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विष्णुपुराणक (viSNupurANaka)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
विष्णु—पुराण or विष्णु—पुरा°णक,
n.
N.
of one of the most celebrated of the 18 Purāṇas (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 Prakṛti, and the peopling of the world by the Prajā-patis
the 2nd giving a list of kings with many curious geographical and astronomical details
the 3rd treating of the Vedas and caste
the 4th continuing the chronicle of dynasties
the 5th giving the life of Kṛṣṇa
the 6th describing the dissolution of the world),
IW.
517.