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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the VisnudharmottarapuranaThere are Five characteristics of Puranas or Puranic literature: a category of ancient Sanskrit texts which gives a huge contribution in the development of Indian literature.—According to the Matsyapurana and the Vayupurana, there are five characteristic features of Puranas. These are—
- creation (sarga),
- recreation (pratisarga),
- lineage (vamsha),
- the period or age of a Manu (manvantara) and
- the history of a dynasty or family (vamshanucarita).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Full-text (+16): Vamshani, Rupa, Purvarupa, Nidana, Upashaya, Kartari, Vamshanucarita, Vartana, Samahasta, Panitraya, Samprapti, Dandahasta, Creation, Recreation, Lineage, Dynasty, Pancalakshananidana, Triguna, Manasisiddhi, Pratisarga.
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Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 347 < [Volume 1 (1871)]
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 5 - Pañca-lakṣaṇa (the five characteristics) and the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system (by Babu C. D)
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
14. The Vāmana Purāṇa < [Preface]
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)