10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «PURANAS»
Discover the use of
puranas in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
puranas and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
They show us the true path of devotion to the duties, discipline [conduct] and identity with the Lord. These are basically classified into three categories: Sattavic, Rajasic and Tamasic.
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Encyclopaedic Dictionary of
Puranas
670 The Jaina Puranas in Jaina Literature lives of famous and exemplary Jainas,
intended for the laity; karananuyoga, the exposition of technicalmatters such as
metaphysics and cosmology; carananuyoga, the exposition of mendicant ...
Swami Parmeshwaranand, 2001
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Classical Hindu Mythology: A Reader in the Sanskrit
Puranas
The book is organized into six chapters. "Origins" contains myths relating to creation, time, and space. "Seers, Kings and Supernaturals" relates tales of rivers, trees, animals, demons, and men, particularly heroes and sages.
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Purana Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and ...
In essays emerging from a conference on the Puranas at the U. of Wisconsin in August 1985, leading American, European, and Indian scholars discuss the subject of the Puranas (essentially collections of stories dealing with all aspects of ...
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History of Agriculture in India, Up to C. 1200 A.D.
Religion, science and economic life interacted upon .each other in holistic
manner.1 The Puranas provide a good example of this trend. The Puranas give
evidence of the fact that serious research was being done in all the spheres,
which had ...
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Hindu Places of Pilgrimage in India: A Study in Cultural ...
INTRODUCTION The Puranas are, next to the epic Mahabharata, the most
important source of our information on places of pilgrimage in India. The Puranas
as a body of Hindu literature not only possess great sanctity but also contain vast
...
Surinder Mohan Bhardwaj, 1983
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The Triumph of the Goddess: The Canonical Models and ...
But before we return to the Devi-Bhagavata and its disputed status, we first need
to look at the position of the Great Goddess in the Maha-Puranas overall. The
Goddess and the "Great Puranic" Tradition One of the new, fresh visions that is ...
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Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice
ternative interpretations of dharma through intriguing variations in plot. Theatrical
performances as well as television serials and films depicting the epics have
been enormously popular throughout India. The Puranas While many of the gods
of ...
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Before the European Challenge: The Great Civilizations of ...
The revival of philosophical speculation and the new upsurge of scholarship
were matched, on the popular level, by the proliferation of religious writings
known as the Puranas. Some of this vast complex of literature was apparently put
...
Jaroslav Krejčí, Anna Krejčová, 1990
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Collected Papers on Jaina Studies
When discussing the Jaina Puranas and their relationship to the Brahminic
Puranas, one is immediately struck by a metaphor that is readily understood by
readers of Indological studies published in the early twentieth century. With rare ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURANAS»
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puranas is used in the context of the following news items.
Puranas say sages used to eat beef during Vedic times …
Muzaffarpur, Oct 10 (ANI): In what can bring in huge embarrassment for RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, a party leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Saturday ... «ANINEWS, Oct 15»
ICHR to map ancient Indian scientific achievements
The ICHR will draft historians to study ancient literature — Vedas, Puranas, Dharmasastras, Artha Sastra, Vedanga Jyotisha, Rasasastra and Vastu Sastra — to ... «The Indian Express, Oct 15»
A new life into a purana text
The 'Krista Purana' translates as the 'The Christian Puranas', an epic poem on the life of Jesus Christ written in a mix of Marathi and Konkani by Fr Thomas ... «Goa com, Aug 15»
Upanishads and Puranas
The word Upanishad is derived from upa (nearby), and nishad (to sit-down), that is, “sitting down near”. Groups of pupil sit near the Guru to learn from him in the ... «The Hans India, Jul 15»
The story of Ahalya and Indra: Was it really adultery?
It has been mentioned, told and retold in Hindu scriptures from the Brahmanas (9th-6th century BC) right upto the Puranas, which continued to be written well in ... «DailyO, Jul 15»
TTD EO: hasten translation of 'Astadasa Puranas'
TTD Executive Officer D. Sambasiva Rao on Tuesday urged the officials to expedite the translation works of 'Astadasa Puranas', which was taken up by the ... «The Hindu, Feb 15»
The great sage Veda Vyasa
The Puranas which are eighteen in number are believed to have been written by Vyasa. His object was to convey to the laymen the teachings of the Vedas. «Free press journal, Jan 15»
India's largest, oldest press printing Gita shuts shop
Over the years, the institution has made available more than 370 million copies of the Gita, Ramayan, Bhagvat, Durga Saptashati, Puranas, Upanishads, ... «indiatvnews.com, Dec 14»
Destiny 'Chose' Him to Interpret Puranas
That is not the only 'purana' he has written about. His 'Abhyudaya' based on the Ramayana, 'Abhigyan' based on Krishna-Sudama friendship and 'Vasudeva' ... «The New Indian Express, Sep 14»
A Go-To Guide for Ancient Wisdom
The 18 Puranas extend to over 18,000 pages, with each Purana varying in size and content. This historical work in Malayalam will be four times bigger than the ... «The New Indian Express, Sep 14»
