2006-10-22 17:44:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Upapuranas are also Puranas. Secondary or subordinate puranas.This is apart from the original 18 puranas. They are UPA (secondary) puranas.
Some Upapuranas are: Sanat-kumara, Narasimha, Brihan-naradiya, Siva-rahasya, Durvasa, Kapila, Vamana, Bhargava, Varuna, Kalika, Samba, Nandi, Surya, Parasara, Vasishtha, Devi-Bhagavata, Ganesa, and Hamsa
2006-10-22 18:47:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are eighteen Puran
1. Brahm Puraan
2. Padm Puraan
3. Vishnu Puraan
4. Shiv Puraan,
5. Shri Mad-Bhaagvat Puraan (this Puraan is mostly the description of Avataars, Shri Krishna's life and many deep things about this Lok and where God and gods live
6. Naarad Puraan,
7. Markandeya Puraan
8. Agni Puraan
9. Bhavishya Puraan
10. Brahmavaivart Puraan
11. Ling Puraan
12. Varaah Puraan
13. Skand Puraan
14. Vaaman Puraan
15. Koorma Puraan
16. Matsya Puraan
17. Garud Puraan (this Puran describes the journey of Aatmaa (Soul) after leaving the mortal body),
18. Brahmaand Puraan
Up-Puraan are famous by the name of their speakers:
(3) There are fifteen Upanishad mentioned by Shankar. Upnishad means "those who sit near". Some of them are:
(1) Aitereya Upnishad (2) Briahad Aranyaka Upnishad
(3) Chhandogya Upanishad, (4) Ishavasya Upanishad
(5) Kath Upanishad (6) Kaushitaki Upnishad
(7) Ken Upnishad (8) Mundak Upanishad
(9) Mundak Upanishad (10) Prashn Upanishad
(11) Tattirya Upanishad
No 2 and 3 are the oldest - from about 7th century BC.
(3) There are twenty-two Shruti (which have been written after hearing)
(4) There are eighteen Smriti (which are written after remembering)
Manu Smriti,
(5) There are two great Epics - Mahabhaarat, and Raamaayan.
2006-10-22 20:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are genreally considered to be 18 Upapuranas, besides the Mahapuranas.
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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2006-10-22 19:40:08 · answer #3 · answered by Starreply 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up-puraan are the cricket grounds, which is very close proximity to the airport, about 20 up-purans are present at present.
2006-10-22 17:56:12 · answer #4 · answered by Devaraj A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for the 2 points!
2006-10-22 19:58:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋