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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Trayambaka (त्रयम्बक).—Śiva;1 his riding animal vṛṣabha,2 followed by the Naiṛṛta clan of Rākṣasas;3 one of the eleven Rudras; the eighth of twelve incarnations who slew Asuras in the battle of Andhaka;4 sacrifice to, by Puroḍāśa made in Kapālas; Gāyatrī, Triṣṭub and Jagati are present as three means of the Puroḍāśa;5 with ten arms in Śivapura; his weapons are Paṭṭiśa, bow, trident, and sword; Gandharva leaders entertain him with music; the bull is there, and Skanda and others form the sabhā; sculptures of Dig Devas in the columns of the palace.6 Ambakas are the yonis of Vanaspati, king of trees;7 curse of Dakṣa to be born as Prācetas in the Cākṣuṣa Manu epoch.8
- 1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 27. 69; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 15. 122.
- 2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 72. 82; 74. 51.
- 3) Ib. III. 7. 141.
- 4) Matsya-purāṇa 5. 29; 47. 50; 191. 120.
- 5) Vāyu-purāṇa 31. 46-8; 40. 20.
- 6) Ib. 101. 255. 292, 323.
- 7) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 9. 4.
- 8) Ib. II. 13. 41, 144.
1b) Kubera whose followers were of the Rākṣasa gaṇa Naiṛṛta, many branches of which gaṇa were worshippers of Śankara;1 killed all in Tripura.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Starts with: Trayambakavrata.
Full-text: Bhutavata, Trilocana, Virupaka, Purodasha, Nairrita, Nabhasya, Andhaka, Ganga, Daksha.
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The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
Details of the Cāturmāsya Sacrifice < [Chapter 5 - Minor sacrifices and their Political Significance]
The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 4.3a - Kṛṣṇāṣṭamī-vrata < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Lakulisha-Pashupata (Philosophy and Practice) (by Geetika Kaw Kher)
Pasupata History (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - The Historical Context]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 7.59.12 < [Sukta 59]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)
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