Vedas, the Upanisads, the Epics, and the DharmaSutras. It not only succeeded in its mission, but also in completely revitalising and revolutionising, and modernising the Vedic religion. Later and modern Hindu religion is an offshoot of the Pauranic religion. The path of devotion and worship propounded in Vedic literature as against the path of ritualistic exercises was followed more vigorously in the Puranas. Thus, the Puranas freed Hinduism from the clutches of the chosen few and spilled it over to masses who were unable to understand the complexities of the Vedic doctrines. The simple and lucid language of these works made more easier the attainment of the desired objective of instruction to the masses in moral and mental education. The value of Puranas cannot be minimized by calling them mythological or religious. Their avowed theme is the presentation of the history of the kings up to the end of the 5th century A.D. There is no doubt that the Puranas embody the earliest traditional history and that much of their material is old and valuable. Altekar has correctly stressed the importance of the Puranas as a source of valuable information for the archaic period of Indian history. Taken collectively they may be described as a popular encyclopaedia of ancient and medieval Hinduism, religion, philosophy, history, politics, ethics etc. Indian tradition believes that the sage Vyasa, with the help of the tales, anecdotes, songs and lore, which had come down from the ages, compiled a Purana and taught it to his pupil, the Suta. He made that Puranasamhita into six versions and taught them to his six disciples. Evidently this handing over from teacher to his pupil continued for some times and resulted in the evolution of eighteen Puranas. The order of enumeration seems to be, more or less, stereotyped, with a few exceptions. The Puranas are classified on the basis of the trinity of gods, Brahma Visnu and Siva. According to the Padma Purana, the Saiva Puranas are : Matsya, Kurma, Linga, Siva, Skanda and Agni ; the Vaisnavas are Visnu, Narada, Bhagavata, Garuda, Padma and Varaha. The Puranas dedicated to Brahma are Brahmanda, Vamana, and Brahma. This would mean that the three gods Brahma, Visnu, and Siva would, respectively, be the object for adoration in their groups of the Puranas. But the two gods Visnu and Siva attained greater prominence which gave currency to the view that the Puranas advocate the worship of either Visnu or Siva.
Book Synopsis Know the Puranas by : Ramanuj Prasad
Download or read book Know the Puranas written by Ramanuj Prasad and published by Pustak Mahal. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Puranas are ancient scriptures - 18 in all, with 18 Upapuranas - which are the guidelines to life in the form of ancient tales and instructions. They show us the true path of devotion to the duties, discipline [conduct] and identity with the Lord. These are basically classified into three categories: Sattavic, Rajasic and Tamasic.
Book Synopsis Classical Hindu Mythology by : Cornelia Dimmitt
Download or read book Classical Hindu Mythology written by Cornelia Dimmitt and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mahapuranas embody the received tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations of these myths, only a few of which have ever been available in English before, thus providing a rich new portion of Hindu mythology. The book is organized into six chapters. "Origins" contains myths relating to creation, time, and space. "Seers, Kings and Supernaturals" relates tales of rivers, trees, animals, demons, and men, particularly heroes and sages. Myths about the chief gods are dealt with in three separate chapters: Krsna, Visnu, and Siva. The chapter The Goddess presents stories of the wives and lovers of the gods, as well as of Kali, the savage battle goddess. In their introductions, the editors provide a historical setting in which to discuss Hindu mythology as well as a full analysis of its basic sources. The many names are given the original. The editors have provided a thorough glossary to make these names accessible.
Download or read book The Purāṇas written by Ludo Rocher and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1986 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis From the Beginning of Time by : Ganesh Swaminathan
Download or read book From the Beginning of Time written by Ganesh Swaminathan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Puranas, as suggested by their name, describe events deep in the earth’s past. Finding a complete cosmology in the ancient Puranic texts that is mostly aligned to the view of cutting-edge science is almost incredible. This book attempts to do so – through an exploratory analysis. The narrative is pieced together by exploring familiar stories from the Puranas in great depth. In the well-known story of the Descent of Ganga, the extra-terrestrial origin of Earth’s waters has been described in amazing detail. The story of the birth of the Sun God Martanda bears a striking resemblance to the origin of the sun. The Churning of the Milk Ocean recounts the re-appearance of the Moon. The book delves into many such stories along with external evidence to come up with a compelling chronicle of our Universe. The book shows the Puranic texts in a fascinating new light. It also serves as a primer to the general interest reader by tackling some of the questions that modern science is grappling with in its study of the cosmos.
Book Synopsis The History of Puranas by : Bibek Debroy
Download or read book The History of Puranas written by Bibek Debroy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agni Purana written by B.K. Chaturvedi and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2021 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puranas are almost like an encyclopaedia listing the human achievements in this part of the world till the time they were edited or compiled. In every cycle of time the master editor called Veda Vyas emerges to edit, vet and compile these records. Their significance is enormous even in the present, as they give a peep into the distant past of Hindus when the world was evolving and the psyche of the race was being formed. These Puranas record the arguments that make us to decide as to what is holy and what is vile; what is good and what is bad. By going through them we can compare our present day jurisprudence vis-a-vis the ancient norms. Apart from that, they are a huge store-house of information conceiving every subject under the sun. It is with the view of unearthing these gems that the present series of the puranas has been planned.
Download or read book Mahabharata written by Krishna Dharma and published by Torchlight Pub. This book was released on 2006-01 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheated of their kingdom and sent into exile by their envious cousins, the Pandavas set off on a fascinating journey. This work recounts the history of the five heroic Pandava brothers. Its includes spiritual themes, and is filled with suspense, intrigue, and wisdom.
Download or read book The Holy Puranas written by Bibek Debroy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 3 Vols. Set -Contents: vol. 1. Brahma, Padma, Vishnu, Shiva, Bhagavata and Narada. xx, 602 p. vol. 2. Markandeya, Agni, Bhavishya, Brahmavaivarta, Linga and Varaha. xviii, 561 p. vol. 3. Skanda, Vamana, Kurma, Matsya, Garuda, Brahmanda and Vayu. xviii, 626 p. (B.R).
Book Synopsis The Garuḍa Purâṇa (Sâroddhâra) by : Naunidhirāma
Download or read book The Garuḍa Purâṇa (Sâroddhâra) written by Naunidhirāma and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Puranas in the Light of Modern Science by : K. Narayanaswami Aiyar
Download or read book The Puranas in the Light of Modern Science written by K. Narayanaswami Aiyar and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Markandeya Purana. (Markandeyapuranam) by :
Download or read book Markandeya Purana. (Markandeyapuranam) written by and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Year with the Maha-Puranas by : Anvita and Anika Agarwal
Download or read book A Year with the Maha-Puranas written by Anvita and Anika Agarwal and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-14 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Lord Shiva, at the instigation of Brahma, tease Parvati?Why do we not use the champak flower to worship Lord Shiva?In which purana would you learn about a prayer for Lord Vishnu to protect you in all four directions with his sudarshana chakra, koumodaki gada, sounanda hala, and shatana mushala?Why did Sita mata curse fire, the river Phalgu, the ketaki flower and the cow?Which Purana tells us the story of the lake that turned four black swans to white, and why?Why did Draupadi have five husbands?What does it mean to read abridged translations of all nineteen Puranas in one year? This is the book of questions and answers, of those nineteen books, thirty-eight reviews, and the year that went by. Anvita and Anika, sisters, read abridged translations of the nineteen maha-Puranas over the course of a year. In addition to thirty-eight reviews, there are also several anecdotes of their experiences through the year as they read and wrote, and how school, studies, exams, and a maniacal father drove them to ever greater depths of despair. In the book you will find over a hundred stories, factoids, and nuggets from the Puranas. How Parvati became Gouri, stories about Kurukshetra, the punya that accumulates from reading the Puranas, the types of fasts to observe and their benefits, the types of donations one can give, episodes from the Mahabharata, different accounts of how Ganesha was born and how he broke a tusk, and many, many more - as seen from the eyes of two young children!
Book Synopsis Puranas, Or an Account of Their Contents and Nature by : Horace Hayman Wilson
Download or read book Puranas, Or an Account of Their Contents and Nature written by Horace Hayman Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
