Essay name: Purana Bulletin
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Affiliation: University of Kerala / Faculty of Oriental Studies
The "Purana Bulletin" is an academic journal published in India. The journal focuses on the study of Puranas, which are a genre of ancient Indian literature encompassing mythological stories, traditions, and philosophical teachings. They represent Hindu scriptures in Sanskrit and cover a wide range of subjects.
Purana, Volume 1, Part 2 (1960)
147 (of 150)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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Feb., 1960] BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON PURĀṆAS 249 Ch. XXIII-Mount Meru and the mountains of the earth in
the Matsya Purāṇa.
Ch. XXIV-Description of the Dvipas according to the
Matsya and Vishnu Purāṇas."
Ch. XXV-Quotations from the Matsya Purāṇa on the
rivers of India.
Ch.XXVI-Quotations from the Vayu and Matsya Purāṇas
on the shape of Heaven and Earth.
Ch.XXVII-Quotations from the Matsya Purāṇa on the two
motions of the Universe.
Ch.LXVI-An extract on Holy Pond from the Vayu and the
Matsya Purāṇas.
All these quotations are in the form of translation of the
ślokas of the Matsya Purāṇa; but this Matsya Purāṇa must have
differed from the present Matsya Purāṇa, for all his quotations
are not found in the present MP. ]
(To be continued)
