Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c10.13

c10.13

classification of movable and immovable things, (4) the rescue of men and of the world in every age by a divine incarnation, (5) reigns of Manus, etc., (6) genealogies of past, present and future kings, descended of Brahman, (7) histories of kings and their descendants, (8) the destruction of the world causal or natural, temporary or permanent, (9) the influence of Avidyâ or ignorance in creation, and (10) the reduction of Brahman or the universal spirit to Jiva or individual soul under the influence of Mâyâ. The Śrimad Bhâgavata and the Kûrma Purâṇa give slightly different lists of contents. These, however, are really the characteristics of the Upapurâṇas, the eighteen sub-purâṇas, which were composed on the model of Purâṇas.