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18 Mahapuranas.

The eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Agni Purana

Agni Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Text

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Bhagavata Purana

A devotional Purana with cosmic narratives and extensive accounts of Krishna’s life and devotion.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Bhavishya Purana

Bhavishya Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Brahma Purana

Brahma Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Brahmanda Purana

Brahmanda Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Brahmavaivarta Purana

Brahmavaivarta Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Garuda Purana

A Vishnu–Garuda teaching tradition encompassing religious duties, cosmology and accounts of death and its aftermath; recensions and later digests differ.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Kurma Purana

Kurma Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Linga Purana

Linga Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Matsya Purana

Matsya Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Naradiya Purana

Naradiya Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Padma Purana

Padma Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Shiva Purana

Shiva Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Skanda Purana

Skanda Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Vamana Purana

Vamana Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Varaha Purana

Varaha Purana is one of the eighteen traditionally enumerated Mahapuranas. Its narrative, ritual and theological materials must be read in the context of the chosen recension.

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Bhagavata Purana palm-leaf manuscript, West Bengal, India, 16th century (date uncertain); LACMA accession M.88.134.4.Archival contextText

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Vishnu Purana

The Vishnu Purana presents cosmology, genealogies, and narratives within a theology centered on Vishnu.

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