Purana
Markandeya Purana
One of the oldest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, best known for containing the Devi Mahatmya, the founding scripture of Goddess worship.
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Appears in
- The Unwritten Library Treatise
For roughly three thousand years, the most important texts in India were never written down. They were heard, memorized syllable by syllable, and carried across a…
- What are the Puranas? Scriptures
The Puranas (Sanskrit purana, 'old' or 'ancient tale') are a large class of Hindu scriptures that retell creation, the cosmic ages, divine and royal genealogies,…
- The Goddess Takes the Field Treatise
It is a passage of about seven hundred verses, in thirteen chapters, set inside the Markandeya Purana , occupying chapters eighty-one through ninety-three in the standard translation.