Puranas

Athira S.B., whole loves to portray characters and contexts from 'puranas' and 'ithihasas' besides landscapes and scenery from villages, has oil as her preferred medium for more serious works. ❋ Unknown (2008)

To bring the science and spirituality to life, the philosophical ideas (Vedas) were transformed into beautiful allegorical stories (puranas). ❋ Anju Bhargava (2011)

He had a sincere attempt of historical interpretation of the Vedic literature, Upanishads, sutras, Dharmasastras, puranas and the whole mythology rather considering it as sacred and eternal truth. ❋ Kesav (2009)

Every Vrat/Brat has its own ‘puranas’ or legend describe in mythical poem form, which were to be recited at the rituals ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is yet more or less a mystery to the scholars deal with ancient history that Bhutan has no presence in ancient books i.e. in puranas and epics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some puranas mention him as the son of the sage Silada who got him by the grace of Shiva. ❋ Photographerno1 (2009)

Apparently the ISKCON fundies have missed the fact that the puranas contain not one but MANY creation myths, and that at least one of the many puranas notes that nobody at the time it was written had figured out exactly how the world got started. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Science is capable of filling that void in those who recognize that it exists, and no one who has bothered to study the puranas could fail to see that it does exist. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Once the formula of making films based on the puranas, and adding the usual mixture of songs, dances, funny uncles etc., had paid off, every god in the pantheon got his or her chance to be a star. ❋ Rushdie, Salman (1967)

"If you consult the puranas you will find," said Ram Singh, "that this theory, though commonly received, is entirely untenable." ❋ Arthur Conan Doyle (1894)

In this connection we must not forget another aspect of these changing and ever recurring ages of the _puranas_. ❋ Unknown (1881)

Famed reciters of _puranas_, dancers skilled and wrestlers strong, ❋ Romesh Dutt (1878)

Baron Walckenaer has ascertained, from the puranas and other Hindu sources, that the Great Dynasty of the Maharaja continued till A.D. 628, after which the islands were sub-divided into numerous sovereignties. ❋ James Emerson Tennent (1836)

This is lyrically traced in the rich murals which relate episodes from the great epics, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and popular puranas. ❋ Unknown (2010)