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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Dialogues involving Yajnavalkya, Maitreyi and Gargi explore the Self, knowledge and ultimate reality.
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Brihaspati Smriti
Brihaspati Smriti belongs to the dharma literature concerned with duties, religious conduct and legal or social questions. Surviving forms and attribution differ between works.
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Chandogya Upanishad
A wide collection of contemplative teachings includes Uddalaka’s instruction to Shvetaketu.
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Devi Bhagavata Purana
A Shakta Purana presenting the Goddess as supreme divinity and describing Manidvipa.
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Devi Mahatmya
The Goddess’s battles and praise appear as a distinct sacred text within the Markandeya Purana.
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Ganesha Purana
A Ganapatya Purana centred on Ganesha’s divinity and narratives.
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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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Gautama Dharmasutra
A dharma sutra of the Gautama tradition, transmitting concise instruction on conduct, duties and religious practice.
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Harivamsha
A supplement to the Mahabharata with genealogies and narratives concerning Krishna and his lineage.
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Isha Upanishad
A brief Upanishad exploring the indwelling Lord, action, knowledge and renunciation.
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Jaiminiya Brahmana
A Samavedic Brahmana preserving ritual interpretation and distinctive narrative materials.
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Jayakhya Samhita
A Pancharatra Samhita preserving Vaishnava ritual, iconographic and theological instruction.
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Jyotisha
Calendrical and astronomical reckoning in the Vedic auxiliary tradition.
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Kalika Purana
A Shakta Purana associated with Goddess worship and the sacred geography of Kamarupa.
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