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mahApurANAni

• brahmapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4

• padmapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Anandashram Sanskrit Granthavali ASS 131 parts 1, 2, 3, 4, Hindi 1, 2, 3, Marathi, English

• viShNupurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Marathi

• shivapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Hindi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Bengali, Thesis, Kalyan 1, 2

• bhAgavatapurANa
  • Text 1, 2, 3,
  • Scans 1, 2,
  • Hindi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Tattva Prabodhini, multiple volumes, * padachCheda, anvaya, hindI shabdArtha TIkA sahita (पदच्छेद, अन्वय, हिन्दी शब्दार्थ टीका सहित),Another 6 volume set of same details / content, Bhagavat Purana Me Bhakti, Bhagwat+Darshan, bhagvat-navneet, bhagvat-saar, sankshipta, bhagvat-rahasya dongremaharaj, bhagvat-ke-tikakar, bhagvat-me-prem-tatva, tatva-vimarsh
  • Sanskrit Commentaries 1, 2, 3, Mahatmya Sandoh
  • English 1, 2, 3, 4,
  • Nepali 1, 2
  • Miscellaneous parichay, stuti-sangrah, adhyAtmasangraha, mantraprayogAvalI, known and popular subtexts
  • Marathi Subhashitani 1, 2 bhagavata-rahasya by Dongre Maharaj (Marathi) svayambodha,

• nAradIyapurANa Scans 1, 2, English

• mArkaNDeyapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, Hindi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, kalyANa, English 1, 2

• agnipurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, English 1, 2

• bhaviShyapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Hindi

• brahmavaivarta 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, English 1, 2

• li~NgapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Hindi

• varAhapurANa 1, 2, Hindi, English

• skandapurANa Scans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, English

  sUtasamhitA from skandapurANa Parts 1, 2, 3 + Dipika, 4

• vAmanapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, Hindi 1, 2, English 1, 2 Marathi

• kUrmapurANa Scans 1 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

• matsyapurANa Scans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, English 1, 2, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali

• garuDapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, English

• brahmANDapurANA 1, 2, English

• yogavAsiShTha Scans with tAtparyaprakAsha commentary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Text Wikisource, and merged with the tAtparyaprakSha commentary file yogavasishtha all merged.txt in all files with Hindi meaning at archive (35mB). Hindi multi, 1, sankShipta, HindiAsaramji 1-4, English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (partials 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) Stories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Books Concise, Essence, linguistic appraisal, Marathi 1, 2, Gujrati (18vol), subhAShitAni 1, 2, 3 sArtha marAThI, Marathi Audio, Spanish
• 18 Puranas
• All Puranas in English
• Mahapuran Samakatha Kosha
  
• 18 Puranas Tamil
• पुराणानि Texts Wiki Source https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/

upapurANa

• Sanat-kumarasaMhitA
• narasiMhapurANa Scans 1, 2, Hindi, English
• bR^ihannAradIyapurANa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Bengali
• shiva-rahasya Links 1, 2, 3, 4
• Durvasa??
• kapila Scan
• vAyupurANa Scan, Hindi, English, thesis
• bhArgava Scan
• Varuna??
• kAlikA Scans 1, 2
• sAmbapurANa Scans 1, 2
• nandi Scan
• saura Scans 1, 2
• pArAsharaupapurANa Scans 1 2
• Vasishtha??
• gaNesha Scan, Hindi, Thesis
• mudgala Scan
• Hamsa??
• nIlAmatapurANa Scans 1, 2
• AdipurANa Scan
• viShNudharmottarapurANa Text, Scans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
• devIbhAgavatam Scans 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Hindi
• Kalki Purana, of Veda Vyasa, published by Bharat Dharma Maha Mandal (1963)
• bR^ihatdharmapurANa Scan
• viShNudharmapurANa Scan
• mallapurANa Scan

Miscellaneous

• mahAbhArata 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Gujarati, Bengali, Hindi 1,

  Sites with navigational ease 2, 3

• vAlmIkirAmAyaNa 1, 2, 3, Text 1, 2, 3, 4, Audio, 5, English 1, 2, Hindi
• vAlmIkirAmAyaNa pAThavidhi
• vAlmIkirAmAyaNamAhAtmya

• lakShmInArAyaNasaMhitA 1, 2, 3, 4

• tAmraparNImAhAtmya Text

• Articles/Books
  • Encyclopaedic Dictionary Of Puranans by Swami Parameshvaranand
  • The Puranas And National Integration by Pushpendra Kumar
  • Political thought in the Puranas Jagdish Lal Shastri
  • Puranas, An Account of Their Contents and Nature by H. H. Wilson (1911)
  • The Geography of the Puranas by S. M. Ali
  • Shaivism In The Light Of Epics Puranas And Agamas by N. R. Bhatt
  • Studies in the Epics and Puranas by A. D. Pusalkar
  • Puranas in the light of modern Science by K. Narayanaswami Aiyar
  • Purana Rahasya by Swami Surjan Das
  • purANakhaNDaH in Chaturvedi Sanskrit Rachanavali of Giridhar Sharma Chaturvedi. The articles include 1) purANeShu vokAsavAdaH, 2) kUrmapurANaviShayANAM samAlochanam, 3) mudgalapurANaviShayasamAlochanam, 4) vedeShu purANamahattvam, and 5) purANalakShaNAni.

• charitra kosha
  • all-about-puranas-mahapuranas-and-upapuranas
  • Prachin Charitra Kosh By M M Siddheswar Shastri Chitrav (1964) in Hindi (Multiple copies 1, 2, 3)
  • Charitra Kosh by Chaturvedi Dwarkaprasad Sharma
  • Prachin Charitra Kosh in Marathi by Siddheshwar Shastri Chitrav.
  • Bharatavarshiya Arvachina Charitra Kosh in Marathi by Siddheshwar Shastri Chitrav. (another copy).
  • Madhya Yugin Charitra Kosh in Marathi by Siddheshwar Shastri Chitrav.
  • Pracheena Bharatiya Sthala Kosh Vol 1 in Marathi by Siddheshwara Shastri

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