[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) › c5.1418.4 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1418.4 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1418.4 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1418.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1418.4) The text of the Agni and Mārkandeya Purānas is in course of publication in the Bibliotheca Indica. The Purānas vary greatly in length. Some of them specify the number of couplets that each of the eighteen contains. According to the Bhāgavata, the sum total of couplets in the whole eighteen is 400,000; the Skanda is the longest, with 81,000, the Brahma and the Vāmana the shortest, with 10,000 couplets each. - [Previous: c5.1418.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1418.3) - [Next: c5.1419](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1419) - [Up: c5.1418](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1418) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1418.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1418.4) · Pramāṇa