Markandeya Purana: Sanskrit Text with English Translation

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AUTHOR: K.L.Joshi

DESCRIPTION: Sanskrit Text with English Translation & Notes & Index of Verses. Translated by F.Eden Pargiter. Edited & Revised by K.L.Joshi. This Purana has a character different then all others. It has nothing of a sectarial spirit, little of a religious tone; rarely inserting prayers & invocations to any deity; & such as are inserted are brief & moderate. It deals little in precepts, ceremonial or moral. Its leading feature is narrative; & it presents an uninterrupted succession of legends, most of which when ancient are embellished with new circsumstances, & when new partake so far of the spirit of old, that they are disinterested creations of the imagination, having no particular motive, being designed to recommend no special doctrine or observance.This Purana is divided into five distinct parts - CHAPTER 1-9, in which Jaimini is referred by Markandeya to the wise Birds, & they are directly explain to him the four questions that preplexed him & some connected matters. CHAPTER 10-41, where though Jaimini propounds further questions to the Birds & they nominally expound them, yet the real speakers are Sumati, nichnamed Jada & his father. CHAPTER 32-78, here, though Jainimi & the Birds are the nominal speakers, yet the real speakers are Markandeya & his disciple Kraustuki. CHAPTER 79-90, the Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptasati) a pure interpolation, in which the real speaker is a rsi named Medhas, & which is only repeated by Markandeya. CHAPTER 91-134, Markandeya & Kraustuki carry on their discourse. In the end, the Birds close here the long discouse delivered by Markandeya, & Jaimini thanks them & depart.

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