[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c90.59 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.59 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.59 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c90.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.59) | Order | Name of Purāṇa | Number of verses acc. to Matsya, Vāyu 104 and some others | Number of verses acc to some other Purāṇas and remarks | | 6 | Nāradīya | 25,000 | | | 7 | Mārkaṇḍeya | 9,000 | 6900 acc to Mārkaṇḍeya itself (134 39), 9000 acc. to Nārada I. 98.2, Vāyu 104 4 | | 8 | Agni | 16,000 | 15400 acc to Bhāgavata XII. 13.5, 12000 acc to Agni (272. 10–11) | | 9 | Bhaviṣya | 14,500 | 14000 acc to Agni (272. 12) | | 10 | Brahma-vaivarta | 18,000 | | | 11 | Liṅga | 11,000 | | | 12 | Varāha | 24,000 | | | 13 | Skanda | 81,100 | 84000 acc. to Agni (272. 17), vide below under Sknda | | 14 | Vāmana | 10,000 | | | 15 | Kūrma | 18,000 | 17000 acc to Nārada I. 106. 3 and Bhāgavata XII. 13. 8, 8000 acc. to Agni. 272 19, | | 16 | Matsya | 14,000 | 13000 acc to Agni 272. 20-21 | | 17 | Garuḍa | 18,000 | 19000 acc to Bhāgavata XII. 13 8 and Devībhāgavata I. 3; 8000 acc to Agni 272 21 | | 18 | Brahmāṇḍa | 12,200 acc to Matsya 53. 54 | 12000 acc. to Bhāgavata (XII. 13-8 and Agni 272 23) | - [Previous: v7.c90.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.58) - [Next: v7.c90.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.60) - [Up: v7.c90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90) ## Cites (7) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.272.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.98.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.12.13.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.42.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata) — Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.59) · Pramāṇa