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Overview of Hindu Puranas by Bhupathi Reddy is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document provides an overview of the Puranas, a genre of important Hindu religious texts. It discusses their origins in ancient oral traditions, classification into 18 major and many minor texts, and typical content including creation myths, genealogies of gods and kings, descriptions of Hindu cosmology and philosophy. The major Puranas are often grouped according to the divine Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and classified based on the Hindu concept of three qualities or gunas.
- Author
- Bhupathi Reddy
- Language
- EN