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The Brahmanda Purana - twelve thousand
The Brahmanda Purana - twelve thousand
The only mahapurana which is missing from the above list is the Bhavishya Purana.Agni purana 10.8.3
The only mahapurana which is missing from the above list is the Bhavishya Purana.Agni purana 10.8.3
He also revealed to them that they could be categorized into three main types- Satvik, Rajas
and Tamas. Satvik Puranas contain the tales of Lord Vishnu while Rajas Puranas contain the tales of
Brahma and Tamas Purans contain the tales of Agni and Rudra. Skanda purana (4.7.1)
The Puranas have five characteristics (Pancha-Lakshana) viz., history, cosmology (with various symbolical illustrations of philosophical principles), secondary creation, genealogy of kings and of Manvantaras. All the Puranas belong to the class of Suhrit-Samhitas.<ref name=":0">Swami Sivananda, All About Hinduism, Page 41-45</ref> Vyasa is the compiler of the Puranas from age to age; and for this age, he is Krishnadvaipayana, the son of Parasara.<ref name=":0" />
The Puranas have five characteristics (Pancha-Lakshana) viz., history, cosmology (with various symbolical illustrations of philosophical principles), secondary creation, genealogy of kings and of Manvantaras. All the Puranas belong to the class of Suhrit-Samhitas.<ref name=":0">Swami Sivananda, All About Hinduism, Page 41-45</ref> Vyasa is the compiler of the Puranas from age to age; and for this age, he is Krishnadvaipayana, the son of Parasara.<ref name=":0" />