Executive Officer Paper II · 4 Hindu Puranams · APPSC Paper I
4.1 Hindu Puranams notes
3 notes, in reading order.
- 4.1.1The 18 Mahapuranas and the Upapuranas
The Puranas are the "fifth Veda" of story and worship: 18 great Puranas (Mahapuranas) and 18 minor ones (Upapuranas), arranged by Vyasa and recited by the Suta to Shaunaka and the sages at Naimisharanya; EO Paper II asks each Purana's place in the list, narrator, listener, limb of Vishnu, guna, size and best-known story.
Standard · 14 min · Read here - 4.1.2Deities, sages and lineages in the Puranas
The Puranas arrange the gods in families: the Trimurti and their consorts, Brahma's mind-born Prajapatis, Kashyapa's wives whose sons became gods, demons, serpents and birds, and the Sun and Moon dynasties of kings.
Standard · 16 min · Read here - 4.1.3Sacred places: Jyotirlingas, Shakti Peethas and AP kshetras
The Puranas, above all the Skanda Purana, praise the tirthas of India: the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva, the Shakti Peethas where Sati's body fell, the seven moksha cities, and in Andhra the Pancharamas, Tirumala, Srisailam, Simhachalam and Ahobilam; EO Paper II asks which place, which deity, which Purana and which festival.
Standard · 22 min · Read here
Practise Hindu Puranams. Questions with answers explained, from the same topics.
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