Puranas usually give prominence to a particular deity, employing an abundance of religious and philosophical concepts.
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.
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.
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, ...
VISHNU:
In the Puranas, the deity in charge of maintaining and preserving creation. In some religious traditions of India, Vishnu is the name for the supreme Deity. See also PURANA(S).
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.
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.
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 Vedas, Smritis and Puranas all glorify the fourth constituent of celibacy. It is believed to be a behavior, which brings man nearer to the Divine. This yama believes in avoiding all sensual pleasures, whether mental, vocal or physical.
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 ...
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.
The unitive discipline of the Pashupata sect, as expounded in some of the Puranas
PATANJALA YOGA
The unitive discipline of Patanjali, better known as Raja-Yoga or Yoga-Darshana ...
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.
Vedas --- the four Vedic scriptures (Rg, Yajur, Sama and Atharva) and their supplements (Puranas, Mahabharata, Vedanta-sutra, etc.).
Vedic -- pertaining to the culture in which the Vedas guide all aspects of human life.
 See also: Purana, Yoga, Spirit, India, Spiritual
  
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