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Pur膩峁嘺 contains metaphysical speculations and the main theme of
Advaita. In short this Pur膩峁嘺 has all that is conventionally expected
to be found in a Pur膩峁嘺 and motive throughout the text is the
fundamental unity of 艢iva and Vi峁ａ箛u.
Agni Pur膩峁嘺 :
Agni or Agneya Mah膩 Pur膩峁嘺 is accorded eighth place in the list
of the Mah膩 Pur膩峁嘺s. It is so named because it originated as a
composition in praise of Agni, a form of Vi峁ａ箛u. Its authorship is
attributed to Vy膩sa. It is narrated as usual by his disciple S奴ta, and
was received by him from the sage Vasi峁ａ弓ha, to whom it was
communicated by Agni. It contains fourteen thousand verses. But
Bh膩gavata and Matsya Pur膩峁嘺s speak of Agni Pur膩峁嘺 consisting
fifteen thousand and sixteen thousand verses respectively. The
Pur膩峁嘺 is divided into three hundred and eighty three chapters
treating a variety of subjects. The Agni Pur膩峁嘺 claims to be an
epitome of all branches of Knowledge, classified into Par膩 and Apar膩
Vidy膩s. The fifty topics are discussed in the last chapter of this
Pur膩峁嘺, viz. ten incarnations of Vi峁ａ箛u, summary of the R膩m膩ya峁嘺
and Mah膩bh膩rata, Harivam艣a, Vai峁ａ箛av膩gama, worship, initiation,
consecration of images, the 艢aiv膩gama, iconography, architecture
description of the sacred places, astrology Ayurveda, Music, R膩ja艣膩stra,
Grammar, Ved膩nta Philosophy, lexicography etc.
The Agni Pur膩峁嘺 is a present essence of all branches of knowledge
and is an encyclopedia of all that existed; 膧gneya hi Pur膩峁噀smin
Sarva岣� Vidy膩岣� Pradar艣it膩岣�.