Sanskrit Hindu text, one of the eighteen major Puranas
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The Agni Purana, (Sanskrit: अग्नि पुराण, Agni Purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism.[1] The text is variously classified as a Purana related to Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism and Smartism, but also considered as a text that covers them all impartially without leaning towards a particular theology.[1][2]
The text exists in numerous versions, some very different from others.[3] The published manuscripts are divided into 382 or 383 chapters, containing between 12,000 and 15,000 verses.[3][4] The chapters of the text were likely composed in different centuries, with earliest version probably after the 7th-century,[5][6] but before the 11th century because the early 11th-century Persian scholar Al-Biruni acknowledged its existence in his memoir on India.[7] The youngest layer of the text in the Agni Purana may be from the 17th century.[7]
The Agni Purana is a medieval era encyclopedia that covers a diverse range of topics, and its "382 or 383 chapters actually deal with anything and everything", remark scholars such as Moriz Winternitz and Ludo Rocher.[8][9] Its encyclopedic secular style led some 19th-century Indologists such as Horace Hayman Wilson to question if it even qualifies as what is assumed to be a Purana.[10][11] The range of topics covered by this text include cosmology, mythology, genealogy, politics, education system, iconography, taxation theories, organization of army, theories on proper causes for war, martial arts,[5] diplomacy, local laws, building public projects, water distribution methods, trees and plants, medicine,[12] design and architecture,[13][14] gemology, grammar, metrics, poetry, food and agriculture,[15] rituals, geography and travel guide to Mithila (Bihar and neighboring states), cultural history, and numerous other topics.[4]
^ abDalal 2014, p. 10.
^Rocher 1986, pp. 20–22.
^ abWilson 1864, p. LVIII-LX.
^ abRocher 1986, pp. 134–137.
^ abThomas Green (2001). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 978-1576071502, page 282
^Phillip B. Zarrilli. Paradigms of Practice and Power in a South Indian Martial Art. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
^ abRocher 1986, pp. 31, 136–137.
^Winternitz 1922, p. 541.
^Rocher 1986, pp. 134–135.
^Dalal 2014, pp. 10, 145.
^Rocher 1986, pp. 79 with footnotes.
^Jagdish Lal Shastri; Arnold Kunst (1970). Ancient Indian Tradition & Mythology: The Agni Purana, Part 4. Motilal Banarsidass. p. xxx. ISBN 978-81-208-0306-0.
^Kramrisch 1976, p. 96, 136 with footnotes.
^James C. Harle (1994). The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent. Yale University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-300-06217-5.
^VC Srivastava (2008). History of Agriculture in India, Up to C. 1200 A.D. Routledge. p. 839. ISBN 978-81-8069-521-6.
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'leaves'). The main nine forms of Durga worshipped in Hinduism: The AgniPurana lists the Navadurgas as: Rudrachanda Prachanda Chandogra Chandanayika...
medicine as in AgniPurana, perfumery and lapidary arts in Garuda Purana, painting, sculpture and other arts in Vishnudharmottara Purana". Indian Arts...
universe within him, and also rests upon his serpent mount, Shesha. The AgniPurana describes that the resources of the earth are depleted by the end of...
righteousness in all the stages of life. — AgniPurana, Chapter 16, Verses 8 - 9 The Devi Bhagavata Purana features the devas hailing Vishnu, invoking...
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sermon from Varaha to the sage Ribhu. The AgniPurana, Brahma Purana, the Markendeya Purana and the Vishnu Purana say that Vishnu resides as Varaha in Ketumala-varsha...
along with the celestials (and) remained happy as ruler of the world. — AgniPurana (unabridged), translated by J.L. Shastri, G.P. Bhatt, and N. Gangadharan...
Vasishtha, Vasishtha Samhita, as well as some versions of the AgniPurana and Vishnu Purana are attributed to him. He is the subject of many stories, such...
Venkatesvara Edition of the Purana has an additional Khanda named Brahmakhanda. The Garuda Purana was likely fashioned after the AgniPurana, the other major medieval...
churning of the ocean as a tortoise. The AgniPurana, the Markendeya Purana, the Vishnu Purana and the Brahma Purana state that Vishnu resides in Bharata...
(Sanskrit: आग्नेयी, IAST Āgneyī, 'Daughter of Agni') is mentioned in the Harivamsha and the Vishnu Purana as the wife of Ūru (a descendant of Angiras)...
Kalki The Agni, Padma, Garuda, Linga, Narada, Skanda and Varaha Puranas mention the common (Krishna, Buddha) Dashavatara list. The Garuda Purana has two...
Pradesh) and iśvara ("Lord"). According to the Brahmanda and Bhavishyottara Puranas, the word "Venkata" means "destroyer of sins", deriving from the Sanskrit...
and his abode are frequently mentioned in the Puranas. Some Puranas like AgniPurana and Linga Purana mention him as son of Rajni and Surya. In the third...
India has been mentioned in Padma Purana, Vayu Purana and AgniPurana and Devi Bhagvata Purana and Markandeya Purana in other scriptures and tantric works...
Vishnudharmottara Purana and Rupamandana describes him as a man with matted locks, with two hands, one carrying an axe. However, the AgniPurana portrays his...
ancient scriptures such as the Padma Purana, Matsya Purana, AgniPurana and Kurma Purana. According to the Vamana Purana, the river was created by the gods...
Purana, Skanda Purana and the AgniPurana, but the description of this text in those documents suggests that surviving manuscripts of Varaha Purana are...
Krishna, is sometimes featured as an avatar of Vishnu in the lists of the Puranas, replacing Buddha, though he is also widely considered in other traditions...