Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs

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Motilal Banarsidass Publishe, 1975 - Religion - 367 pages
 

Contents

The Mahapurāņas
1
The Chronology of the Purāņic Chapters
8
The Chronology of the Puranic Chapters
76
17
82
76
92
The Padmapurāņa
107
The Bṛhannāradīya and the Nara
127
The Agnipurāņa
134
A Chronological Table of the Puraṇic
174
The Hindu Society before 200 A D
193
The Hindu Society from the 3rd to
215
Brāhmaṇical Elements in the Puranic
228
The Puranic Rites and Customs as
243
Absorption of Tantricism by the Purāņic
260
Appendix II
336
Index
349

The Garudapurāņa
141
CHAPTER SUBJECT PAGE
166

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