Uttarakuru was the name of ancient country and its people as numerously referenced in ancient Vedic, Brahmanical and the Buddhist texts and numerous other ancient Sanskrit texts. Sometimes the Uttarakuru country and its people are described as belonging to real world but at other times they appear to be mythical. Uttarakuru - Vedic Literature and Uttarakuru. Aitareya Brahmana makes first reference to Uttarakuru and Uttaramadra as real-life Janapadas and informs us that these two nations lied b ...

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In Hinduism, Kārttikeya (also Skanda, Subrahmanya, Kumara, Arumugan, Shanmugan, Murugan, Guha, Saravana, Swaminatha, Velan,Velavan, Senthil) is a god born out of a magical spark created by Shiva. The name Kārttikeya means "him of the Pleiades". There are several legends surrounding his birth. Kartikeya - Origins. Kartikeya - In the Hindu epics. The first elaborate account of Kartikeya's ...

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Puranas: epics, or ancient legendary histories compiled by Veda Vyasa. There are eighteen Puranas, each of which contains the following five topics: 1) cosmology with various symbolic illustrations of philosophical principles, 2) secondary creation after periodic annihilation, 3) genealogy of gods and saints, 4) descriptions of the great epochs, 5) history of the royal dynasties.

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PURANA: Hindu myths and legends.

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Purana: Devotional literature of Bhakti Hinduism, the most famous of which is the Bhagavata Purana which describes the life of Krishna; there are 18 authoritative "great" Puranas, and 18 authoritative "minor" Puranas.

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purana:

purana (puraana). Ancient.

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Purana:

Purana: Hindu myths and legends.

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puranas:

hindu mythological texts

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Puranas

Hindu scriptures consisting of myths, legends, and historical events; also occasionally used by those in the New Age movement.

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A Theosophical definition of Puranas :

Puranas

(Sanskrit) A word which literally means "ancient," "belonging to olden times." In India the word is especially used as a term comprehending certain well-known sacred scriptures, which popular and even scholarly authorities ascribe to the poet Vyasa. The Puranas contain the entire body of ancient Indian mythology. They are usually considered to be eighteen in number, and each Purana, to be complete, is supposed to consist of five topics or themes. These five topics or themes are commonly enumerated as follows: (1) the beginnings or "creation" of the universe; (2) its renewals and destructions, or manvantaras and pralayas; (3) the genealogies of the gods, other divine beings, heroes, and patriarchs; (4) the reigns of the various manus; and (5) a resume of the history of the solar and lunar races. Practically none of the Puranas as they stand in modern versions contains all these five topics, except perhaps the Vishnu-Purana, probably the most complete in this sense of the word; and even the Vishnu-Purana contains a great deal of matter not directly to be classed under these five topics. All the Puranas also contain a great deal of symbolical and allegorical writing.

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Purana: (Sanskrit) "Ancient (lore)."

Hindu folk narratives containing ethical and cosmological teachings relative to Gods, man and the world. They revolve around five subjects: primary creation, secondary creation, genealogy, cycles of time and history. There are 18 major Puranas which are designated as either Saivite, Vaishnavite or Shakta.

See: folk narratives, mythology.

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Purana

"Literally "ancient"; any one of eighteen sacred books of Hinduism, attributed to Vyasa, which elaborate and popularize the spiritual truths of the Vedas by means of illustrations from the lives of divine incarnations, saints, kings, and devotees, whether historical or mythological.

Bhagavata Purana

It is the fifth purana in length but is the most popular and influencial among the puranas. It is primarily a vaishnava text and is later to and influenced by the Visnupurana. As the name indicates, it describes some of the incarnations of Visnu and particularly that of Krsna. It is a marvellous bhakti work and includes the story of bhagavathas or devotees of the Lord.

"The metaphysical and spiritual legacy of the Vedas and the upanishads is ably synthesized with the agamic tradition of the pancaratras and embraced even non-aryan tribes in its fold."

-- G V Tagare, Ancient Indian Traditions and Mythology, Vol. 7

Devi Mahatmyam

Otherwise known as the Durgasaptasati or the Candi, this is a sacred text to the Divine Mother used for chanting.

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Purana:

Purana ("Ancient [History]"): a type of popular encyclopedia dealing with royal genealogy, cosmology, philosophy, and ritual; there are eighteen major and many more minor works of this nature

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purana:

"ancient". a class of sanskrit scriptures concerning brahma, vishnu and shiva written for the masses. There are 18 puranas.

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Puranas (Sanskrit). Lit., "ancient". A collection of symbolical and allegorical writings - eighteen in number now - supposed to have been composed by Vyasa, the author of Mahabharata.

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Puranas:

Books of Hindu mythology.

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Purana:

Purana. "Ancient". A class of Sanskrit scriptures concerning Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva written for the masses. There are 18 Puranas.

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Purana:

eighteen ancient books consisting of legends and mythological narrations dealing with creation, recreation and the genealogies of sages and rulers

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Puranas: Hindu mythological texts

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Puranas:

Puranas: Legends, belonging to ancient times, for example Srimad Bhagavatam (BV-33) (RRV-7c)

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Purana:

Purana (Puraana). Any of a number of collections of ancient legends and lore embodying the principles of the universal, eternal religion and ethics. There are 18 Puranas, the most famous being the Mahabhagavatham and the Devi Bhagavatham.

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