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The Hymn Suryaa's Bridal from The Riga Vega
The Riga Veda describes the wedding of Suryaa, or Dawn, to Soma. Verses from this hymn, and from other hymns of the Riga Veda, are chanted in Hindu weddings even now.
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The Narada Purana
Narada advises Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatkumar and Sanatana on how to pray to Vishnu and achieve salvation.
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The Brahmananda Purana
The Brahmananda Purana was originally narrated by Vayu Deva at the end of the yagna in which King Pururava was killed. It provides a graphic description of ancient India.
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The Bhavishya Purana
The Bhavishya Purana presents a picture of the future of "Bharat Varsha". It also deals with Sun worship, temple structure, marriages and other issues.
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The Vamana Purana
Vishnu narrates the Vamana Purana to Bali after vanquishing him. He tells the story of Bali's ancestor Andhak, who was consumed by power but later repented.
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The Matsya Purana
Vishnu as the (Matsya Avatar) Fish Incarnation saves Vaivasvata from the deluge and prepares him for his role as Manu.
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More on the Manvantaras
The amazing stories of the births of Raivata, the fifth Manu, Chakshusha, the sixth Manu, and Bhoutya, the fourteenth Manu.
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The Markandeya Purana
This shortest of the Puranas is a question answer session in which four learned birds resolve the doubts arising in sage Jaimini's mind.
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Shri Krishna Janma Khanda
Shri Krishna Janma Khanda describes the Lila of Krishna, especially the events associated with his eternal consort Radha. This is the only Purana, perhaps the only text.
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The Brahmavaivarta Purana
The Purana is recited by Souti to the sages at Naimisharanya.
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The Puranas and the Trinity
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva have differing relative importance in different Puranas, although they are always manifestations of the Supreme god.
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Introduction to Bhagavata Purana
The Bhagavata Purana as we have received it is narrated neither by Vyasa nor by Sukhdev, but by Suta Goswami.
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Veda Vyasa and Bhagavata Purana
Krishna Dwaipayana, popularly Veda Vyasa, was not satisfied after writing the Mahabharata. Narada inspired him to write the Srimad Bhagavata Purana.
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The Itihasas and the Puranas
The Itihasas and the Puranas are full of stirring mythological narratives of avatars of the Supreme Being.
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Creation in the Riga Veda
According to the Riga Veda the One Supreme God did not create the Universe by fashioning it from preexisting material, but transformed himself into the Universe.
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Samhitas, Brahmanas, Upanishads
The Samhitas contain simple hymns; The Brahmanas involve complicated rituals whereas The Upanishads take religion beyond liturgy.
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The Yajur and Sama Vedas
The Riga Veda is sublime and spiritual, whereas the Yajur and Sama Vedas and the Brahmanas of all four Vedas are ritualistic and mundane.
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The Atharva Veda
The Atharva Veda is an amalgamation of the primitive religion that predated Vedic thought and the philosophy of the earlier Riga, Yajur and Sama Vedas.
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More on the Vedas
The names of the Riga, Sama and Yajur Veda were derived from their content. The name of the Atharva Veda is derived differently.
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Vedas: Purpose & Structure
Each of the four Vedas, Riga,Yajur, Sama and Atharva, has a different focus. This compilation was done by Veda Vyasa.
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