A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Devipurana
This page describes Devipurana which is located on page 497 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
Full contents not available online!
To read the full text of A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism, you can buy Swami Harshananda’s book from Exotic India
You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Devipurana” according to 9 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Puranic encyclopaedia [by Vettam Mani]
Then he took a rib from Adam, made a woman with it, and gave that woman, who was called Eve, to Adam as wife.Fascination.A story as given below occurs in Devi Purana, which states how woman acquired fascination. Once Indra prohibited Ashvinidevas from drinking the liquor called Soma. They complained to the hermit Cyavana, who agreed to recover for them the lost right, for which purpose he began a sacrifice. Indra caused obstruction to the sacrifice....
Read full contents: Story of Stri
Shat-cakra-nirupana (the six bodily centres) [by Arthur Avalon]
(* 6) So the Devi-Purana (Ch. XLV), speaking of this power of the Supreme, says: vicitra-karyakarana cintitati-phalaprada, svapnendrajalavalloke maya tena prakirtita. Parama may also mean Param miyate anaya iti Parama—She by whom the Supreme “is measured,” in the sense (for the Supreme is immeasurable) that she who is one with the Supreme, is formative activity. See Introduction....
Read full contents: Verse 12
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) [by Bhagyashree Sarma]
The Devibhagavatapurana and the Ekamrapurana share similar list of Upapuranas which includes- Brihannarasimhapurana, Brihadvaishnavapurana, Garudapurana, Brihannaradiyapurana, Naradiyapurana, Prabhasakapurana, Lilavatipurana, Devipurana, Kalikapurana, Akhetakapurana, Brihannaradipurana, Nandikeshvarapurana, Ekamrapurana, Ekapadapurana, Laghubhagavatapurana, Mrityunjayapurana, Shambapurana and Angirasakapurana. R. C....
Read full contents: 1. A General Note on Puranas
Total 9 books found: See all results here.
Summary:
You can return to the book Index to buy or shop for other books, or you can read the available online pages below:
[A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism: index]
[About The Author (Swami Harshananda)]
[Preface]