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#''Manvañtara'': cosmic cycles,<ref>RC Hazra (1987), Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120804227, page 4</ref> history of the world during the time of one patriarch
#''Manvañtara'': cosmic cycles,<ref>RC Hazra (1987), Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs, Motilal Banarsidass, ISBN 978-8120804227, page 4</ref> history of the world during the time of one patriarch
#''Vamśānucaritam'': legends during the times of various kings.
#''Vamśānucaritam'': legends during the times of various kings.
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A few Puranas, such as the most popular Bhagavata Purana, add five more characteristics to expand this list to ten:<ref name=gregbailey440/>
A few Puranas, such as the most popular Bhagavata Purana, add five more characteristics to expand this list to ten:<ref name=gregbailey440/>
#<li value="6">''Utaya'': [[karma|karmic]] links between the deities, sages, kings and the various living beings</li>
# 'Utaya'': [[karma|karmic]] links between the deities, sages, kings and the various living beings</li>
#''Ishanukatha'': tales about a god
#''Ishanukatha'': tales about a god
#''Nirodha'': finale, cessation
#''Nirodha'': finale, cessation
;Festivals
;Festivals
The myths, lunar calendar schedule, rituals and celebrations of major Hindu cultural festivities such as [[Holi]], [[Diwali]] and [[Durga Puja]] are in the Puranic literature.<ref>A Whitney Sanford (2006), Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity (Editor: Guy Beck), State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791464168, pages 91-94</ref><ref>Tracy Pintchman (2005), Guests at God's Wedding: Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791465950, pages 60-63, with notes on 210-211</ref>
The myths, lunar calendar schedule, rituals and celebrations of major Hindu cultural festivities such as [[Holi]], [[Diwali]] and [[Durga Puja]] are in the Puranic literature.<ref>A Whitney Sanford (2006), Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity (Editor: Guy Beck), State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791464168, pages 91-94</ref><ref>Tracy Pintchman (2005), Guests at God's Wedding: Celebrating Kartik among the Women of Benares, State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791465950, pages 60-63, with notes on 210-211</ref>
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Hindu texts]]
[[Category:Hindu texts]]
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[[Category:Puranas|*]]
[[Category:Asian chronicles]]
[[Category:Asian chronicles]]