Skip to search
Skip to main content
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
The Visnu Purana : Ancient Annals of the God with Lotus Eyes.
Author
Taylor, McComas
[Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Canberra ANU Press 2021
Canberra : ANU Press, 2021.
©2021.
Description
1 online resource (578 pages)
Details
Subject(s)
Puranas Viṣṇupurāṇa
—
Criticism, interpretation, etc
[Browse]
Summary note
Viṣṇu is a central deity in the Hindu pantheon, especially in his manifestation as the seductive cattle-herding youth, Kṛṣṇa. The purāṇas are sacred texts, which, as the Sanskrit name implies, are collections of narratives from 'long ago'.
Copyright note
Unless stated otherwise, the author retains copyright to their work while ANU Press retains exclusive worldwide rights for the distribution of the book. From 2018, the majority of ANU Press titles are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which broadens the ways in which works can be used and distributed. Please refer to the copyright page of each book for more information on a specific title's copyright licensing.
Source of description
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Rights and reproductions note
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Language note
English
Contents
Introduction
Book one : Creation
Book two : The World
Book three : Society
Book four : The Royal Dynasties
Book five : Kṛṣṇa
Book Six : Dissolution.
Show 4 more Contents items
Other title(s)
Visnu Purana
OCLC
1290022660
Statement on responsible collection description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Supplementary Information
Other versions
The Viṣṇu Purāṇa : ancient annals of the god with lotus eyes / translated from the Sanskrit by McComas Taylor.
id
99125429545906421