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    Narasimha Purana (Sanskrit: नरसिंह पुराण; Narasiṁha Purāṇa) is one of the Upapuranas. R.C. Hazra in his Studies in the Upapuranas came to the conclusion...
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    Yadadri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Dharmapuri Prahlada Ghata, Hardoi Narasimha Temple, Nadia, Nadia Narasinha Avatar Narasimha Purana Narasimha Satakam Ramtek...
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    of Narasimha as being destroyed by Shiva-Sharabha, and regard Sharabha as a name of Vishnu. Some Vaishnava scriptures such as the Narasimha Purana suggest...
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  • Upapurana (category Puranas)
    the Manava Purana, the Vishnudharmottara Purana, the Narasimha Purana, the Naradiya Purana and the Kriyayogasara. The extant Narasimha Purana comprises...
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    Prahlada (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
    Ramanasramam. 2007. ISBN 978-81-8288-084-9. Books, Kausiki (24 October 2021). Narasimha Purana: English Translation only without Slokas. Kausiki Books. Varadaraja...
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    Sharabha form of Shiva offset Narasimha, the lion-man avatar of Vishnu. Another legend in the minor Purana named Kalika Purana also depicts the sectarian...
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    in Puranas and other texts is [...] Krishna, Buddha." Most draw from the following set of figures, in this order: Matsya; Kurma; Varaha; Narasimha; Vamana;...
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  • the significance of this temple. According to the Padma Purana, the deity of Guru Narasimha appeared at the bottom of a pipal tree holding Shankha(conch)...
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    Narasimha was able to rescue his devotee, and restore order to the universe. Narasimha Jayanti is referenced in the Padma Purana and Skanda Purana as...
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    vyasa wrote the 18 existing Puranas. The Matsya Purana, Skanda Purana, Narasimha Purana, Padma Purana, and many other Puranas and Hindu texts mention the...
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    Puranas (IPA: [pʊˈrɑːɳə]; Sanskrit: पुराण, romanized: purāṇa, lit. 'ancient, old') are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly...
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    PartridgeIndia. p. 373. ISBN 978-1-4828-3720-9. Books, Kausiki (2021-10-24). Narasimha Purana: English Translation only without Slokas. Kausiki Books. p. 251. Pattanaik...
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    Vamana (section Agni Purana)
    the Treta Yuga, after Narasimha. First mentioned in the Vedas, Vamana is most commonly associated in the Hindu epics and Puranas with the story of taking...
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    Skanda Purana, Yada, the son of the sage Rishyasringa performed penance here to the god Narasimha. Being pleased with his penance, Narasimha manifested...
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    Lakshmi Narasimha Temple is a Vaishnavite temple and one of the eight sacred places of Lord Vishnu in India. It is also known for being one of the eight...
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    Hiranyakashipu (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
    also known as Hiranyakashyap, was a daitya king of the asuras in the Puranas. In Hindu mythology, Hiranyakashipu's younger brother, Hiranyaksha, was...
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  • the east. According to the Sthala Purana for the Madurai Koodal Azhagar Temple, sage Romasa had installed the Narasimha icon in a cave in the hill. And...
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    The Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana...
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    as religious themes such as scenes from the Hindu puranas (epics): the Bhagavata, the Narasimha Purana, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The murals follow...
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    the Maha Puranas. The coverage of Kalki in these Hindu texts is scant, in contrast to the legends of Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Vamana, Narasimha, and Krishna...
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    Vipulasura. According to the Markandeya Purana and Shiva Purana, in the beginning of the Treta Yuga, Narasimha, the fourth among the ten avataras of Vishnu...
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    The Garuda Purana is one of 18 Mahāpurāṇa texts in Hinduism. It is a part of the Vaishnavism literature corpus, primarily centering around the Hindu god...
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    refutes this Shaivite view of Narasimha. According to the Shiva Purana, Shiva has 19 avatars. According to the Kurma Purana, he has 28. The vanara god Hanuman...
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    legends inspired from the stories of Narasimha available in the Hindu puranas. Hence, Vishnu Purana and Bhagavata Purana form the major sources. However,...
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    Kurma (section Narada Purana)
    manifestation Virabhadra and Vishnu's avatar Narasimha of the Linga Purana and the Shiva Purana, Virabhadra mocks Narasimha-Vishnu stating that Kurma's skull adorns...
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    Prahlada. The Sthala Purana of the Yadagirigutta Narasimha Swamy temple is said to be dated back to the Treta Yugam. The Sthala Purana of places in Nalgonda...
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    According to Soifer, Narasimha is explicitly linked with Pralaya or Yuganta itself in Bhagavata Purana, Linga Purana, and Kurma Purana versions; he is said...
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    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...
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  • the translation of Mahabharata into Telugu). He wrote Hari Vamsa and Narasimha Purana. Errana's translation of the Ramayana in Chapu form (a style of poetry)...
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    The Naradiya Purana (Sanskrit: नारदीय पुराण, Naradiya Purana) or Narada Purana (Sanskrit: नारद पुराण), are two Vaishnavism texts written in Sanskrit language...
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