Author: G. P. Bhatt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120809661
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
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Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120811518
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Author: Bhojraj Dwivedi
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 8128822772
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 94

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The Puranas are not merely history books in the accepted sense of the term but they do give a mine of information about the ancient life or the time when our values were taking roots. Since they record not only history and geography, but also the essence of our jurisprudence and subjects of practical value and its relevance, it perhaps never wanes. In order to help the gen-next know and appreciate the span of our achievement, it is essential for it to have a comprehensive version of our Puranas. The language and style of narration have been kept as near to the modern parlance so as to help the reader get the crux of the text. This Skanda Purana is an important to me of the series as it contains varied descriptions of our ancient heritage. Curiously enough, the now widely popular story: the ‘Satyanarayan Katha’ owes its origin to this very Purana. It is hoped our discerning readers would accord a warm welcome to Skanda Purana as they did to the earlier Puranas of the present series. We would welcome any suggestion from our readers to make the present series more relevant and meaningful.

Author: Purnaprajna Das
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788187812760
Category : Puranas
Languages : en
Pages : 346

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Author: G. P. Bhatt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120839234
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
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Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814740088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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A bi-lingual Sanskrit/English classic rarely available.

Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120810228
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 597

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Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120811313
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838742
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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The Purana is a class of literature that treats of ancient religion, philosophy, history, sociology, politics and other subjects. It is an Encyclopaedia of various branches of knowledge and ancient wisdom. It has been defined as a class of literature that contains material on the topics of Creation, Dissolution of Manus, Ages of Manus, Genealogies and the History of glorious kings. For dealing primarily with these subjects it has been called Pancalaksana a little that was incorporated in the Puranas themselves and had become popular by the Fifth Century A.D., for it was included by Amarasimha in his lexicon 'Amarakosa'. But as the process of interpolation continued, the Pancalaksana definition was found inadequate. The Puranic redactors adopted a Dasalaksana definition that suited the contemporary text. Still, the dynamic forces were at work and the process of insertion, modification and abridgement went on and it was soon discovered that the Dasalaksana definition too fell short of an actual fact. It was found that the Puranas contained certain aspects that were not covered by any of the five or ten characteristics. Besides some of the characteristics covered by the Pancalaksana or Dasalaksana definition were not found in certain Puranas. In fact, the Purana as a class represents the different phases and aspects of the life of diverse ages. It is impossible to adopt a standard definition for the class of literary composition that contains heterogeneous phases and aspects. Moreover, a definition framed on the numerical basis of points is bound to be imperfect. The Puranas are divided into two classes the Mahapuranas and the Upapuranas. Each class consists of eighteen Puranas. Thus the number of the Puranas is thirty-six.

Author: J. L. Shastri
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN: 8120838793
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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