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List of Indian Puranas
Purana stands as the ancient Indian genus of Hindu and the Jain literature.

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List of Indian PuranasLaced with its religiousness and spirituality Purana with its heavenly aura offers a divine meaning to life itself. There are eighteen Puranas:
Vishnu Purana
The Vishnu Purana has been known as the `Puranaratna` meaning gem of Puranas.

Naradiya Purana
This ancient book is written in a form of narration. Narada narrates to Sanatkumara the dharmas of Brhatkalpa.

Padma Purana
The Padma Purana houses the major sections named as the Srishti Khanda (Book of the Universe), Bhumi Khanda (Book of the Earth), and many more.

Garuda Purana
This Purana is generally read by the Hindus of India during the cremation of dead bodies.

Varaha Purana
In this Purana, Varaha, the third incarnation of Vishnu narrates the story about holy places and mantras.

Bhagavata Purana
Stories of devotees, the various avatars of Krishna or Vishnu are described in the earlier section of the Purana.

Brahmanda Purana
The different sections of the Purana cover the comprehensive description of the creation of cosmos, discussion about the time as a dimension and the details of Kalpa and Yuga.

List of Indian PuranasBrahmavaivarta
The Brahmavaivarta contains eighteen thousand verses and is regarded as holy.

Markandeya Purana
The beginning of the Markandeya Purana is from the mouth of Jaimini asking four questions to Markandeya.

Bhavishya Purana
There are certain portions on the text, which has been drawn from the law book of Manu.

Vamana Purana
The Vamana Purana boasts ten characteristics apparently- Sarg, Visarg, Sthaan, Poshan, Uti, Vritti, Raksha, Manvantara, Vansh and Upaashraya.

Brahma Purana
It is believed that if this Purana along with Jaladhenu is gifted in the month of Vaisakha (May), the donor will attain heaven.

List of Indian PuranasMatsya Purana
The first and the oldest of the all the Puranas, Hindu scriptures and texts, is the Matsya Purana.

Kurma Purana
Kurmamurti (incarnation of Vishnu as Kurma or tortoise) taught this Purana while narrating the story of Indradyumna at Patala.

Linga Purana
The prominence of Lord Vishnu, and the emergence of Brahma as the creator of cosmos are described in this Purana.

Shiva Purana
Actually it contains the instructions of Shiva to Dharma sitting in the form of `linga` or `Phallus`.

Skanda Purana
The popular stories that are contained in the Skanda Purana are, the yagna (sacrifice) of Prajapati Daksha, the churning of ocean and many more.

Agni Purana
In this Purana there are a number of verses dealing with cosmology, history, warfare, law, medicine, martial art, and a lot more.


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