Purana Bulletin
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The 鈥淧urana Bulletin鈥� is an academic journal published by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. The Puranas are an important part of Hindu scriptures in Sa...
Vishnu as Kalpa-vriksha
Vishnu as Kalpa-Vriksha (Adi-Parva, Cri. edn. Poona, p. 3, f. n.) 120
VISHNU AS KALPA-VRIKSHA dharmadrdhabaddhamulo vedaskandhah puranasakhadhyah | kratukusumo moksaphalo jayati kalpadrumo visnuh || (Quoted from a Ms. of the Adi Parva in the footnote of the Adi-Parva, Cri. ed., Poona, p. 3). Vishnu is the wish-fulfilling Tree. Dharma is its root. The Veda is its trunk. The Puranas are its branches. The Yajnas are its flowers. Moksha is its fruit.