Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs c4.3

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 |