Language: English 
Pages: 784\nAbout the Book 
The Puranas are eighteen-in numbers. Sage Veda Vyasa composed them. There are references to Epics and Puranas in the vedic texts and also in the Sutra texts of Aapasthamba, Gauthama and others. Many of the previous puraiias are extinct now and only those are available which are composed by Veda Vyasa. 
In Garuda Puranam Lord Vishnu himself narrated this to his vehicle Garuda . Methods to worship, feasts and ceremonies are described. It is also describes about the soul after death, funeral rites, Medicine etc. 
Preface 
A few preliminary remarks on the history, scope and contents of the Garuda Puranam may be necessary. The Garuda Puranam may be safely described as a sister work to the Agni Puranam. 
Each of them treats of Pant VidyA and Aparl Vidy secular knowledge and metaphysical truths, and par takes more of the nature of a catechism of the then prevailing Brahmanism, or what a BrAlimana was required to know at the time, than of the Puranm proper, at least if we may be admitted to look upon the or the Mahabharatam as the model of that class of literature. Superficially conforming to the Rules of Pancha Sandhis,- etc., the Garuda Furanam, like its sister work, reflects but the knowledge of the firihmailical world at the time, and had its uses then as it has even now. 
Without doing violence to the antiquarian instinct, we must say that it is quite futile to attempt to lay down the precise date of . the composition the Garuda Puranatn. Its name occurs in the Ilal.iyudha's Brahmans Sarvasvam. Chakrpani 1)ntta has quoted many a recipe from it, and the Viskni, Dharmoti ra according to several eminent authorities, orginally formed a portion of the Garuda Puranam. All these 'factors emphatically demonstrate the fact that, the Garud

The Garuda Purana: Translated into English (Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 343)

M.N. Dutt

MANMATHA NATH DUTT

Sri Satguru Publications

Language: English 
Pages: 1382\nAbout the Book 
The Puranas are eighteen in numbers. Sage Veda Vyasa composed them. There are references to Epics and Puranas in the vedic texts and also in the Sutra texts of Aapasthamba, Gauthama andothers. Many of the previous Puranas are extinct now and only those are available which are composed by Veda Vyasa 
Agni, the fire God narrated this Purana to sage Vasishtha 
The contents of this Purana clearly show that is has no sectarial leaning. It impartially treats of Vaishnava, Saiva, and Sakta forms of worship. It is more a compendium of Sanskrit learning than the advocacy of any particular form of religion. This Purana contains topics dealing with subjects like (Ayurveda), Silpa Sastra, Jyotish, Poetics etc. 
Introduction 
The Purana which describes the occurrences of the 
Isana Kalpa and was related by Agni to 
Vasistha, is called Agneya. It consists 
of sixteen thousand stanzas distributed in three hundred 
and eighty-three chapters. The Puranas have obtained the 
name of Panchalakshana because their contents generally 
embrace five topics namely (1) Primary creation, or cosmogony, (2) secondary creation, (3) genealogy of gods and 
patriarchs, (4) reigns of the Manus, (5) history of the solar 
and lunar dynasties. The definition does not however necessarily signify that the Puranas exclusively deal with these 
topics only. On the contrary, every Purana dwells at length 
on one or more particular subjects and in some, these five 
primary topics occupy a very subordinate position. Our remark is particularly applicable to Agni Purana more than 
three-fourths of which have no connection however with 
the five principal topics. In the introduction Suta describes 
the subjects of knowledge, an

The Agni Purana: Translated into English (2 Volume Set) Sri Garib Das Oriental Series No. 346

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The Garuda Mahapuranam (Text and English Translation) 2 Volume Set

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Summary: According to Mr. Dutt, "Garuda Purana" is one of the scriptures Puranas of Vaisnavism, and the Preta Khanda which we find in variously appended to the Purana in many of the manuscripts does not reflect the necessity of subsequently adding to it a Treatise on funeral rites or on punishment and reward after death. Description: The present English translation by M.N. Dutt was written and published hundred years before. Shri M.N. Dutt translated into English many Purans and the Garuda Purana was one of them. It was first published in the year 1908. Then it was re-priented. Now the book is publishing its English translation with Sanskrit text.

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