Vishnupurana, Viṣṇupurāṇa, Vishnu-purana: 18 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Viṣṇupurāṇa can be transliterated into English as Visnupurana or Vishnupurana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchViṣṇupurāṇa (विष्णुपुराण):—n. Titel eines Purāṇa (übersetzt von H. H. [WILSON]) [Oxforder Handschriften 62,b, No. 109. 113,b,44. 125,a,41. 182,b,1 v. u. 185,b,16. 42. 268,a,9. 38. 270,b,46. 279,b,3.] [SARVADARŚANAS. 68,13. 173,20. 177,14.] ka n. [PAÑCAR. 2, 7, 32.]
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Partial matches: Vishnu, Puranas, Purana, Puraana.
Starts with: Vishnupuranaka, Vishnupuranam, Vishnupuranasarasamgraha.
Full-text (+4877): Caruka, Ayutayu, Mallaga, Vittunupuranam, Shatadyumna, Nabhaga, Kshemya, Rica, Arvaksrotas, Kuruka, Rathacitra, Ekoddishta, Prastavi, Vatsahanu, Prithujaya, Amarsha, Sukhivala, Adikrit, Suciratha, Vipracitti.
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On the Date of Visnu Purana’s account of Bharata and Bhuvanakosa < [Purana, Volume 8, Part 2 (1966)]
On Comparative Chronology of the Vishnu and Bhagavata Puranas < [Purana, Volume 10, Part 1 (1968)]
Wise Sayings from the Visnu-Purana < [Purana, Volume 8, Part 1 (1966)]
The Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
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