When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Padma Purana - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_Purana

    The Padma Purana (Sanskrit: पद्मपुराण or पाद्मपुराण, Padma-Purana or Padma-Purana) is one of the eighteen Major Puranas, a genre of texts in Hinduism. It is an encyclopedic text, named after the lotus in which creator god Brahma appeared, and includes large sections dedicated to Vishnu , as well as ...

  3. Puranas - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puranas

    The north Indian manuscripts of Padma Purana are very different from south Indian versions, and the various recensions in both groups in different languages (Devanagari and Bengali, for example) show major inconsistencies. [35] Like the Skanda Purana, it is a detailed treatise on travel and pilgrimage centers in India. [34] [36] 3: Vishnu ...

  4. Ravisena - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravisena

    Acharya Ravisena was a seventh century Digambara Jain Acharya, who wrote Padmapurana (Jain Ramayana) in Sanskrit in 678 AD. [1] [2]Padmapurana is said to follow Paumachariya, although it sometimes departs from it.

  5. Hindu texts - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_texts

    The Bhagavata Purana has been among the most celebrated and popular text in the Puranic genre. [56] [57] The Bhagavata Purana emphasizes bhakti (devotion) towards Krishna. The Bhagavata Purana is a key text in Krishna bhakti literature. [46] [58]

  6. List of Hindu texts - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_texts

    Padma Purana: Sanskrit scripture, One of the 18 major Puranas. Paduka Sahasra: A Sanskrit hymn by Vedanta Desika in praise of the sandals of Rama. Pañcāmirutha Vaṇṇam : Tamil work attributed to Pamban Swamigal. Paraaparakkanni __ A collection of 389 hymns in (Kanni manner) sung by Taayumanavar.( Tamil)

  7. Padma (Vishnu) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padma_(Vishnu)

    In the Vishnu Purana, in the beginning of time, Brahma is described to have been created within a lotus blooming from the navel of Vishnu. The padma is hence prominent in the Vaishnava narrative of cosmogony, where Brahma is instructed by Vishnu to start generating the universe and the rest of creation. The lotus is regarded to be a ...

  8. Versions of the Ramayana - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versions_of_the_Ramayana

    The oldest version is generally recognized to be the Sanskrit version attributed to the Padma Purana - Acharya Shri Raviṣeṇ Padmapurāṇa Ravisena Acharya, later on sage Narada, the Mula Ramayana. [3] Narada passed on the knowledge to Valmiki, who authored Valmiki Ramayana, the present oldest available version of Ramayana.

  9. Śāstra pramāṇam - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Śāstra_pramāṇam

    In Hinduism, Śāstra pramāṇam refers to the authority of the scriptures (śruti, Vedas) with regard to puruṣārtha, the objects of human pursuit, namely dharma (right conduct), artha (means of life), kāma (pleasure) and mokṣa (liberation). [1]