Visnu Purana: Sanskrit Text with English Translation

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AUTHOR: K.L.Joshi

DESCRIPTION: Sanskrit Text with English Translation according to H.H.Wilson. The Visnu Purana, That in which Parasara, beginning with event of the Varaha Kalp, expounds all duties, is called the Vaisnava; & the learned know its extent to be 23000 stanzas. This Purana is divided in the six chapters, in which first occupied chiefly with the details of creation, primary & secondary, the first explaining how the universe proceeds from Prakrti or eternal crude matter, the 2nd in what manner the forms of things are developed from the elementary substances previously evolved or how they reappear after their temporary distruction. The 2nd chapter opens with a continuation of the kings of the first Manvantara; amongst whom, Bharata is said to have given a name to India, called after him Bharatavarsa. This leads to a detail of the geographical system of the Puranas, with mount Meru, the seven circular continents & their surrounding oceans, to the limits of the world; This also contains of the planetary & other spheres is equally mythological, although occasionally presenting practical details & notions in which there is an approach to accuracy. The arrangement of the Vedas & other writings considered sacred by the Hindus, being in fact the authorities of their religious rites & belief, which is described in the beginning of the 3rd chapter. The 4th chapter contains all that Hindus have of their ancient history. The 5th chapter of the Visnu Purana is exclusively occuplied with the life of Krsna. This is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Purana & is one argument against its antiquity. The 6th chapter contains an account of the dissolution of the world, in bothits major & minor cataclysms; & in the particulars of the end of all things by fire & water, as well as in the principles of their perpetual renovation, presents a faithful exhibition of opinions that were general in the ancient world.

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