The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 5, Part 1Fitzedward Hall Trübner, 1864 |
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... latter from an account of the end of the world ; besides the insertion of various legends of a manifestly popular and sectarial character . No doubt , many of the Pu- ráñas , as they now are , correspond with the view which Colonel Vans ...
... latter from an account of the end of the world ; besides the insertion of various legends of a manifestly popular and sectarial character . No doubt , many of the Pu- ráñas , as they now are , correspond with the view which Colonel Vans ...
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... latter ; and which had been adopted , and was extensively , perhaps uni- versally , established in India , at the time of the Greek invasion . The Hercules of the Greek writers was , in- dubitably , the Balaráma of the Hindus ; and ...
... latter ; and which had been adopted , and was extensively , perhaps uni- versally , established in India , at the time of the Greek invasion . The Hercules of the Greek writers was , in- dubitably , the Balaráma of the Hindus ; and ...
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... latter , to collect , from the heralds and annalists of his day , the scattered traditions which they had imperfectly preserved : and hence the consequent appropriation of the Puránas , in a great measure , to the genealogies of regal ...
... latter , to collect , from the heralds and annalists of his day , the scattered traditions which they had imperfectly preserved : and hence the consequent appropriation of the Puránas , in a great measure , to the genealogies of regal ...
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... latter reading is to be preferred . The Kúrma professes , at the end of its list of the Pu- ránas , to have enumerated eighteen ; and , unless it names both the Vayu and the Agni , it enumerates but seventeen . The particulars from the ...
... latter reading is to be preferred . The Kúrma professes , at the end of its list of the Pu- ránas , to have enumerated eighteen ; and , unless it names both the Vayu and the Agni , it enumerates but seventeen . The particulars from the ...
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... latter especially . These chapters are characteristic of this Purána , and show its main object to be the promotion of the wor- ship of Krishna as Jagannatha . To these particulars 1 1 Colonel Vans Kennedy objects to this character of ...
... latter especially . These chapters are characteristic of this Purána , and show its main object to be the promotion of the wor- ship of Krishna as Jagannatha . To these particulars 1 1 Colonel Vans Kennedy objects to this character of ...
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according Agni Ahamkára amongst ancient Angiras Avatára Bhagavata Bhrigu birth Brahmá called cause CHAPTER Colonel Vans Kennedy commentator created creation creator Daityas Daksha daughter deity descendants described Deví Dharma Dhruva divine earth existence fire goddess gods Hari Vamsa Hindu holy India Indra Kalpa Kardama Khanda king Krishna Kúrma Lakshmí latter legends Linga lord Mahábhárata Mahat Máhátmya Maitreya Manu Manwantara Márkańdeya Matsya Muni Nárada Náradíya Nárayana narrated nature oblations Original Sanskrit Texts Padma Parásara passage Pauráńik Pitris portion Pradhana Prajapatis Prakriti prayers Prithu Professor Wilson progeny Pulastya Purána Purusha reading religious Rishis rites rudiment Rudra sacrifice sages Saiva Samhitás Sankhya Śiva Skanda sons spirit Śrí supreme Súta Swayambhuva termed thee things thou art thousand stanzas tion translation universe Vaishnava Varáha Vasishtha Vasudeva Váyu Vedas verses Viráj Vishnu Vishnu Purána Vyása whilst words worship Yoga तथा तु वै
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