The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 2Fitzedward Hall Trübner, 1865 |
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... list of Dharma's wives . The Bhagavata ‡ substitutes Kakubh for Arundhati . The Padma Puráňa , Matsya Purána , and Hari Vamsa contain two different accounts of Daksha's descendants . The first agrees with our text : the second , which ...
... list of Dharma's wives . The Bhagavata ‡ substitutes Kakubh for Arundhati . The Padma Puráňa , Matsya Purána , and Hari Vamsa contain two different accounts of Daksha's descendants . The first agrees with our text : the second , which ...
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... lists of the Rudras . According to the Váyu and Brahma Puránas , the Rudras are the children of Kasyapa by Surabhi : the Bhagavata makes them the progeny of Bhúta and Sarúpá : the Matsya , Padma , and Hari Vamsa , in the second series ...
... lists of the Rudras . According to the Váyu and Brahma Puránas , the Rudras are the children of Kasyapa by Surabhi : the Bhagavata makes them the progeny of Bhúta and Sarúpá : the Matsya , Padma , and Hari Vamsa , in the second series ...
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... list of names : but those of most note are the same as in the text , with which also the Bhagavata , § for the most part , agrees . 3 The Bhagavata makes Prabhá the wife of Namuchi . Ac- cording to the Váyu , she is the mother of ...
... list of names : but those of most note are the same as in the text , with which also the Bhagavata , § for the most part , agrees . 3 The Bhagavata makes Prabhá the wife of Namuchi . Ac- cording to the Váyu , she is the mother of ...
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... lists of the names of both classes , as well as of Vidyadharas and Kimnaras . The Apsarasas are distinguished as of two kinds , Laukika , ' worldly ' , of whom thirty - four are specified ; and Daivika or ' divine ' , ten in number ...
... lists of the names of both classes , as well as of Vidyadharas and Kimnaras . The Apsarasas are distinguished as of two kinds , Laukika , ' worldly ' , of whom thirty - four are specified ; and Daivika or ' divine ' , ten in number ...
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... list is that of the Váyu - purána . [ It is omitted in two E. I. H. MSS . of this P. , and very incorrect in four other MSS . that I consulted , belonging , severally , to the E. I. H. , the R. A. S. , and the R. S. In some instances ...
... list is that of the Váyu - purána . [ It is omitted in two E. I. H. MSS . of this P. , and very incorrect in four other MSS . that I consulted , belonging , severally , to the E. I. H. , the R. A. S. , and the R. S. In some instances ...
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