I found some Puranas on DLI but I don't know whether they are abridged or unabridged. Can anyone mention online sources for complete English translations for other Puranas viz.: Brahmavaivartha Purana; Kurma Purana; Matsya purana; Vamana purana; Varaha Purana and; Vayu Purana; If all these are not available, can anyone give sources for. Matsya ...

Feb 1, 2015 · Similarly, the sAttvik puranas are not of the form of pure sattva, but only mishra sattva (sattva mixed with rajas and tamas). So, even the sAttvik puranas may contain a little amount of Rajas and Tamas. For instance, some chapters of Padma Purana are veda virodha. But for the greater part, that purana is sattvik.

This whole chapter is about characteristics of Puranas. According to this chapter the main difference between Puranas and Upa-Puranas is, Maha Puranas have Ten characteristics where as Upa-Puranas only have Five characteristics. Following are the characteristics of Puranas. sargaḥ; visargaḥ; vṛtti; rakṣā; antarāṇi (manvantara ...

@Sai As far as I know, no one restricts themselves to a single Purana or set of Puranas. ISKCON members still refer copiously to other Sattvik Puranas, Vaishnavas in general refer to non-Sattvik Puranas, etc. ISKCON believes that Krishna is supreme and that the Srimad Bhagavatam is the foremost text, but it's only a finitely long text, so it doesn't contain all possible information.

Jun 19, 2020 · We all know that there are 18 puranas in the Hindu mythology. The puranas were composed one after the another. What is the sequential order of the puranas, from the first to the last?

There being numerous Puranas, what should be the sequence of reading adheard, to make the history more understandable to human mind. I will also like the sequence on basis of time, for example, Ramayan was of time before Mahabharat, so its likely to make linearity in time phase, I should read Ramayan afterwards Mahabharat.

Mar 18, 2015 · The Puranas describe a number of time cycles within cycles. Discussions of these cycles can become confusing because different cycles are measured in different types of units. For example, the cycles are often described in units of deva years ( years in the higher planets ), each of which equals 360 human years.

May 26, 2023 · I have posted some verses about Kali Yuga in a Purana. Kali Yuga. These are the characteristics of Kaliyuga: violence, jealousy, falsehood, deception and slaughter of ascetics.

Jan 25, 2018 · Two versions and both from our eighteen Puranas - which is correct and or acceptable. And both versions have their followers, who insist their's is the correct version. There are many similar episodes in our Itihaasa Puranas. How to clarify / justify such anomalies - the events occurred in different Kalpas, hence Kalpa Bheda.

Aug 3, 2015 · To answer your other question, the reason why our scriptures only discuss the beginning of the present Kali Yuga is that that's when the Puranas were composed. So any description of events after that are only in the form of prophecies, for instance the Vishnu Purana's prophecy of the Janamajeaya's descendants discussed in my answer here .