Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs c4: Table of Contents
Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs c4
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Table of Contents
c4.1
| SUBJECT | PAGE |
| Preface | i |
| Abbreviations | v |
c4.2
PART I
c4.3
| CHAPTER | SUBJECT | PAGE |
| I. | The Mahāpurāṇas | 1 |
| II. | The Chronology of the Purāṇic Chapters on Hindu Rites and Customs. The Major Purāṇas | 8 |
| | 1. The Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa | 8 |
| | 2. The Vāyu-purāṇa | 13 |
| | 3. The Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa | 17 |
| | 4. The Viṣṇu-purāṇa | 19 |
| | 5. The Matsya-purāṇa | 26 |
| | 6. The Bhāgavata-purāṇa | 52 |
| | 7. The Kūrma-purāṇa | 57 |
| III. | The Chronology of the Purāṇic Chapters on Hindu Rites and Customs. The Minor Purāṇas | 76 |
| | 1. The Vāmana-purāṇa | 76 |
| | 2. The Liṅga-purāṇa | 92 |
| | 3. The Varāha-purāṇa | 96 |
| | 4. The Padma-purāṇa | 107 |
| | 5. The Bṛhannāradīya and the Nāradīya Purāṇa | 127 |
| | 6. The Agni-purāṇa | 134 |
| | 7. The Garuḍa-purāṇa | 141 |
| | 8. The Brahma-purāṇa | 145 |
| | 9. The Skanda-purāṇa | 157 |
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CHAPTER | SUBJECT | PAGE --- | --- | ---
10. | The Brahmavaivarta-purāṇa | 166
11. | The Bhaviṣya-purāṇa | 167 IV. | A Chronological Table of the Purāṇic Chapters on Hindu Rites and Customs | 174
c4.5
PART II
c4.6
I. | The Hindu Society before 200 A.D., and the Purāṇic Rites and Customs in the First Stage of their Development | 193 II. | The Hindu Society from the 3rd to the 6th Century A.D., and the Purāṇic Rites and Customs in the Second Stage of their Development | 215 III. | Brāhmaṇical Elements in the Purāṇic Teachings | 228 IV. | The Purāṇic Rites and Customs as influenced by the Economic and Social Needs of the Sacerdotal Class | 243 V. | Absorption of Tantricism by the Purāṇic Rites and Customs | 260 Appendix I | | 265 Appendix II | | 336 Bibliography | | 340