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Podcast: SANATAN SANSKRITI
Episode: What are Purana? An Introduction by Ashish P Mishra पुराण क्या हैं ? भाग - 1
Description: The word Purana literally means ancient, and it is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends
and other traditional lore. The Puranas are known for the intricate layers of symbolism depicted within their stories. Composed primarily in
#Sanskrit, but also in Tamil and other Indian languages . Several of these texts are named after major #Hindu deities such as #Vishnu,
#Shiva, #Brahma and #Shakti.
The Puranic literature is encyclopedic, and it includes diverse topics such as cosmogony, cosmology, genealogies of gods, goddesses, kings,
heroes, sages, and demigods, folk tales, pilgrimages, temples, medicine, astronomy, gramma...