Saurapurana, Saurapurāṇa, Saura-purana: 5 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical studySaurapurāṇa (सौरपुराण) is an Upapurāṇa depicting Śaivism.—In the most of the lists [of upapurāṇas] in the fifteenth place, there is the mention of one Saura, the repository of all the ends of life or Saura, an extremely wonderful work. It is to be noted that the present Saurapurāṇa calls itself a supplement to the Brahma Purāṇa and says that it deals with the topic connected with Śiva and consists of two Saṃhitās, the first Saṃhitā being declared by Sanatkumāra and the second by Sūrya to Vaivasvata Mau.
The present Saura begins like an independent puranic works and nowhere bears any sign to show that it formed the latter part of a bigger work. So it is evident that Saurapurāṇa. verse 9.13-15 combine two independent Puranic works, viz. the Ādya and the present Saura, as two Saṃhitās forming a complete Puranic work known as Saurapurāṇa.
The present Saurapurāṇa must be distinguished from the earlier Saurapurāṇa. Though the earlier Saurapurāṇa which was called Sāvitra, is described as mahādbhūta, (extremely wonderful) and sarvārthasaṃcaya (a repository of all the ends of life), it does not seem to have been drawn upon by any of Nibandha writers. The earlier Saura was unpopular or was lost and replaced by the present Saura. In the present state of our knowledge we cannot know whether this earlier Saurapurāṇa was a Śaiva, Śakta,Vaiṣṇava or Saura work and what the nature of its contents was. Thus, the extant Saurapurāṇa is an Upapurāṇa but like other Upapurāṇas it styles itself simply Purāṇa not Upapurāṇa.
Source: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the VisnudharmottarapuranaSaurapurāṇa (सौरपुराण) refers to one of the eighteen Minor Puranas (i.e., Upapurāṇa) according to the Kūrmapurāṇa and other traditional lists of Puranic literature: a category of ancient Sanskrit texts which gives a huge contribution in the development of Indian literature.—The Upapurāṇas (e.g., saurapurāṇa) can be considered as the supplements of the Mahāpurāṇas as those are mostly based on the Mahāpurāṇas. The Saurapurāṇa considers the Upapurāṇas as khilas i.e., supplements. [...] Though the numbers of Upapurāṇas are specified as eighteen, there are many important Upapurāṇas which are excluded from the lists of Upapurāṇas given by different sources.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Saurapurāṇa (सौरपुराण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—K. 32. B. 2, 36. Quoted in Smṛtyarthasāra, in Caturvargacintāmaṇi, Kālamādhava etc. See Ādityapurāṇa, Sūryapurāṇa.
2) Saurapurāṇa (सौरपुराण):—Ak 255. As p. 23. Hz. 1224. Io. 2086. No. 3337. Tod 1 (in 65 chapters). Saurapurāṇe Bhavānīstava. L.. 198.
—Śivasahasranāman. L.. 315.
—Śravaṇadvādaśīvratakathā. Ak 246.
Saurapurāṇa (सौरपुराण):—[=saura-purāṇa] [from saura] n. Name of [work]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusSaurapurāṇa (ಸೌರಪುರಾಣ):—[noun] one of the eighteen minor purāṇas.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Saura, Puraana, Purana.
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Studies in the Upapuranas (by R. C. Hazra)
Chapter 9.23 - The Uttara-saura-purana (study)
Chapter 9.19 - The Saura-purana (study)
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 10 - Growth of the Purāṇic Texts for Propitiating the Sun-god < [Chapter 3 - General Characteristics of the Purāṇic Religion and its Link with the Vedic Tradition]
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
8. Saura-Purana: an Upapurana of the Brahma Purana < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
15. Persons not to be invited < [Religion]
Vishnudharmottara Purana (Art and Architecture) (by Bhagyashree Sarma)
1. A General Note on Purāṇas < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Kalika Purana (literary study) (by Dilip Kumar Goswami)
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
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