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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Hindu_scriptures_and_texts" title="Template:Hindu scriptures and texts"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Hindu_scriptures_and_texts" title="Template talk:Hindu scriptures and texts"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Hindu_scriptures_and_texts" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Hindu scriptures and texts"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Agni Purana</b></i>, (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">अग्नि पुराण</span>, <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Agni Purāṇa</i></span>) is a Sanskrit text and one of the eighteen major <a href="/wiki/Purana" class="mw-redirect" title="Purana">Puranas</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal201410_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal201410-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The text is variously classified as a Purana related to <a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Smarta_Tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Smarta Tradition">Smartism</a>, but also considered as a text that covers them all impartially without leaning towards a particular theology.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal201410_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal201410-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher198620–22_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher198620–22-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The text exists in numerous versions, some very different from others.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The published manuscripts are divided into 382 or 383 chapters, containing between 12,000 and 15,000 verses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chapters of the text were likely composed in different centuries, with earliest version probably after the 7th-century,<sup id="cite_ref-thomasgreen282_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomasgreen282-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but before the 11th century because the early 11th-century Persian scholar <a href="/wiki/Al-Biruni" title="Al-Biruni">Al-Biruni</a> acknowledged its existence in his memoir on India.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher198631,_136–137_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher198631,_136–137-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The youngest layer of the text in the <i>Agni Purana</i> may be from the 17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher198631,_136–137_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher198631,_136–137-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Agni Purana</i> is a medieval era encyclopedia that covers a diverse range of topics, and its "382 or 383 chapters actually deal with anything and everything", remark scholars such as <a href="/wiki/Moriz_Winternitz" title="Moriz Winternitz">Moriz Winternitz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ludo_Rocher" title="Ludo Rocher">Ludo Rocher</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinternitz1922541_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinternitz1922541-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–135_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–135-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its encyclopedic secular style led some 19th-century Indologists such as <a href="/wiki/Horace_Hayman_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Horace Hayman Wilson">Horace Hayman Wilson</a> to question if it even qualifies as what is assumed to be a Purana.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDalal201410,_145_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDalal201410,_145-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher198679_with_footnotes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher198679_with_footnotes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The range of topics covered by this text include <a href="/wiki/Cosmology" title="Cosmology">cosmology</a>, mythology, genealogy, politics, education system, iconography, taxation theories, organization of army, theories on proper causes for war, martial arts,<sup id="cite_ref-thomasgreen282_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thomasgreen282-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> diplomacy, local laws, building public projects, water distribution methods, trees and plants, medicine,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> design and architecture,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKramrisch197696,_136_with_footnotes_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKramrisch197696,_136_with_footnotes-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> gemology, grammar, metrics, poetry, food and agriculture,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> rituals, geography and travel guide to Mithila (<a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> and neighboring states), cultural history, and numerous other topics.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agni_Purana&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="; color: #202122;background-color: #FFE0BB;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p><b>Charity</b> </p> <div class="poem"> <p>The man who gratuitously teaches another,<br /> a craft or a trade or settles upon him a property,<br /> whereby he earns a livelihood,<br /> acquires infinite merit. </p> </div> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—<i>Agni Purana 211.63</i>, Translator: MN Dutt<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Tradition has it that its title is named after Agni because it was originally recited by <a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">Agni</a> to the sage <a href="/wiki/Vasishta" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasishta">Vasishta</a> when the latter wanted to learn about the <a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a>, and Vasishta later recited it to Vyasa – the sage who compiled all the Vedas, Puranas and many other historic texts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–136_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–136-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vyasa recited it to Suta, who then recited to the rishis in <a href="/wiki/Naimisharanya" class="mw-redirect" title="Naimisharanya">Naimisharanya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Skanda Purana</i> and <i>Matsya Purana</i> assert that the <i>Agni Purana</i> describes Isana-kalpa as described by god Agni, but the surviving manuscripts make no mention of Isana-kalpa.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–135_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–135-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, medieval Hindu texts cite verses that they claim are from Agni Purana, but these verses do not exist in current editions of the text.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–135_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–135-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These inconsistencies, considered together, have led scholars such as Rajendra Hazra to conclude that the extant manuscripts are different from the text Skanda and Matsya Puranas are referring to.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–135_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–135-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The earliest core of the text is likely a post 7th-century composition, and a version existed by the 11th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher198631,_136–137_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher198631,_136–137-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–141_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940134–141-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEK_P_Gietz199215_with_note_73_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEK_P_Gietz199215_with_note_73-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The chapters that discuss grammar and lexicography may be an addition in the 12th century, while the chapters on metrics likely predate 950 CE because <i>Pingala-sutras</i> text by the 10th-century scholar Halayudha cites this text.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986136_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986136-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The section on poetics is likely a post-900 CE composition,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEK_P_Gietz1992344-345_with_note_1897_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEK_P_Gietz1992344-345_with_note_1897-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while its summary on Tantra is likely to be a composition between 800 and 1100 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135–136_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135–136-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Agni Purana exists in many versions and it exemplifies the complex chronology of the Puranic genre of Indian literature that has survived into modern times. The number of chapters, number of verses and the specific content vary across Agni Purana manuscripts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dimmitt and van Buitenen state that each of the Puranas is encyclopedic in style, and it is difficult to ascertain when, where, why and by whom these were written:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimmittvan_Buitenen20125_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimmittvan_Buitenen20125-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>As they exist today, the Puranas are a stratified literature. Each titled work consists of material that has grown by numerous accretions in successive historical eras. Thus, no Puran has a single date of composition. (...) it is as if they were libraries to which new volumes have been continuously added, not necessarily at the end of the shelf, but randomly. </p> <div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Cornelia Dimmitt and <a href="/wiki/J._A._B._van_Buitenen" title="J. A. B. van Buitenen">J.A.B. van Buitenen</a>, <i>Classical Hindu Mythology: A Reader in the Sanskrit Puranas</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDimmittvan_Buitenen20125_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDimmittvan_Buitenen20125-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agni_Purana&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The published manuscripts are divided into 382 or 383 chapters, and ranging between 12,000 and 15,000 verses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many subjects it covers are in specific chapters, but states Rocher, these "succeed one another without the slightest connection or transition".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other cases, such as its discussion of iconography, the verses are found in many sections of the <i>Agni Purana</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–135_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–135-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions_and_translations">Editions and translations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agni_Purana&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Editions and translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first printed edition of the text was edited by <a href="/wiki/Rajendralal_Mitra" title="Rajendralal Mitra">Rajendralal Mitra</a> in the 1870s (Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1870–1879, 3 volumes; Bibliotheca Indica, 65, 1–3). The entire text extends to slightly below one million <a href="/wiki/Grapheme" title="Grapheme">characters</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>An English translation was published in two volumes by Manmatha Nath Dutt in 1903–04. There are several versions published by different companies.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents">Contents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agni_Purana&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Contents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The extant manuscripts are encyclopedic. The first chapter of the text declares its scope to be such.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940136_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940136-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some subjects covered by the text include:<sup id="cite_ref-shastri_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shastri-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" align="center" style="background: transparent;"> <caption>Encyclopedic subjects in <i>Agni Purana</i> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <td style="background: #ffad66;"><b>Subject</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffcc80;"><b>Chapters</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffcc80;"><b>Illustrative content</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffcc80;"><b>Reference</b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Book summary </td> <td>21-70 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pancaratra" class="mw-redirect" title="Pancaratra">Pancaratra</a> texts, <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pingala" title="Pingala">Pingala-Sutras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amarakosha" title="Amarakosha">Amarakosha</a>, etc. </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940136_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940136-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Regional geography </td> <td>114-116 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mithila_(region)" title="Mithila (region)">Mithila</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>), rivers, forests, towns, culture </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940136_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940136-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Medicine </td> <td>279-286, 370 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a>, herbs, nutrition </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Buddhist incantations </td> <td>123-149 </td> <td>Summary of the Buddhist text <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yuddhajayarnava&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yuddhajayarnava (page does not exist)">Yuddhajayarnava</a></i>, mantras of <a href="/wiki/Trailokyavijaya" title="Trailokyavijaya">Trailokyavijaya</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHazra1940137_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHazra1940137-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Politics </td> <td>218-231 </td> <td>Structure of a state, education and duties of a king and key ministers,<br />organization of army, theory of just war, ambassadors to other kingdoms,<br />system of administration, civil and criminal law, taxation,<br />local administration and court system </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135_26-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gonda_1956_pp._36–71_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gonda_1956_pp._36–71-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Agriculture, planning </td> <td>239, 247, 282, 292 </td> <td>Fortification, trees and parks, water reservoirs </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135_26-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Martial arts, weapons </td> <td>249-252 </td> <td>32 types of martial arts, making and maintaining weapons </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Cow </td> <td>310 </td> <td>Holiness of cow, breeding and taking care of cows </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a>, monastery </td> <td>25, 39-45, 55-67, 99-101 </td> <td>Design, layout, construction, architecture </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td>Metrics, poetics, art of writing </td> <td>328-347 </td> <td>Summary of different schools on poetics, music, art of poetry,<br /><i>Alamkara</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chandas" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandas">Chandas</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Rasa_(aesthetics)" title="Rasa (aesthetics)">Rasa</a></i>, <i>Riti</i>, language, rhetoric </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986135–136_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986135–136-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">moksha</a> </td> <td>372-381 </td> <td>Eight limbs of yoga, ethics, meditation, <a href="/wiki/Samadhi" title="Samadhi">samadhi</a>,<br />soul, non-dualism (<a href="/wiki/Advaita" class="mw-redirect" title="Advaita">Advaita</a>), summary of <a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986136_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986136-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agni_Purana&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shiva_Purana" title="Shiva Purana">Shiva Purana</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Markandeya_Purana" title="Markandeya Purana">Markandeya Purana</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agni_Purana&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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</li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1864LVIII-LX_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilson1864">Wilson 1864</a>, p. LVIII-LX.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERocher1986134–137_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRocher1986">Rocher 1986</a>, pp. 134–137.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-thomasgreen282-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-thomasgreen282_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-thomasgreen282_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Thomas Green (2001). <i>Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia</i>, ABC-CLIO, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1576071502" title="Special:BookSources/978-1576071502">978-1576071502</a>, page 282</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Phillip B. 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Firma KLM. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780883869116" title="Special:BookSources/9780883869116"><bdi>9780883869116</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/313637004">313637004</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ala%E1%B9%83k%C4%81ra-section+of+the+Agni-pur%C4%81%E1%B9%87a&rft.pub=Firma+KLM&rft.date=1976&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F313637004&rft.isbn=9780883869116&rft.au=Suresh+Mohan+Bhattacharyya&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3IwWAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgni+Purana" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAnders_PetterssonGunilla_Lindberg-WadaMargareta_PeterssonStefan_Helgesson2006" class="citation book cs1">Anders Pettersson; Gunilla Lindberg-Wada; Margareta Petersson; Stefan Helgesson (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WEcz6xGYW40C"><i>Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective: Volume 1</i></a>. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 164–170. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-089411-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-11-089411-0"><bdi>978-3-11-089411-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Literary+History%3A+Towards+a+Global+Perspective%3A+Volume+1&rft.pages=164-170&rft.pub=Walter+de+Gruyter&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-3-11-089411-0&rft.au=Anders+Pettersson&rft.au=Gunilla+Lindberg-Wada&rft.au=Margareta+Petersson&rft.au=Stefan+Helgesson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWEcz6xGYW40C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgni+Purana" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MN Dutt (1967), Agni Purana, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/421840">421840</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8170309192" title="Special:BookSources/978-8170309192">978-8170309192</a>, pages 433-457</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MN Dutt, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4023049">Agni Purana Vol 2</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221227111440/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4023049">Archived</a> 2022-12-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, pages 1313-1338 (Note: Dutt's manuscript has 365 chapters, and is numbered differently)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDavid_Gordon_White2014" class="citation book cs1">David Gordon White (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZGrAgAAQBAJ"><i>The "Yoga Sutra of Patanjali": A Biography</i></a>. Princeton University Press. p. 48. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4008-5005-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4008-5005-1"><bdi>978-1-4008-5005-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+%22Yoga+Sutra+of+Patanjali%22%3A+A+Biography&rft.pages=48&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-4008-5005-1&rft.au=David+Gordon+White&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0ZGrAgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgni+Purana" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agni_Purana&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGregory_Bailey2003" class="citation book cs1">Gregory Bailey (2003). 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A. B. (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=re7CR2jKn3QC"><i>Classical Hindu Mythology: A Reader in the Sanskrit Puranas</i></a>. Temple University Press (1st Edition: 1977). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4399-0464-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4399-0464-0"><bdi>978-1-4399-0464-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Classical+Hindu+Mythology%3A+A+Reader+in+the+Sanskrit+Puranas&rft.pub=Temple+University+Press+%281st+Edition%3A+1977%29&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-4399-0464-0&rft.aulast=Dimmitt&rft.aufirst=Cornelia&rft.au=van+Buitenen%2C+J.+A.+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dre7CR2jKn3QC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgni+Purana" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFK_P_Gietz1992" class="citation cs2">K P Gietz; et al. (1992), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kgpLBpUCufwC&pg=PA870"><i>Epic and Puranic Bibliography (Up to 1985) Annoted and with Indexes: Part I: A - R, Part II: S - Z, Indexes</i></a>, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-447-03028-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-447-03028-1"><bdi>978-3-447-03028-1</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Epic+and+Puranic+Bibliography+%28Up+to+1985%29+Annoted+and+with+Indexes%3A+Part+I%3A+A+-+R%2C+Part+II%3A+S+-+Z%2C+Indexes&rft.pub=Otto+Harrassowitz+Verlag&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-3-447-03028-1&rft.au=K+P+Gietz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkgpLBpUCufwC%26pg%3DPA870&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgni+Purana" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHazra1940" class="citation book cs1">Hazra, Rajendra Chandra (1940). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Jar4V3piCeQC"><i>Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs</i></a>. 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Read Country Books (reprinted in 2006). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84664-664-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-84664-664-2"><bdi>1-84664-664-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Vishnu+Purana%3A+A+System+of+Hindu+Mythology+and+Tradition+%28Volume+1%3A+Introduction%2C+Book+I%29&rft.pub=Read+Country+Books+%28reprinted+in+2006%29&rft.date=1864&rft.isbn=1-84664-664-2&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=H.+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fvishnupurnsyst01wils%23page%2Fn3%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAgni+Purana" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWinternitz1922" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Moriz_Winternitz" title="Moriz Winternitz">Winternitz, Maurice</a> (1922). <i>History of Indian Literature Vol 1 (Original in German, translated into English by VS Sarma, 1981)</i>. 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href="/wiki/Maitrayaniya_Upanishad" title="Maitrayaniya Upanishad">Maitrayaniya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shvetashvatara_Upanishad" title="Shvetashvatara Upanishad">Shvetashvatara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad" title="Chandogya Upanishad">Chandogya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kena_Upanishad" title="Kena Upanishad">Kena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mundaka_Upanishad" title="Mundaka Upanishad">Mundaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandukya_Upanishad" title="Mandukya Upanishad">Mandukya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prashna_Upanishad" title="Prashna Upanishad">Prashna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Upaveda" class="mw-redirect" title="Upaveda">Upavedas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_martial_arts" title="Indian martial arts">Dhanurveda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natya_Shastra" title="Natya Shastra">Natyaveda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple_architecture" title="Hindu temple architecture">Sthapatyaveda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Vedanga" title="Vedanga">Vedanga</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shiksha" title="Shiksha">Shiksha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_prosody" title="Sanskrit prosody">Chandas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vy%C4%81kara%E1%B9%87a" title="Vyākaraṇa">Vyākaraṇa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirukta" title="Nirukta">Nirukta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalpa_(Vedanga)" title="Kalpa (Vedanga)">Kalpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyotisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Jyotisha">Jyotisha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_texts" title="List of Hindu texts">Other</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agama_(Hinduism)" title="Agama (Hinduism)">Agamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itihasa-Purana" title="Itihasa-Purana">Itihasas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanishads#Classification" title="Upanishads">Minor Upanishads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthashastra" title="Arthashastra">Arthashastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nitisara" title="Nitisara">Nitisara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharma%C5%9B%C4%81stra" title="Dharmaśāstra">Dharmaśāstra</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manusmriti" title="Manusmriti">Manusmriti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81radasm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Nāradasmṛti">Nāradasmṛti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%81j%C3%B1avalkya_Sm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Yājñavalkya Smṛti">Yājñavalkya Smṛti</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutra" title="Sutra">Sutras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stotra" title="Stotra">Stotras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhashita" title="Subhashita">Subhashita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tantras_(Hinduism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tantras (Hinduism)">Tantras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Vasistha" title="Yoga Vasistha">Yoga Vasistha</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Sutras_of_Patanjali" title="Yoga Sutras of Patanjali">Yoga Sutras of Patanjali</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sangam_literature" title="Sangam literature">Sangam literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tirumurai" title="Tirumurai">Tirumurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divya_Prabandham" class="mw-redirect" title="Divya Prabandham">Divya Prabandham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirumuruk%C4%81%E1%B9%9F%E1%B9%9Fuppa%E1%B9%ADai" title="Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai">Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruppugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruppugal">Thiruppugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirukkural" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirukkural">Thirukkural</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamba_Ramayanam" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamba Ramayanam">Kamba Ramayanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Great_Epics" title="Five Great Epics">Five Great Epics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteen_Greater_Texts" title="Eighteen Greater Texts">Eighteen Greater Texts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteen_Lesser_Texts" title="Eighteen Lesser Texts">Eighteen Lesser Texts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athichudi" title="Athichudi">Athichudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraiyanar_Akapporul" title="Iraiyanar Akapporul">Iraiyanar Akapporul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhirami_Antati" class="mw-redirect" title="Abhirami Antati">Abhirami Antati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvilaiyadal_Puranam" title="Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam">Thiruvilaiyadal Puranam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinayagar_Agaval" title="Vinayagar Agaval">Vinayagar Agaval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedarthasamgraha" title="Vedarthasamgraha">Vedarthasamgraha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Deities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Gods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trimurti" title="Trimurti">Trimurti</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">Agni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dattatreya" title="Dattatreya">Dattatreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartikeya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varuna" title="Varuna">Varuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vayu" title="Vayu">Vayu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hindu_gods" title="Category:Hindu gods"><i>more</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Goddesses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tridevi" title="Tridevi">Tridevi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saraswati" title="Saraswati">Saraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhumi_(goddess)" title="Bhumi (goddess)">Bhumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kali" title="Kali">Kali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavidya" title="Mahavidya">Mahavidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matrika" class="mw-redirect" title="Matrika">Matrika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rukmini" title="Rukmini">Rukmini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sati_(Hindu_goddess)" title="Sati (Hindu goddess)">Sati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashthi" title="Shashthi">Shashthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hindu_goddesses" title="Category:Hindu goddesses"><i>more</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#FFC569;;width:1%">Practices</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Worship_in_Hinduism" title="Worship in Hinduism">Worship</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">Murti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japa" title="Japa">Japa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naivedhya" class="mw-redirect" title="Naivedhya">Naivedhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">Yajna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_(ritual)" title="Homa (ritual)">Homa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhy%C4%81na_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhyāna in Hinduism">Dhyāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_pilgrimage_sites_in_India" title="Hindu pilgrimage sites in India">Tirthatana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Sanskara_(rite_of_passage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskara (rite of passage)">Sanskaras</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garbhadhana" title="Garbhadhana">Garbhadhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana" title="Pumsavana">Pumsavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana_Simantonayana" title="Pumsavana Simantonayana">Simantonayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatakarma" title="Jatakarma">Jatakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81makara%E1%B9%87a" title="Nāmakaraṇa">Namakarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishkramana" title="Nishkramana">Nishkramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaprashana" title="Annaprashana">Annaprashana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chudakarana" title="Chudakarana">Chudakarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnavedha" title="Karnavedha">Karnavedha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidy%C4%81ra%E1%B9%83bha%E1%B9%83" title="Vidyāraṃbhaṃ">Vidyarambha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanayana" title="Upanayana">Upanayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshanta" title="Keshanta">Keshanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_Kala_Samskaram" title="Ritu Kala Samskaram">Ritushuddhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samavartanam" title="Samavartanam">Samavartanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivaah" class="mw-redirect" title="Vivaah">Vivaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antyesti" title="Antyesti">Antyeshti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">Varnashrama</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">Varna</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaishya" title="Vaishya">Vaishya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shudra" title="Shudra">Shudra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashrama_(stage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashrama (stage)">Ashrama</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacarya" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmacarya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grihastha" class="mw-redirect" title="Grihastha">Grihastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanaprastha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanaprastha">Vanaprastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannyasa" title="Sannyasa">Sannyasa</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals" title="List of Hindu festivals">Festivals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Shivaratri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramlila" title="Ramlila">Ramlila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Vijayadashami</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Rama Navami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Janmashtami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pongal_(festival)" title="Pongal (festival)">Pongal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a></li> <li>New Year <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihu" title="Bihu">Bihu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudi_Padwa" title="Gudi Padwa">Gudi Padwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahela_Baishakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Pahela Baishakh">Pahela Baishakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthandu" title="Puthandu">Puthandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishu" title="Vishu">Vishu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ugadi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbh_Mela" title="Kumbh Mela">Kumbh Mela</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haridwar_Kumbh_Mela" title="Haridwar Kumbh Mela">Haridwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashik-Trimbakeshwar_Simhastha" title="Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha">Nashik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayag_Kumbh_Mela" title="Prayag Kumbh Mela">Prayag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ujjain_Simhastha" title="Ujjain Simhastha">Ujjain</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra_(Puri)" title="Ratha Yatra (Puri)">Ratha Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teej" title="Teej">Teej</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Panchami" title="Vasant Panchami">Vasant Panchami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Hindu_festivals" title="Template:Hindu festivals">Others</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#FFC569;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sv%C4%81dhy%C4%81ya" title="Svādhyāya">Svādhyāya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namaste" 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