Sri Visnu Puranam Part 2 (Amsa IV-Amsa VI Vol. 82) Shree Lal Bahadur Shashtri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Since 1914

Since 1914

On the Question put by Janamejaya Regarding Krsna's Incarnation 299 2

2 So Menander was one of the most important of those Greek kings who continued in Bactria the dominion founded by Alexander the Great

How could I venture even to attempt what I have done

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Sri Visnu Puranam Part 2 (Amsa IV-Amsa VI Vol. 82) Shree Lal Bahadur Shashtri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Since 1914The word Puranam means that which was composed first purvasmin bhutam puranam. There are eighteen Mahapuranams . (Vide This work, III. vi. 20). They form three groups, namely, sattvika, rajasa and tamasa. The six, Matsya, Kurma, Linga, Siva, Skanda and Agni are tamasa Puranams. The six Brahmanda, Brahmavaivarta, Markandeya, Bhavirya, Vamana, and Brahma are rajasa Puranam s and the six Visnu, Naradiya, Bhagavata, Garuda, Padma and Varaha are sattvika