The Linga Purana (लिङ्गपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas and a Shaivism text of Hinduism. The text’s title Linga refers to the iconographical symbol for Shiva. The author(s) and date…
The Bhavishya Purana (भविष्य पुराण) is one of the eighteen major works in the Purana genre of Hinduism, written in Sanskrit. The title Bhavishya means “future”…
The Agni Purana, (अग्नि पुराण) is one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism. The text is variously classified as a Purana…
The Markandeya Purana (मार्कण्डेय पुराण) is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism and one of the eighteen major Puranas. The text’s title Markandeya refers to a sage in Hindu History, who…
The Vishnu Purana (विष्णुपुराण) is one of the eighteen Mahapuranas, a genre of ancient and medieval texts of Hinduism. It is an important Pancharatra text…
Sannyasa Upanishads (सन्यास उपनिषद) are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to renunciation, monastic practice, and asceticism. There are…
The Taittirīya Upanishad (तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद्) is a Vedic era Sanskrit text, embedded as three chapters (adhyāya) of the Yajurveda. It is a mukhya (primary, principal) Upanishad, and likely composed…
The Shvetashvatara Upanishad (श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद्) is an ancient Sanskrit text embedded in the Yajurveda. It is listed as number 14 in the Muktika canon of…
The Kena Upanishad (केन उपनिषद) is a Vedic Sanskrit text classified as one of the primary or Mukhya Upanishads that…
The Isha Upanishad (ईशोपनिषद्) is one of the shortest Upanishads, embedded as the final chapter (adhyāya) of the Shukla Yajurveda. The Upanishad…