Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published 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. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 8, Part 1 (1966)
249 (of 340)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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विष्णुपुरा�- विषयसूची
[viṣṇupurāṇa- viṣayasūcī
] planets, their chariots and horses; Bālakhilyas; all
planets and stars tied to Dhruva with the rays of the
Pravaha Vayu.
The battle of the Mandeha Rākṣasas with the
sun at the time of its rising, their destruction by
arghyadāna and sandhyopasana.
The rains and its cause.
III KHANDA
Śāstras, Vidyās and Kalās (Various sciences and arts)
Vedas, their Śākhās; the propounders of the
Sakhās of the four Vedas, the five divisions of the
Atharvaveda, original Purāṇa Samhitās, eighteen
Purāṇas (Mahā-Purāṇas) and their names, Upapurāṇas
mentioned as such without names, Visṇu Purāṇa and
the tradition of its transmission; Ayurveda, and its
divisions into eight angas by Dhanvantari.
IV KHANDA
Philosophy, Religion and Religious Sects
The Arhata (Jain) and the Bauddha religions
propagated by Māyāmoha among the Asuras, by
which they gave up the Vedic Dharma, and were
consequently defeated by the gods; knowledge of
the Self, and of the God; the nature of Brahman and
the Atman; Pain, its nature, the means of its
destruction; Pranava (the syllable 'Om'); devotion
and the devotee; Yoga, its definition and angas
(mentioned in the Khāṇḍikya-Keśidhvaja Saṃvāda),
pleasure and bliss, its nature.
V KHANDA
Acara (Performance of good and enjoined actions),
and Karma-Kāṇḍa (Performance of religious rites)
The duties of the four Asramas and the Varṇas;
worship, Govardhana worship, Indra-worship by the
