[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c3.s1.15 # The Purana Index v1.c3.s1.15 The Purāṇa Index v1.c3.s1.15 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.15) The same inference can be drawn from the use of the term in the Upanishads. That a definite work is meant is seen from the seventh book of the Chāndogya Upanishad where Nārada explicitly says that he had mastered the Itihāsa and Purāṇa (VII.1.2 and 4). When we come to the epoch of Sūtra literature we find reference to the contents of the Purāṇas profusely quoted. The Āpastamba Dharma Sūtra for example, definitely mentions that the quotation was taken from the Bhavishyat Purāṇa. The Purāṇas are again mentioned by name in the Mahābhārata (I.5.55 ff.) both in their special and general sense. In a later book of the epic (Bk. XVIII) there is a definite mention of the Purāṇic literature as a class, and the names of eighteen Purāṇas as handed down by tradition. - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.14) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.16) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1) ## Linked texts (2) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.7.1.2) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.1.5) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.15) · Pramāṇa