[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.s1.6 # The Purana Index v1.c3.s1.6 The Purāṇa Index v1.c3.s1.6 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.6) There is also another account as to the origin of the Purāṇas as told by the Viṣṇu Purāṇa. In fact we have to look for their origins in the Vedic literature itself. The myths and legends to which allusion is made therein as well as the particular forms of prayer and worship inculcated, afforded ample material for the later compiler of the Purāṇa especially the sarga and pratisarga portions. These portions are intimately connected with the origin of the world. It is not difficult to believe that cosmogonic hymns of the Ṛg Veda Saṃhitā afforded a convenient material to build up a literary superstructure. There is therefore much justification for the remark of Prof. Macdonell that " those ' cosmogonic ' hymns of the Ṛg Veda were not only the precursors of Indian Philosophy but also of the Purāṇas " (History of Indian Literature, p. 138). - [Previous: v1.c3.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.5) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.7) - [Up: v1.c3.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.6) · Pramāṇa