The Matsya Purana (IAST: Matsya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major Puranas (Mahapurana), and among the oldest and better preserved in the Puranic genre...
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first. The Linga Purana, the Narada Purana, the Shiva Purana, the Varaha Purana, the Padma Purana, the Skanda Purana also mention Matsya as the first of...
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Yama (section Matsya Purana)
The Matsya Puranam Pt. 2. Basu, B. D. (1916). The Matsya Puranam. pp. 281. Wilson, Horace Hayman (1864). The Vishnu Purana. Trübner. The Vishnu Purana (abridged ed...
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the Vayu Purana, Matsya Purana, and Aditya Upa Purana admit the Devi Bhagavata Purana as a Mahapurana, whereas the Padma Purana, Garuda Purana and Kurma...
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of the Dravida Kingdom during the epoch of the Matsya Purana. According to the Matsya Purana, Matsya, the avatara of Vishnu, first appeared as a shaphari...
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ISBN 81-246-0234-4. The Matsya Puranam P-I (B.D. Basu) English Translation Ch #5, Page 17 Matsya Purana (Sanskrit) Ch #5, Sloka 10-12 Matsya Purana (Sanskrit) Ch...
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Puranic scriptures including the Shiva Purana, the Kalika Purana, the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, and the Matsya Purana, Kama is one of the mind-born sons of...
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Dashavatara (section In the Puranas)
accepted list found in Puranas and other texts is [...] Krishna, Buddha." Most draw from the following set of figures, in this order: Matsya; Kurma; Varaha;...
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Varahi is said to represent the vice of envy (asuya) in the same Purana. The Matsya Purana tells a different story of the origin of Varahi. Varahi, with...
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The Kalki Purana (Sanskrit: कल्किपुराण, romanized: Kalkipurāṇa) is a Vaishnava Hindu text about the tenth avatar of Vishnu named Kalki. The Sanskrit text...
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Andhaka (section Matsya Purāṇa)
various 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...
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Vamana (section Matsya Purana)
became His feet... — Matsya Purana (translated by A. Taluqdar, 1916), Chapter CCXLVI (246), Verses 45-53 In the Matsya Purana, three chapters are dedicated...
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other Puranas (like the Brahma Purana, the Bhagavata Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Padma Purana, the Venkatacala Mahatmya of the Skanda Purana, the Vishnudharmottara...
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include the Vayu Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Brahmanda Purana, the Devi Bhagavata Purana, and the Padma Purana. The Matsya Purana narrates that the...
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Bhagavata Purana as well as Devi Purana. — Shiva Purana Uma Samhita, Chapter 44, verse 129 As mentioned in the Matsya Purana, the Bhagavata Purana is contain...
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Brahmarakshasa (section Puranas)
Brahmins would become a brahmarakshasa following his death. The Brahma Purana describes a conversation between a chandala and a brahmarakshasa. When enquired...
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Matsya Purana, the Kurma Purana, the Vishnu Purana, and the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, which is present day Kerala. The Vishnu Purana...
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Harishchandra (section Markandeya Purana)
the Markandeya Purana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The most famous of these stories is the one mentioned in the Markandeya Purana. According to this...
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refers to four Purana's which mention the Buddha in 9th position: Varaha Purana 4.2; Matsya Purana 285.6-7; Agni Purana 49.8; Bhagavata Purana X.40.22 and...
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all the Puranas, along with evil consequences following from sin. In the sattvika Puranas there is largely a mention of Hari's glory. — Matsya Mahapurana...
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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 of...
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Ekanamsha (section Vishnudharmottara Purana)
is offered the epithets Vimala Devi and Yogamaya. The Vishnudharmottara Purana describes the deity as Gandhari (the power of illusion pertaining to Vishnu)...
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Puranas and many other historic texts. Vyasa recited it to Suta, who then recited to the rishis in Naimisharanya. The Skanda Purana and Matsya Purana...
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Kalki incarnation is found in the Maha Puranas such as Vishnu Purana, Matsya Purana, and the Bhagavata Purana. However, the details relating the Kalki...
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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 of...
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and Puranas (e.g. Brahma, ch. 122–123; Matsya, ch. 142–143; Naradiya, Purvardha, ch. 41). The four yugas are also described in the Bhagavata Purana (3...
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The narrative of Kacha is mentioned in the Mahābhārata, the Matsya Purana and the Agni Purana. He is known for learning Mṛtasañjīvanī vidyā mantra (a hymn...
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Amaravati (mythology) (section Skanda Purana)
called Devapura, ‘city of the devas’ and Pūṣābhāsā, ‘sun-splendour’ in the Puranas. In Hindu tradition, Amaravati was built by Vishvakarma, the architect...
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Rishikas (section Matsya Purana)
Kanda of the Ramayana also refers to northern Rishikas. According to Matsya Purana the Rishikas were descendants of the Rishis, or inspired poets. Verses...
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of Madhya Pradesh has been mentioned in the Matsya and the Kurma Puranas. The Matsya and the Padma Puranas declare: The junction of the Kaveri and Narmada...
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