[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1149 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1149 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1149 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1149) The commentators on this legend of the Mahā-bhārata give a metaphysical turn to the legend, and endeavour to illustrate it by philosophical and allegorical interpretations. The same story is reproduced with variations in the Matsya, Bhāgavata, and Agni Purānas, and Muir has given translations of the passages in vol. i. of his \*Sanskrit Texts\*. - [Previous: c5.1148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1148) - [Next: c5.1150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1150) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (4) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1149) · Pramāṇa