The Markandeya Purana
by Frederick Eden Pargiter | 1904 | 247,181 words | ISBN-10: 8171102237
This is the English translation of the Markandeya Purana, one of the eighteen Mahapuranas. The Puranas (purāṇa) are a genre of Hindu religious texts. Its leading feature is narrative; and it presents an uninterrupted succession of legends. This translation features Sanskrit-native words that have been rendered using the IAST transliteration schem...
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BIBLIOTHECA INDICA:
A
COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL WORKS,
PUBLISHED BY
THE ASTATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL.
New Serise, Nos. 700, 706, 810, 872, 890, 947, 1058, 1076,
& 1104.
THE
MĀRKAṆḌEYA PURĀṆA
TRANSLATED WITH NOTES.
BY
F. EDEN PARGITER, B.A.
Indian Civil Service;
Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Calcutta ;
Late Boden Sanskrit Scholar, Oxford.
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:
CALCUTTA:
PRINTED AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS,
AND PUBLISHED BY
THE ASIATIC SOCIETT, 57, PARK STREET.
1904.