Narada
Nārada Purāṇa (Nāradīya Purāṇa)
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Nārada Purāṇa (Nāradīya Purāṇa)
नारदपुराण (नारदीयपुराण)
A Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa in two parts: the first (125 chapters, in four sections) deals with devotion to Viṣṇu, the duties of classes and stages of life, rites and vows and the auxiliary sciences of the Veda, and devotes a chapter to summarising each of the eighteen major Purāṇas, which makes it a valuable document for their history; the second (82 chapters) includes the story of King Rukmāṅgada and long glorifications of pilgrimage places along the Ganges. It is distinguished from the shorter Bṛhannāradīya.
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Authorship note
A Mahāpurāṇa named after Nārada because he is the interlocutor (in the first part, Brahmā’s sons led by Sanaka instruct him). A stratified compilation; Hazra dates parts before the 11th century and the rest later. It is not Nārada’s work.
Editions and translations
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English
Narada
The Nārada-Purāṇa (Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology 15–19), 5 vols.
The Conscious LibraryThe Nārada-Purāṇa (Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology 15–19), 5 vols.
Motilal Banarsidass, 1980
Translation: Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare
ISBN registrados en Open Library para los cinco volúmenes: 9788120803473, 9788120803480, 9788120803497, 9788120803503, 9788120803510.
हिन्दी
Narada
Nārada Purāṇa
The Conscious LibraryNārada Purāṇa
Saṃskṛti Saṃsthāna (Bareli), 1971
Translation: Śrīrāma Śarmā Ācārya
Sánscrito · संस्कृतम्
Narada
नारदपुराणम् (texto en Wikisource)
The Conscious Libraryनारदपुराणम् (texto en Wikisource)
Wikisource
Other works by Narada
- Nārada Bhakti Sūtra (Nārada’s Aphorisms on Devotion) · 1150
- Nārada Smṛti (Nārada’s Treatise on Law) · 500
- Bṛhannāradīya Purāṇa · 850
- Nārada Pañcarātra (Jñānāmṛtasāra Saṃhitā)
- Nāradīya Śikṣā
- Saṅgītamakaranda
- Ṛgvedic hymns ascribed to Nārada (8.13; 9.104–105) · 1000
- Nārada’s stanzas on the son (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa VII.13) · 700
- Nārada’s abridged Rāmāyaṇa (Rāmāyaṇa I.1) · 100
- Nārada’s questionnaire on government (Mahābhārata, Sabhāparvan 5)
- Nāradaparivrājaka Upaniṣad
Sources
- Tagare, Ganesh Vasudeo (trad.). The Nārada-Purāṇa. 5 vols. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1980–1982 (Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology 15–19).
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