[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.650 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.650 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.650 - **Language:** English ### [c8.650](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.650) MĀRKAṆḌEYAPURĀṆA. One of the eighteen Purāṇas. The number of granthas in it is ninethousand. It contains a critical study of Dharma and Adharma. It is considered to be very good to give this Purāṇa as gift on the full-moon day in the month of Kārttika (November). (Chapter 272, Agni Purāṇa). - [Previous: c8.649](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.649) - [Next: c8.651](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.651) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.272) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.650](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.650) · Pramāṇa