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”…
Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, among others. Although no single-word translation exists for dharma in English (or…
The Agni Purana, (अग्नि पुराण) is one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hinduism. The text is variously classified as a Purana…
The Naradiya Purana (नारदीय पुराण) or Narada Purana (नारद पुराण), are two Vaishnavism texts written in Sanskrit language. One of the texts is…
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 Bhagavata Purana (भागवत पुराण), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata, is one of Hinduism’s eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas). Composed in Sanskrit and traditionally attributed…
The Padma Purana (पद्मपुराण) is one of the eighteen Major Puranas, a genre of texts in Hinduism. It is an encyclopedic…
Purana (पुराण) is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other…
Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त) is a Hindu Sadhana, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, and the oldest extant tradition of…