![]() ![]() The Puranic literature is encyclopaedic and covers a wide range of themes, including cosmogony, cosmology, genealogy of gods, goddesses, kings, heroes, sages, and demigods, folk tales, pilgrimages, temples, medicine, astronomy, grammar, mineralogy, comedy, love stories, and theology and philosophy.Bhagavata Purana (10th century) and Skanda Purana are two examples (14th century).The puranas were mostly composed during the Gupta period, although some were produced in the early mediaeval period as well.The puranas' beginnings may overlap with the Vedas to some extent, although their writing spanned the 4th and 5th century CE, and in some cases much later.There are 18 Mahapuranas (great puranas) and a plethora of Upapuranas (secondary puranas).Purana is a Sanskrit word that means "ancient." Puranas were first created by Sag e Veda-Vyasa, according to legend.
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