विष्णुपुराण

{ viṣṇupurāṇa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

VIṢṆUPURĀṆA   One of the eighteen Purāṇas. Viṣṇu Purāṇa is the description of the activities in Varāha Kalpa (the age of Varāha--Boar). There are twentythree thousand granthas in this Purāṇa. It is stated in [Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 272] , that if this book Viṣṇu Purāṇa is given as a gift along with cow and water on the full moon day of the month of Āṣāḍha, the giver would attain the city of Viṣṇu. (For further details see under Purāṇa).

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

noun  अठारह पुराणों में से एक   Ex. विष्णुपुराण छः भागों में विभाजित है और इसमें लगभग तेइस हजार श्लोक हैं ।

ONTOLOGY:

मानवकृति (Artifact) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

विष्णु पुराण

Wordnet:

ben বিষ্ণুপুরাণ

guj વિષ્ણુપુરાણ

kas وِشنُوپُران

kok विष्णुपुराण

mal വിഷ്ണുപുരാണം

mar विष्णूपुराण

ori ବିଷ୍ଣୁପୁରାଣ

pan ਵਿਸ਼ਨੂੰਪੁਰਾਣ

tam விஷ்ணு புராணம்

urd وشنوپوران

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

noun  अठरा पुराणां मदलें एक   Ex. विष्णुपुराणाची स भागांनी विभागणी केल्या आनी हातूंत सुमार तेवीस हजार श्लोक आसात

ONTOLOGY:

मानवकृति (Artifact) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

विष्णु पुराण

Wordnet:

ben বিষ্ণুপুরাণ

guj વિષ્ણુપુરાણ

hin विष्णुपुराण

kas وِشنُوپُران

mal വിഷ്ണുപുരാണം

mar विष्णूपुराण

ori ବିଷ୍ଣୁପୁରାଣ

pan ਵਿਸ਼ਨੂੰਪੁਰਾਣ

tam விஷ்ணு புராணம்

urd وشنوپوران

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

विष्णु—पुराण  n.  n. N. of one of the most celebrated of the 18 पुराणs (it conforms more than any other to the definition पञ्च-लक्षण [q.v.]; and consists of 6 books, the 1st treating of the creation of the universe from प्रकृति, and the peopling of the world by the प्रजा-पतिs; the 2nd giving a list of kings with many curious geographical and astronomical details; the 3rd treating of the वेदs and caste; the 4th continuing the chronicle of dynasties; the 5th giving the life of कृष्ण; the 6th describing the dissolution of the world), [IW. 517.]

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विष्णु पुराण