The Vamana-Purana Pt. 2 (AITM Vol. 73): Ancient Indian Tradition And Mythology (Vol. 73)
The Vamana-Purana Pt. 2 (AITM Vol. 73): Ancient Indian Tradition And Mythology (Vol. 73) - Hardcover is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
ISBN : 9788120839465, 8120839463
Year of Publication : 2015
Edition : 1st
No. of Pages : 310
Language : English
Condition : New
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Vamana is assigned fourteenth position in the list of eighteen Mahapuranas or major Puranic texts, preceded by Skanda and suceeded by Kurma. It gets its name after Vamana or the dwarf incarnation of God Visnu, which is the first human incarnation preceded by the "Fish", "Tortoise".
"Boar" and "Man-Lion" incarnations that can, by the way, be seen as corresponding to the earlier stages of the evolution of life on the earth, the main pupose of the Purana being a description of the legend of the demon Bali, grandson of Prahlada, the Visnu devotee par excellence, suffering a great discomfiture due to very tactful manoeuvre resorted by God Visnu as the dwarf.
The extant text of Vamana has 95 chapters and approximately 6,000 slokas, though Bhagavata
and some other Puranas state that Vamana has an Uttarabhaga also containing four Samhitas
of 1000 slokas each, which, however, has not been discovered so far.
As the title indicates, this Purana has mainly a Vaisnava theme but Saiva material also forms an integral part of it, e.g., _ivaÍs killing of the demon Andhaka, marriage of Siva and Parvati, birth of Ganesa and Karttikeya, defeat of Mahisasura by Devi, glorification of Sivalingas and their installation. The legends, stories and episodes included in this Purana re generally of the same type as found in other Puranas.
We have already published in AITM :
Siva Purana (Vols. 1-4), Linga Purana (Vols. 5-6), Bhagavata Purana (Vols. 7-11), Garuda Purana (Vols. 12-14), Narada Purana (Vols. 15-19), Kurma Purana (Vols. 20-21), Brahmanda Purana (Vols. 22-26), Agni Purana (Vols. 27-30), Varaha Purana (Vols. 31-32), Brahma Purana (Vols. 33-36), Vayu Purana (Vols. 37-38), Padma Purana (Vols. 39-48), Skanda Purana (Vols. 49-71) and Vamana Purana (Vol. 72) while Ganesa Purana (Vol. 74-75) is in the Press.