Agni Puran Gitapress With Wooden Book Stand

Agni Puran Gitapress With Wooden Book Stand

Author : Compiled
Language : Hindi
Pages : 886
Size : 19 cm x 28 cm

Description : Agnipurana occupies a very important position among all the religious scriptures due to its diversity. This volume contains a vivid description of Para and Apara Vidya (the knowledge of the supreme self and knowledge of worldly objects), stories in nut-shell of all the episodes of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the story of incarnations of Matsya (fish), Kurma (Turtle) etc., description of creation of the universe, procedure of convocation, worship of the house deity, various hymns sung in praise of several deities and many more useful subject matters.

विषय की विविधता एवं लोकोपयोगिता की दृष्टि से इस पुराण का विशेष महत्त्व है। इस में परा-अपरा विद्याओं का वर्णन, महाभारत के सभी पर्वों की संक्षिप्त कथा, रामायण की संक्षिप्त कथा, मत्स्य, कूर्म आदि अवतारों की कथाएँ, सृष्टि-वर्णन, दीक्षा-विधि, वास्तु-पूजा, विभिन्न देवताओं के मन्त्र आदि अनेक उपयोगी विषयों का अत्यन्त सुन्दर प्रतिपादन किया गया है

Agni Purāṇa one of the 18 Mahapuranas, a genre of Hindu religious texts, contains descriptions and details of various incarnations (avatars) of Vishnu. It also has details account about Rama, Krishna, Prithvi, and the stars. It has a number of verses dealing with ritual worship, cosmology and astrology, history, warfare, sections on grammar and meter, law, medicine, and martial arts. Tradition has it that it was originally recited by Agni to the sage Vasishta. The Padma Purana categorizes Agni Purana as a Tamas Purana.