Studies in the Puranic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs c7.s8.2

Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs c7.s8.2

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c7.s8.2

The extant Vāmana deals in chap. 11 with hells, in chap. 12 with Karma-vipāka, in chap. 14 with the duties of the castes and Āśramas, general customs, eatables and noneatables, purification and impurity, in chaps. 16 and 80 with Vratas, and in chap. 95 with Viṣṇu-worship. It lacks, however, almost all the five themes characteristic of the older Mahāpurāṇas. It is mainly given to the glorification of Kurukṣetra and the adjoining holy places, and in connection with this glorification, legends of gods and demons have been narrated. The contents of this Purāṇa do not agree with the information regarding the ‘Vāmana-purāṇa’ contained in the Matsya and the Skanda. These two Purāṇas describe the ‘Vāmana’ as follows:

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Vāmanapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit