2006-10-22 17:38:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Vishnu Purana is one of the oldest of the Puranas, containing some 23,000 shlokas, presented as a dialogue between Parashara with his disciple Maitreya. It is divided in six parts. The third part treats the Maha Avatara of Vishnu.
Further reading
* Mani, Vettam. Puranic Encyclopedia. 1st English ed. New Dehli: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975.
2006-10-22 20:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is the third among the Mahapuranas, and is Saatvika Purana composed of around 23000 shlokas.
It deals with Vishnu.
The Puranas are sacred Hindu texts that were composed many hundreds of years ago. The knowledge of the Puranas supplements the knowledge of the Vedas and the Upanishads. There are a number of Puranas, but 18 or 19 Mahapuranas (there is a dispute in one of the Puranas being a Mahapurana or not). The main confusion is about the fourth Purana - is it the Shiva Purana or the Vayu Purana? The other Puranas are known as Upapuranas.
The Purana definition of the Mahapurana is that it must exhibit five characteristics: _It must describe the original creation of the universe (sarga), the periodic destruction and recreation (pratisarga) , the different eras (manvantras), the histories of the solar dynasty (Surya vamsha) and the lunar dynasty (Chandra vamsha), and the royal genealogies (vamshanucharita).
In the strictest sense, only the Vishnu Puran conforms to the typology rigidly.
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2006-10-23 02:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Starreply 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Vishnu Purana is one of the oldest of the Puranas, containing some 23,000 shlokas, presented as a dialogue between Parashara with his disciple Maitreya. It is divided in six parts. The third part treats the Maha Avatara of Vishnu.
A DVD series has been made of the Vishnu Purana in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, with subtitles in English. The first episode tells the Legend of Dhruv.
Vishnu is played by Nitish Bharadwaj, who also played the role of Vishnu's avatars in the DVD series of Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Krishna.
2006-10-23 00:39:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this Puraan all the activity of Vishnu God have done in this world is mentioned
2006-10-23 00:46:21 · answer #4 · answered by Rohan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a Hindu Dictionary.
2006-10-23 00:39:23 · answer #5 · answered by Heron By The Sea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-23 02:56:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋