Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs c7.s2.2

c7.s2.2

⁹ The word ‘oldest’ is applicable only to the main skeleton of the work, because this Purāṇa also, like the others, was subjected to later additions and alterations. As an example, chap. 104 may be cited. This chapter mentions Rādhā, the Tantras, and the Śākta philosophy. Mr. Dikshitar rightly says that ‘the Purāṇa compilation extended over a number of centuries’.