Markandeya Purana, Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa: 2 definitions
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Source: WikiPedia: HinduismThe Markandeya Purana (Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय पुराण) is one of the major eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of Hindu religious texts. It is written in the style of a dialogue between the ancient sage Markandeya and Jaimini, a disciple of Vyasa.
The text begins with the four questions put forth by Jaimini to Markandeya, after he approached the latter for the solution of some doubts raised in his mind after studying the Mahabharata. Markandeya refers him to the four wise birds living in the Vindhyas. Consequently, the four wise birds speak to Jaimini in chapters 4–44.
The chapters 53–100 contain the accounts of the 14 Manvantaras (the periods of the Manus) of which 13 chapters (ch.81–93) are together known as the Devi Mahatmya (Glorification of the Great Goddess), which is embedded in this Purana.
The chapters 111–137 have dealt with the genealogies of the Puranic dynasties.
Source: Experience Festival: HinduismMarkandeya-Purana (Sanskrit) One of the 18 principal Puranas of ancient India, named from its supposed author Markandeya. It expounds the nature of Krishna and explains some of the incidents of the Mahabharata. It differs from many of the other Puranas in that its 9000 verses are largely narrative, rather than containing arguments of a sectarian character.
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The Markandeya Purana (Study) (by Chandamita Bhattacharya)
1.10: Date of the Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa < [Chapter 1]
1.8: An Introduction of the Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa < [Chapter 1]
1.11: Importance of the Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa < [Chapter 1]
Sanskrit sources of Kerala history (by Suma Parappattoli)
Appendix 1 - Sanskrit Works bearing on Kerala History
2. Kerala in the Puranas < [Chapter 6 - Miscellaneous Sanskrit works bearing on Kerala history]
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)
Images of the Saptamatrikas < [Chapter 5]
Karmic Astrology—a Study (by Sunita Anant Chavan)
Part 5.3 - Karma in the Varāha period < [Chapter 3 - Development of Jyotiḥśāstra and Karman in the Literature]
Part 5.4 - Correlation of Jyotiṣa and Karma in the Varāha period < [Chapter 3 - Development of Jyotiḥśāstra and Karman in the Literature]
Dvisahasri of Tembesvami (Summary and Study) (by Upadhyay Mihirkumar Sudhirbhai)
The story of Lord Dattātreya’s birth < [Introduction]
Incorporation of Grammar in the Dvisāhasrī < [H. H. Ṭembesvāmī: Erudition]
Introduction—Datta Cult, its Past, Present & Future < [Introduction]
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