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Padma Purana

by N.A. Deshpande | 1951 | 1,261,945 words | ISBN-10: 8120838297 | ISBN-13: 9788120838291

Hinduism Purana
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The English translation of the Padma Purana, one of the largest of the eighteen major puranas. It contains detailled information regarding ancient Indian society, traditions, geography, as well as religious pilgrimages (yatra) to sacred places (tirthas), instructions on ancestor worship (shraddha) and the traditional Puranic view on the creation of...

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Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)

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Chapter 1 - Rāma Sees Nandigrāma from Puṣpaka
Chapter 2 - Rāma Meets Bharata
Chapter 3 - Rāma Enters Ayodhyā
Chapter 4 - Rāma’s Consecration
Chapter 5 - The Coming of Sage Agasti
Chapter 6 - Agastya Begins Rāvaṇa’s Story
Chapter 7 - Elimination of Rāvaṇa by Viṣṇu
Chapter 8 - Agastya Advises Rāma to Perform a Horse-Sacrifice
Chapter 9 - Instructions in Religious Practices
Chapter 10 - Rāma Appoints Śatrughna as the Protector of the Horse
Chapter 11 - The Aśvamedha Horse Is Let Loose
Chapter 12 - Ahicchatrā City, King Sumada and Kāma
Chapter 13 - Śatrughna Enters Ahicchatrā City
Chapter 14 - The Cyavana Episode
Chapter 15 - Cyavana’s Penance and Enjoyments
Chapter 16 - The Horse Goes to Cyavana’s Hermitage
Chapter 17 - Arrival of a Brāhmaṇa Ascetic
Chapter 18 - A Miraculous Happening
Chapter 19 - Ratnagrīva Goes on a Pilgrimage to Puruṣottama
Chapter 20 - The Importance of Gaṇḍakī
Chapter 21 - Puruṣottama Appears to the King in the Guise of an Ascetic
Chapter 22 - The Greatness of Nila Mountain
Chapter 23 - Damana Fights with Pratāpāgrya
Chapter 24 - Puṣkala Defeats Damana
Chapter 25 - Subāhu Gets Ready with His Army in the Krauñca Array
Chapter 26 - A Fierce Fight Between Lakṣmīnidhi and Suketu
Chapter 27 - Killing of Citrāṅga
Chapter 28 - Subāhu’s Defeat
Chapter 29 - King Subāhu Surrenders to Śatrughna
Chapter 30 - Janaka Releases Sinners from Hell
Chapter 31 - King Ṛtambhara is Blessed with a Son
Chapter 32 - Satyavān Meets Śatrughna
Chapter 33 - Śatrughnā’s Army Gets Ready to Fight Vidyunmālin
Chapter 34 - Vidyunmālin Killed in Battle
Chapter 35 - Dialogue between Lomaśa and Āraṇyaka
Chapter 36 - Lomaśa Narrates the Deeds of Rāma to Āraṇyaka
Chapter 37 - Sage Āraṇyaka Goes to Viṣṇu’s Heaven
Chapter 38 - Getting Back the Horse from the Possession of an Under-Water Female
Chapter 39 - The Seizure of the Horse by Vīramaṇi’s Son
Chapter 40 - Śatrughna Resolves to Fight Against Vīramaṇi
Chapter 41 - Rukmāṅgada Is Defeated by Puṣkala
Chapter 42 - Vīramaṇi Is Defeated
Chapter 43 - Defeat of Puṣkala and Śatrughna
Chapter 44 - Hanūmat on the Droṇa Mountain
Chapter 45 - Śrī Rāma Appears on the Battlefield
Chapter 46 - Vīramaṇi Surrenders the Horse to Śrī Rāma
Chapter 47 - The Sacrificial Horse Develops Stiffness
Chapter 48 - The Horse Is Relieved of Stiffness
Chapter 49 - King Suratha Seizes the Horse
Chapter 50 - Aṅgada Delivers Śatrughna’s Message to Suratha
Chapter 51 - Hanūmat Frees Puṣkala from Campaka
Chapter 52 - King Suratha Wins the Battle
Chapter 53 - Rāma Frees the Bound Heroes
Chapter 54 - Lava Binds the Sacrificial Horse
Chapter 55 - The Observation of the Spies
Chapter 56 - Rāma Seeks Bharata’s Advice
Chapter 57 - The Washerman’s Former Birth
Chapter 58 - Lakṣmaṇa Leaves Sītā in the Forest
Chapter 59 - The Birth of Kuśa and Lava
Chapter 60 - Lava Defeats the Army and Kills the General
Chapter 61 - Hanūmat Falls Unconscious
Chapter 62 - Lava Becomes Unconscious
Chapter 63 - Kuśa’s Victory
Chapter 64 - Rāma’s Army Revives
Chapter 65 - Sumati Describes the Adventurous Events to Rāma
Chapter 66 - Singing of Rāmāyaṇa by Kuśa and Lava
Chapter 67 - The Commencement of the Sacrifice
Chapter 68 - The Horse Sacrifice Ends
Chapter 69 - The Story of Kṛṣṇa Begins
Chapter 70 - A Description of Śrīkṛṣṇa
Chapter 71 - The Greatness of Rādhākṛṣṇa
Chapter 72 - Devotees of Kṛṣṇa Born in Gokula as Cowherdesses
Chapter 73 - The Greatness of Mathurā
Chapter 74 - Arjuna’s Wish and Its Fulfilment
Chapter 75 - Nārada’s Experience
Chapter 76 - The Greatness of Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 77 - A Description of Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 78 - Worship Prescribed for a Devotee of Viṣṇu
Chapter 79 - Do’s and Don’t’s for a Devotee of Viṣṇu
Chapter 80 - Month-wise Rites Prescribed for a Viṣṇu Devotee
Chapter 81 - Mantracintāmaṇi for Devotees of Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 82 - The Greatness of Vṛndāvana
Chapter 83 - Kṛṣṇa’s Love Sports in Vṛndāvana
Chapter 84 - Meditation of the Lord
Chapter 85 - Greatness of Vaiśākha
Chapter 86 - Acts to be Performed in Vaiśākha
Chapter 87 - Subtle Are the Ways of Dharma
Chapter 88 - Sumanā on Kinds of Sons
Chapter 89 - Devaśarman’s Life in the Previous Birth
Chapter 90 - An Account of Devaśarman’s Good Deeds of Previous Birth
Chapter 91 - Happy End of Devaśarman’s Story
Chapter 92 - Citrās Story
Chapter 93 - Divyādevī Is Married to Vīrasena
Chapter 94 - The Means of Destroying Sins
Chapter 95 - More Rites and Rituals to be Observed in Vaiśākha
Chapter 96 - Deeds Leading to Hell and Heaven
Chapter 97 - More Sinful and Meritorious Deeds
Chapter 98 - The Greatness of Vaiśākha
Chapter 99 - Kaśyapa’s Advice to King Mahīratha
Chapter 100 - Carnal Enjoyment Is Sinful
Chapter 101 - King Mahīratha Goes to Viṣṇu’s Abode
Chapter 102 - King Mahīratha Gives Part of His Merit to the Sufferers in Hell
Chapter 103 - How to Meditate on Kṛṣṇa in Vaiśākha
Chapter 104 - Dialogue between Śambhu and Rāma
Chapter 105 - The Importance of Sacred Ash
Chapter 106 - A Sinful Brāhmaṇa Becomes an Attendant of Vīrabhadra
Chapter 107 - Vīrabhadra’s Heroic Deed
Chapter 108 - How to Prepare Sacred Ash
Chapter 109 - Jābāli Recommends Phallus Worship to the Brāhmaṇa Ikṣvāku
Chapter 110 - How a King Became Śiva’s Attendant Agniśikha
Chapter 111 - The Sinner Vidhṛta Goes to Śiva’s Abode
Chapter 112 - The Story of Śoṇa and His Wife Kalā
Chapter 113 - The Requirements for Narrating a Purāṇa
Chapter 114 - Dialogue between Śiva and Rāma
Chapter 115 - Reciting and Listening to Purāṇas Is Meritorious
Chapter 116 - Narration of the Rāmāyaṇa of a Former Kalpa
Chapter 117 - Fruit of Worship by Justly Procured, Stolen and Impaired Material
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