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Essay name: Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas

Author: Kum. Geeta P. Kurandwad
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit

The essay studies the Vaishnava Myths in the Puranas by exploring the significance of the ten principal incarnations of Lord Vishnu as depicted in various ancient Indian texts like the Vedas, Upanishads, and Puranas. The research also investigates the social, political, philosophical, and religious impact.

Chapter 3 - Puranas: Their classification and contents

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is the Gokula. The first part-Brahma Khaṇḍa presents an account of
Nārāyaṇa and Śiva emerging from the right and left sides of Kṛṣṇa
and Brahma from his navel. The second part, Prakṛti-khaṇḍa
describes the evolution of prakṛti according to the sāṃkhya school of
thought, but affirms that it is under the control of Iśvara and his
śakti. The third part, Gaṇeṣa-khaṇḍa is devoted to the birth and
exploits of Gaṇeṣa. The last part Śrī Kṛṣṇa-janma-khaṇḍa deals
with the life of Kṛṣṇa. The meeting of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā and their
union is the theme of a most remarkable and picturesque poetic
description in this part.
Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa :
The Brahmaṇḍa Purāṇa so called because it is dealing with the
cosmic egg. (Brahmāṇḍa), and is virtually the same as the present
Vāyu Purāṇa which has been assigned the eighteenth place in almost
all the lists of eighteen purāṇas. So it is called 'Vāyaviya Brahmāṇḍa',
that it is also like the Vāya Purāṇa.
The Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa consists of two parts. First is divided
into four parts Prakriya, Anusanga, Upodghāta and Upasaṃhāra and
the second part deals with the Lalitopākhyāna (the story of Lalitha),
is dedicated to the goddess Lalitha, a form of Durgā and teaches her
worship by Tāntric rites. Most probably it is not earlier than 400 A.D.
Brahma Purāṇa
The Brahma Purāṇa is entirely a new work and consists mainly
of chapters taken from the Mahābhārata, Harivamsa, Viṣṇu Purāṇa,

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