Puranas usually give prominence to a particular deity, employing an abundance of religious and philosophical concepts.
Purana
eighteen ancient books consisting of legends and mythological narrations dealing with creation, recreation and the genealogies of sages and rulers.
Purusha ...
The stories of the Puranas and the Epics illustrate this important point of the divine relationship that eternally subsists between God and man. No one can read this literature without a stir in one's nerves and rapture in one's mind.
Purana ("Ancient [History]"): a type of popular encyclopedia dealing with royal genealogy, cosmology, philosophy, and ritual; there are eighteen major and many more minor works of this nature.
PURANAS - the ancient scriptures, mainly written in form of legends
PURNA - full, complete, consummate ...
The Puranas
Besides the four Vedas, there are the eighteen books of stories known as the Puranas.
purana legend and apologue; the Puranas: [a class of sacred writings written in an easy form of Sanskrit (more modem than that of the Veda and Vedanta) composed of legends, apologues, etc.].
Puranic see pauranika
Pundit see pandita ...
Purana - Hindu mythology.
Purusha - The eternal Conscious Principle of the Samkhya Philosophy, the Absolute.
Purusakara - Self-reliance.
PURANA(S)
Lit., "ancient." Sacred books of India, containing accounts, stories, legends, and hymns about the creation of the universe, the incarnations of God, the teachings of various deities, and the spiritual legacies of ancient sages and kings.
The Puranas also refer to will-born progeny, termed chhandajas.
Religion - The word "religion" derives from the Latin prefix, re (an intensive) + ligio, "to tie, to bind," hence "a practice designed to tie down tightly, ...
BHAGAVATA: Name of a Purana (sacred work dealing with the doctrines of creation, etc.)
BHAJAN: Devotional song
BHAKTA: Devotee of God
BHAKTI: Devotion.
BHARATAVARSHA: India.
BHAVA(NA): Feeling; mental attitude.
BHAYANAKA-SABDA: A fear inducing sound.
Cultivating devotion through the Puranas
The most revered and pertinent texts in the Bhakti Yoga tradition are the Puranas, the ancient stories of the Indian gods and goddesses.
Traditional Indian literature, especially the Padma Purana, includes brief references to Patanjali, indicating that he was born in Illavrita Varsha.
Even great yogis and seers slip back from the high path of Self Realization time and again as is depicted in so many mythological tales of our Puranas. Those who do not give up and keep moving, achieve the ultimate goal sooner or later.
Srimad-Bhagavatam -- the most important of the eighteen Puranas (Bhagavat Purana) which describes and explains the pastimes of Lord Krishna written by Srila Vyasadeva.
Sudra -- a member of the laborer class in the varnasrama system.
Marichi marici (Sanskrit) A ray of light; in the Puranas and the Laws of Manu, the chief of the Maruts, one of the seven mind-born sons of Brahma, as well as one of the seven sages (Saptarshi), father of Kasyapa and of Surya (the sun).
The foundation of Sanatana Dharma is Sruti (Vedas); Smritis are the walls; the Itihasas and the Puranas are the buttresses or supports. In ancient times, the Srutis were learnt by heart.
The references to yoga are available in 'Upanishads' and 'Puranas' composed by Indian Aryans in the later Vedic and post- Vedic period. The main credit for systematizing yoga goes to Patanjali who wrote 'Yoga Sutra', two thousand Years ago.
The change in deities within the Tantric system is not in conflict with Vedic teachings, but is more likely a later transition of teachings, just as the Puranas are a later modification and/or continuation of the original Vedic teachings.
The famous sage and philosopher who is considered to be the author of all the Puranas, the Brahma Sutras and who also first compiled and organised Vedantic mantras.
Manu says: Let the defects be burnt up by Pranayama. Vishnu Purana speaks of Pranayama as an accessory to Yoga: He who wants the air known as Prana by practice is said to have secured Pranayama.
The unitive discipline of hatred, as mentioned in the Vishnu-Purana, which illustrates the profound yogic principle that one becomes what one constantly contemplates (even if charged with negative emotions)
SAPTA YOGA ...
- The following purification mantra is e.g. used when one takes a bath (from the Garuda Purana, cited in Hari-bhakti-vilâsa 3.47); It belongs to the nârâyana kavacha shield of mantra's used to ward of fear (see 6.8: 4-6).
There are also many other scriptures such as the Puranas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, etc. Next come the books written by great mystics or masters such as Swami Sivananda, Swami Vishnu-devananda, or other saints from all traditions.
Krishna: An incarnation of God Vishnu, the God-man whose teachings can be found in the Bhagavad-Gita and the Bhagavata-Purana.
In his book "Kamsootra" Mud Vatsyayana has recognized massage as a skilled method. Brahma-parva of Bhavishya-purana considers proficiency 'in science of massage by a wife is an additional qualification for service of the husband.
 See also: Yoga, Spirit, India, Spiritual, Body
  
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