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Puranas

Puranas (poorä'nu) [key]: see Sanskrit literature.

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Purana Perennis: Reciprocity and Transformation in Hindu and Jaina Texts. (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

Epics, Khilas, and Puranas: Continuities and Ruptures. (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

The Citrasutra of the Visnudharmottara Purana.(Book Review) (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

The Bhagavata-purana Miniature Paintings from the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute Manuscript Dated 1648.(Review) (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

Madhvas Zitate aus den Puranas und dem Mahabharata: Eine analytische Zusammenstellung nicht identifizierbarer Quelienzitate in Madhvas Werken nebst Ubersetzung und Anmerkungen.(Book review) (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

Stages and Transitions: Temporal and Historical Frameworks in Epic and Puranic Literature.(Book review) (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

A Vaisnava Interpretation of the Brahmasutras: Vedanta and Theism. (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

A new genus and new species of the subtribe Cicadina (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadini).(Report) (Florida Entomologist)

Encyclopaedia of Puranic Beliefs and Practices, vol. 5. (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

Somasambhupaddhati: Rituels dans la tradition sivaite selon Somasambhu, pt. 4: Rituels optionnels: Pratistha. Texte, traduction et notes.(Book Review) (The Journal of the American Oriental Society)

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