Mahapurana
महापुराण mahāpurāṇaOne of the eighteen 'great' Puranas, the principal compendia of cosmology, genealogy, and the deeds of the gods.
Where this term appears
- What are the Puranas? Scriptures
The eighteen, and the eighteen behind them The tradition counts eighteen great Puranas, the Mahapuranas .
- Of Old Treatise
The Puranas ('that which is of old') are a vast class of Hindu smriti texts that carry the tradition's cosmology, myth, genealogy, ritual and devotion. The…
- The Book of the Lord Treatise
The Bhagavata Purana, the Srimad Bhagavatam, is the most popular and influential of the Puranas, especially for the worship of Krishna. In twelve books and some…
- The Eighteen Treatise
Eighteen great Puranas, the Mahapuranas , and behind them a second eighteen, the Upapuranas , the lesser Puranas, and behind those a long tail of still smaller works claiming the name.
- The People's Veda Treatise
The grand Mahapuranas gave the cosmos; the sthala-puranas gave the neighbourhood its share of that cosmos.