The Epic-Puranic chronology is a timeline of Hindu mythology based on the Itihasa (the Sanskrit Epics, that is, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and...

Modern authors have attempted to date the Vedic period based on archaeoastronomical calculations. In the 18th century William Jones tried to show, based...

regarded by Indian traditions as historic events, and used in the Epic-Puranic chronology to establish a traditional timeline of Indian history. The Puranas...

Vedanta. While the traditional Itihasa-Purana and its derived Epic-Puranic chronology present Hinduism as a tradition existing for thousands of years...

Mani, Vettam (1975). "Amba". Puranic Encyclopaedia: a Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature. Motilal Banarsidass...

derive the plots of their poetry and drama from the Itihasa. The Epic-Puranic chronology derived from the Itihasa-Puranais an influential frame of reference...

mythology Proto-Indo-European religion Proto-Indo-Iranian religion Puranic chronology Saga Vedic mythology The term myth is used here in its academic sense...

bestowed kshatriya status by Brahmins by linking them to the kshatriyas of the epics and Puranas. Dynasties began affiliating themselves with the Solar and Lunar...

thereafter revered in the Mahabharata and the Puranas. In some later Puranic legends, he is described as the son of Vedic sage Atri. In Buddhist Pali...

of the trifunctional elements of the Hindu Trimurti idea found in later Puranic literature. During the post-Vedic period, Brahma was a prominent god and...

demon-king of the island of Lanka and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana. In the Ramayana, Ravana is described as the eldest son of sage...

of an elephant since the early stages of his appearance in Indian art. Puranic myths provide many explanations for how he got his elephant head. One of...

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was re-consecrated and incorporated into the newer larger temple. This chronology of temple site's evolution is supported by many copper plate inscriptions...

Heritage. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-8-171-54758-6. Vettam, Mani (1975). Puranic Encyclopedia. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-8-12080-597-2. Williams, Victoria...

Brahman. Durga, in her various forms, appears as an independent deity in the Epics period of ancient India, that is the centuries around the start of the common...

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stream of water" according to the scripture. This is the basis for the Puranic stories about the relationship between Brahma (identified with Prajapati)...

ISBN 978-0-19-964584-8. Hazra, Rajendra Chandra (1987). Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. pp...

Mahavidyas and the Navadurgas. Parvati is found extensively in ancient Puranic literature, and her statues and iconography are present in Hindu temples...

between the two is the source of extensive legends and tales in the Puranic and the Epic literature of Hinduism; however, many texts discuss their hostility...

link‍] Mani, Vettam (1975). Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary With Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature. Delhi: Motilal...

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Shaktism, which reached its zenith in 1700 CE. First sprung forth in the post-Puranic age, around 6th century CE, it was a new theistic movement in which the...

religion and Hindu religions," during the Epic and Early Puranic period (c. 200 BCE to 500 CE), when the Epics and the first Purānas were composed. This...

Mani, Vettam (1 January 2015). Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature. Motilal Banarsidass...

essential part, main point, model, framework, feature". In the Smritis and epics of Hinduism (and Jainism), the term means "doctrine, rule, theory, method...

the Smarta tradition originated with the development of the Puranas. The Puranic corpus is a complex body of materials that advance the views of various...

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architecture and the sacred sites along with the variance in the versions of the Puranic literature. According to Diana L. Eck and other Indologists such as André...