The Vamana Purana (Sanskrit: वामन पुराण, IAST: Vāmana Purāṇa), is an ancient Sanskrit text that is at least 1,000 years old and is one of the eighteen...

Narasimha. First mentioned in the Vedas, Vamana is most commonly associated in the Hindu epics and Puranas with the story of taking back the three worlds...

shall I escape this grievous sin?" Vamana Purana states that during Bali's rule (before Vishnu's incarnation as Vamana), all the people were very righteous...

Puranas (/pʊˈrɑːnə/; Sanskrit: पुराण, romanized: purāṇa, lit. 'ancient, old', IPA: [pʊˈrɑːɳə]) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range...

Hindu texts, including the Matsya Purāṇa, the Kūrma Purāṇa, the Liṅga Purāṇa, the Padma Purana, and the Shiva Purana. He is believed to have one thousand...

constituting the Thirty-three gods. The Vamana Purana describes the Rudras as the sons of Kashyapa and Aditi. The Matsya Purana notes that Surabhi – the mother...

The Sanskrit text Garuda Purana is one of 18 Mahapuranas in Hinduism. The Garuda Purana was likely composed in the first millennium CE, with significant...

called Devapura, ‘city of the devas’ and Pūṣābhāsā, ‘sun-splendour’ in the Puranas. In Hindu tradition, Amaravati was built by Vishvakarma, the architect...

adorning her forehead, Goddess Katyayani rides a lion. According to the Vamana Purana she was created from the combined energies of the gods when their anger...

The Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana...

Avatars' of Vishnu. The Agni Purana, Varaha Purana, Padma Purana, Linga Purana, Narada Purana, Garuda Purana, and Skanda Purana all provide matching lists...

Puranic texts related to the origin of Matrikas. Matsya Purana, Vamana Purana, Varaha Purana, Kurma Purana and the Suprabhedagama contain references to Matrikas...

the Vamana Purana, the Matrikas arise from different parts of the Divine Mother Chandika; Varahi arises from Chandika's back. The Markendeya Purana praises...

Mahāpurāṇam (also Shiva Purana) mentions 64 original jyotirlinga shrines in India. According to a Shiva legend from the Shiva Purana, once, Brahma (the god...

The Kalki Purana (Sanskrit: कल्किपुराण, romanized: Kalkipurāṇa) is a Vaishnava Hindu text about the tenth avatar of Vishnu named Kalki. The Sanskrit text...

In Hinduism, Itihasa-Purana, also called the fifth Veda, refers to the traditional accounts of cosmogeny, myths, royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty...

ancient scriptures such as the Padma Purana, Matsya Purana, Agni Purana and Kurma Purana. According to the Vamana Purana, the river was created by the gods...

Purana he is described as married to thirteen daughters. Some of the names of the thirteen daughters Kashyapa married in the Hindu text Vishnu Purana...

Puranas Vishnu Purana Bhagavata Purana Devi Bhagavata Purana Naradiya Purana Vāmana Purana Matsya Purana Garuda Purana Brahma Purana Brahmanda Purana...

The Garuda Purana has two lists, one longer list with Krishna and Buddha, and a list with Balarama and Buddha, which substitutes Vamana for Rama. The...

is offered the epithets Vimala Devi and Yogamaya. The Vishnudharmottara Purana describes the deity as Gandhari (the power of illusion pertaining to Vishnu)...

The Shiva Purana is one of eighteen major texts of the Purana genre of Sanskrit texts in Hinduism, and part of the Shaivism literature corpus. It primarily...

The Viṣṇu Purāṇa (Sanskrit: विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism. It is an important Pancharatra...

ancient Indian texts. He is accredited as the author of the first Purana, the Vishnu Purana, before his son Vyasa wrote it in its present form. He was the...

to have resided here in the form of Bhayananda. According to the Kalika Purana, in the beginning of the creation Siva sprinkled ashes (bhasma) at this...

constituting the Thirty-three gods. The Vamana Purana describes the Rudras as the sons of Kashyapa and Aditi. The Matsya Purana notes that Surabhi – the mother...

Harivamsa and Vishnu Purana to c. 450 Brahmanda Purana to c. 350–950 Vamana Purana to c. 450–900, Kurma Purana to c. 550–850 Linga Purana to c. 600–1000 The...

The Brahma Purana (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मपुराण or ब्राह्मपुराण; Brahma-Purana) is one of the eighteen major Puranas collections of Hindu texts in Sanskrit. It...

primordial matter') and Mahamaya ('she who is beyond maya'). The Devi Bhagavata Purana and Lalita Sahasranama describe Mahadevi's numerous epithets. These names...

inclinations metamorphose into something demonic (Asura). In the Brahmanda Purana, it is stated the term 'Asura' was used for the Daityas due to their rejection...