Book 1
20 Chapters
1.1
On the questions by Śaunaka and others
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1.2
On questions put by Śaunaka and other Rsis
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1.3
On praising the Purāṇas and on each Vyāsa of every Dvāpara Yuga
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1.4
On the excellency of the Devī
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1.5
On the narrative of Hayagrīva
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1.6
On the preparation for war by Madhu Kaiṭabha
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1.7
On the praise of the Devī
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1.8
On deciding who is to be worshipped
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1.9
On the killing of Madhu Kaiṭabha
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1.10
On Śiva’s granting boons
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1.11
On the birth of Budha
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1.12
On the birth of Pururavā
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1.13
On Urvaśī and Pururavā
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1.14
On the birth of Śūka Deva and on the duties of householders
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1.15
On the dispassion of Śūka and the instructions of Bhagavatī to Hari
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1.16
On Śūka’s desiring to go to Mithilā to see Janaka
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1.17
On Śūka’s displaying his self-control amidst the women of the palace of Miṭhilā
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1.18
On Janaka’s giving instructions on truth to Śūka Deva
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1.19
On the description of the marriage of Śūka
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1.20
On Vyāsa doing his duties
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Book 2
12 Chapters
2.1
On the birth of Matsyagandhā
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2.2
On the birth of Vyāsa Deva
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2.3
On the description of the curse on Gaṅgā, Mahābhiṣa and Vasus
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2.4
On the birth of the Vasus
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2.5
On the marriage of Satyavatī
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2.6
On the birth of the Pāṇḍavas
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2.7
On shewing the departed ones
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2.8
On the extinction of the family of Yadu and on the anecdote of Parīkṣit
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2.9
On the account of Ruru
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2.10
On the death of king Parīkṣit
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2.11
On the Sarpa Yajña
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2.12
On the birth of Āstika
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Book 3
30 Chapters
3.1
On the questions put by Janamejaya
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3.2
On Rudras going towards the heavens on the celestial car
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3.3
On seeing the Devī
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3.4
On the hymns to the Great Devī by Viṣṇu
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3.5
On the chanting of hymns by Hara and Brahmā
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3.6
On the description of the Devī’s Vibhutis (powers)
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3.7
On the creation and the Tattvas and their presiding deities
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3.8
On the Guṇas and their forms
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3.9
On the characteristics of the Guṇas
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3.10
On the story of Satyavrata
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3.11
On the merits of the Devī in the story of Satyavrata
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3.12
On the Ambā Yajña rules
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3.13
On the Devī Yajña by Śrī Viṣṇu
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3.14
On the narration of the glories of the Devī
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3.15
On the battle between Yudhājit and Vīrasena
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3.16
On the glory of the Devī
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3.17
On the story of Viśvāmitra
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3.18
The Svayambara of Śaśikalā
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3.19
On the going to the Svayamvara assembly of Sudarśana
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3.20
On the Svayamvara hall and the kings conversation there
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3.21
On the king of Benares fulfilling the advice of his daughter
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3.22
On Sudarśana’s marriage
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3.23
On the killing of the enemy of Sudarśana in the great war
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3.24
On the installation of Durgā Devī in the city of Benares
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3.25
On the installation of the Devī in Ayodhyā and Benares
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3.26
On the narration of what are to be done in the Navarātri
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3.27
On the virgins fit to be worshipped and the Glory of the Devī
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3.28
On the incidents connected with Navarātri
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3.29
On the stealing of Sītā and the sorrows of Rāma
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3.30
On the narration of the Navarātra ceremony by Nārada and the performance of that by Rāma Chandra
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Book 4
25 Chapters
4.1
On the questions put by Janamejaya regarding Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation
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4.2
On the supremacy of the effects of Karma
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4.3
On the former curse of Vasudeva and Devakī
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4.5
On the dialogues of Nara Nārāyaṇa
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4.6
On the origin of Urvaśī
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4.8
On going to the Tīrthas
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4.9
On the fight between the Riṣis and Prahlāda
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4.10
On the curse on Viṣṇu by Bhṛgu
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4.11
On Śukrā’s going to Mahādeva to get the Mantra
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4.12
On Bhṛgu’s curse and the dialogue between Śukrācārya and the Daityas
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4.13
On cheating the Daityas
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4.14
On the Daityas getting back their Śukrācārya
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4.15
On the truce between the Daityas and the Devas
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4.16
On the Birth of the several Avatāras of Viṣṇu and their deeds
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4.17
On the questions asked by Janamejaya
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4.18
On the Devī Earth’s going to the Heavens
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4.19
On chanting the hymns to the Devī
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4.20
On Devakī’s marriage
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4.21
On the killing of the sons of Devakī
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4.22
On the Part Incarnations of the Several Devas
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4.23
On the birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa
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4.24
On the stealing away of Pradyūmna
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4.25
On the Devī’s Highest Supremacy
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Book 5
35 Chapters
5.1
On the superiority of Rudra over Viṣṇu
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5.2
On the birth of Dānava Mahiṣa
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5.3
On the Daitya armies getting ready
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5.4
On the war counsels given by Indra
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5.5
On the defeat of the Dānava forces of Mahiṣa
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5.6
On the Deva Dānava fight
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5.7
On the going of the Devas to Kailāsa
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5.8
On the description of the origin and the form of the Devī
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5.9
On the worship by the gods to the Devī
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5.10
On the messenger’s news to Mahiṣa
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5.11
On the appearing of the Dānava Tāmra before the Devī
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5.12
On the holding of counsel by Mahiṣāsura
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5.13
On the killing of Vāskala and Durmukha
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5.14
On the killing of Tāmra and Cikṣura
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5.15
On the slaying of Viḍālākṣa and Asilomā
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5.16
On the conversation between the Devī and Mahiṣāsura
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5.17
On Mandodarī’s accounts
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5.18
On the killing of the Dānava Mahiṣāsura
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5.19
On the prayer and hymns to the Devī
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5.20
On the peace of the world
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5.21
On the conquest of the Heavens by Śumbha and Niśumbha
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5.22
On the eulogising of the Devī by the Devas
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5.23
On the prowess of Kauśikī
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5.24
On the description and Dhūmralocana giving the news
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5.25
On the killing of Dhūmralocana
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5.26
On the killing of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa
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5.27
On the description of the war of Raktabīja
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5.28
On the description of the fighting of the goddesses
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5.29
On the killing of Raktabīja
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5.30
On the killing of Niśumbha
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5.31
On the death of Śumbha
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5.32
On the King Suratha’s going to the forest
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5.33
On the description of the greatness of the Devī
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5.34
On the methods of the worship of the Devī
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5.35
On the receiving of the boons by the King Suratha and the Vaiśya Samādhi
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Book 6
31 Chapters
6.1
On Triśirā’s austerities
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6.2
On the birth of Vṛtrāsura
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6.3
On the Deva defeat and on Vṛtra’s tapasyā
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6.4
On the defeat of the Devas by Vṛtra
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6.5
On praising the Devī
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6.6
On the slaying of Vṛtrāsura
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6.7
On Indra’s living under disguise in the Mānas Lake
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6.8
On Śacī’s praising the Devī
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6.9
On Indra’s getting the fruits of Brahmahattyā and on the downfall of king Nahuṣa
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6.10
On the phase of Karma
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6.11
On the ascertainment of Dharma
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6.12
On the cause of the war between Ādi and Baka
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6.13
On the description of the battle between Ādi and Baka after the discourse on Śunahśepha
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6.14
On the birth of Vaśiṣṭha from Mitrā Varuṇa
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6.15
On the Nimi’s getting of another body and the beginning of the story of Haihayas
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6.16
On the incidents preliminary to the Haihaya and Bhārgava affairs
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6.17
On the continuance of the family of Bhṛgu
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6.18
On the origin of the Haihaya Dynasty
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6.19
On the origin of Haihayas from a mare
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6.20
On the son born of mare by Hari
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6.21
On the installation of Ekavīra and the birth of Ekāvalī
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6.22
On the narration to Haihaya the stealing away of Ekāvalī
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6.23
On the battle of Haihaya and Kālaketu
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6.24
On the description of Vikṣepa Śakti
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6.25
On the cause of Moha of Vyāsa Deva asked before Nārada
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6.26
On the description by Nārada of his own Moha
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6.27
On the marriage of Nārada and his face getting transformed into that of a monkey
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6.28
On Nārada’s getting the feminine form
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6.29
On the Nārada’s getting again his male form
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6.30
On the glory of Mahā Māyā
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6.31
On the glory of Māyā
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Book 7
40 Chapters
7.1
On the Solar and Lunar Kings
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7.2
On the piercing of the eyes of Cyavana Muni
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7.3
On the bestowing of the daughter of the King Śaryāti to Cyavana Muni
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7.4
On the conversation between the two Aśvins and the Princess Sukanyā
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7.5
On the getting of youth by Cyavana Muni
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7.6
On granting the Aśvins the right to drink the Soma juice
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7.7
On the twin Aśvins drinking the Soma Cup
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7.8
On the King Revata and the Solar Dynasty
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7.9
On the story of Kākutstha and the origin of Māndhātā
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7.10
On the story of Satyavrata
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7.11
On the story of Triśaṅku
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7.12
On the description of Vaśiṣṭha’s curse on Triśaṅku
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7.13
On the coming of Viśvāmitra to Triśaṅku
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7.14
On the going to Heavens of Triśaṅku and the commencement of Hariścandra’s narrative
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7.15
On the story of the King Hariścandra
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7.16
On the story of Śunahśepha
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7.17
On the freeing of Śunahśepha and the curing of Hariścandra
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7.18
On the origin of the quarrel between Hariścandra and Viśvāmitra
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7.19
On the taking away of Hariścandra’s Kingdom
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7.20
On the earnestness of Hariścandra to pay off the Dakṣiṇā
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7.21
On the description of the sorrows of Hariścandra
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7.22
On the selling of Hariścandra’s wife
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7.23
On the King Hariścandra’s acknowledging of the slavery of the Cāṇḍāla
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7.24
On the stay of Hariścandra in the burning ground
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7.25
On the quarrels between Hariścandra and Viśvāmitra
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7.26
On the narration of the sorrows of Hariścandra
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7.27
On the going of Hariścandra to the Heavens
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7.28
On the glory of the Śatakṣi Devī
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7.29
On the birth of the Bhagavatī in the house of Dakṣa
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7.30
On the birth of Gaurī, the seats of the Deity, and the distraction of Śiva
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7.31
On the Birth of Pārvatī in the House of Himālayās
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7.32
On Self-realization, Spoken by the World Mother
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7.33
On the Devī’s Viraṭ Rūpa
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7.34
On the Knowledge and Final Emancipation
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7.35
On the Yoga and Mantra Siddhi
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7.36
On the Highest Knowledge of Brahmā
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7.38
The Vows and the Sacred Places of the Devī
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7.39
The Worship of the World Mother
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7.40
The External Worship of the Devī
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Book 8
24 Chapters
8.1
On the description of the worlds
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8.2
On the uplifting of the Earth by the Sacrificial Boar
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8.3
On the description of the family of Manu
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8.4
On the narration of the family of Priyavrata
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8.5
On the description of the receptacle of beings and on the mountains and on the origin of rivers
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8.6
On the rivers and the mountains Sumeru and others
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8.7
On the Ganges and the Varṣas
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8.8
On the description of Ilāvrita
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8.9
On the narration of the division of the continents
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8.10
On the description of Bhuvanakoṣa
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8.11
On the description of the continents and of Bhāratavarṣa
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8.12
On the narration of Plakṣa, Śālmala and Kuśa Dvīpas
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8.13
On the description of the remaining Dvīpas
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8.14
On the description of the Lokāloka space
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8.15
On the motion of the Sun
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8.16
On the motion of the planets
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8.17
On the Dhruva Maṇḍalam
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8.18
On the narrative of Rāhu Maṇḍalam
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8.19
On the narrative of the Atala, etc.
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8.20
On the narrative of the Talātala
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8.21
On the narrative of hells
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8.22
On the narrative of the sins leading to hells
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8.23
On the description of the remaining hells
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8.24
On the worship of the Devī
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Book 9
50 Chapters
9.1
On the description of Prakṛti
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9.2
On the origin of Prakṛti and Puruṣa
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9.3
On the origin of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa and others
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9.4
On the hymn, worship and Kavaca of Sarasvatī Devī
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9.5
On Sarasvatī stotra by Yājñavalkya
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9.6
On the coming in this world of Lakṣmī, Gaṅgā and Sarasvatī
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9.7
On the curses of Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī and Lakṣmī
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9.8
On the greatness of Kali
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9.9
On the origin of the Śakti of the Earth
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9.10
On the offences caused to the Earth and punishments thereof
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9.11
On the origin of the Ganges
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9.12
On the origin of Gaṅgā
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9.13
On the anecdote of Gaṅgā
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9.14
On the story of Gaṅgā becoming the wife of Nārāyaṇa
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9.15
On the anecdote of Tulasī
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9.16
On the incarnation of Mahā Lakṣmī in the house of Kuśadhvaja
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9.17
On the anecdote of Tulasī
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9.18
On the union of Śaṅkhacūḍa with Tulasī
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9.19
On the going of the Devas to Vaikuṇṭha after Tulasī’s marriage with Śaṅkhacūḍa
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9.20
On the war preparations of Śaṅkhacūḍa with the Devas
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9.21
On the meeting of Mahādeva and Śaṅkhacūḍa for an encounter in conflict
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9.22
On the fight between the Devas and Śaṅkhacūḍa
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9.23
On the killing of Śaṅkhacūḍa
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9.24
On the glory of Tulasī
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9.25
On the method of worship of Tulasī Devī
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9.26
On the narration of Sāvitrī
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9.27
On the birth, etc., of Sāvitrī
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9.28
On the story of Sāvitrī
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9.29
On the anecdote of Sāvitrī, on gifts and on the effects of Karmas
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9.30
On the conversation between Sāvitrī and Yama and on the fruition of Karmas
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9.31
On the Yama's giving Śakti Mantra to Sāvitrī
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9.32
On the enumeration of various hells for sinners
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9.33
On the description of the destinies of different sinners in different hells
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9.34
On the description of the various hells
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9.35
On the description of the various hells for the various sinners
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9.36
On the destruction of the fear of the Yama of those who are the worshippers of the Five Devatās
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9.37
On the eighty-six Kuṇḍas and their characteristics
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9.38
On the glories of the Devī and on the nature of Bhakti
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9.39
On the story of Mahā Lakṣmī
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9.40
On the birth of Lakṣmī in the discourse of Nārada and Nārāyaṇa
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9.41
On the churning of the ocean and on the appearing of Lakṣmī
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9.42
On the Dhyānam and Stotra of Mahā Lakṣmī
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9.43
On the history of Svāhā
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9.44
On the story of Svadhā Devī in the discourse between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa
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9.45
On the anecdote of Dakṣiṇā
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9.46
On the anecdote of Ṣaṣṭhī Devī
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9.47
On Manasā’s story
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9.48
On the anecdote of Manasā
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9.49
On the anecdote of Surabhi
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9.50
On the Glory of Śakti
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Book 10
13 Chapters
10.1
On the story of Svāyambhuva Manu
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10.2
On the conversation between Nārada and the Bindhya Mountain
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10.3
On the obstruction of the Sun’s course by the Bindhya Mountain
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10.4
On the Devas going to Mahā Deva
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10.5
On the Devas going to Viṣṇu
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10.6
On the Devas praying to the Muni Agastya
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10.7
On the checking of the rise of the Bindhya Range
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10.8
On the origin of Manu
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10.9
On the narrative of Cākṣuṣa Manu
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10.10
On the anecdote of the King Suratha
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10.11
On the killing of Madhu Kaiṭabha
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10.12
On the anecdote of Sāvarṇi Manu
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10.13
On the account of Bhrāmarī Devī
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Book 11
24 Chapters
11.1
On what is to be thought of in the morning
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11.2
On cleansing the several parts of the body
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11.3
On the glories of the Rudrākṣa beads
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11.4
On the greatness of the Rudrākṣam
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11.5
On the Rudrākṣam rosaries
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11.6
On the greatness of Rudrākṣams
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11.7
On the greatness of one faced, etc., Rudrākṣam
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11.8
On Bhūta Śuddhi
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11.9
On the rules of Śirovrata
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11.10
On the subject of Gauṇa Bhasma
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11.11
On the description of the greatness of the three kinds of Bhaṣmas
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11.12
On the greatness in holding the Tripuṇḍra and Bhaṣma
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11.13
On the greatness of Bhasma
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11.14
On the greatness in holding the Bibhūti
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11.15
On the rules of using the Tripuṇḍra and Ūrdhapuṇḍra marks
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11.16
On the description of Sandhyā Upāsānā
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11.17
On the description of Sandhyā and other daily practices
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11.18
On the Greatness of the Devī Pūjā
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11.19
On the midday Sandhyā
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11.20
On the description of Brahmā Yajñā, Sandhyās, etc.
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11.21
On Gāyatrī Puraścaraṇam
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11.22
On the rules of Vaiśvadeva
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11.23
On the Tapta Kṛcchra vrata and others
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Book 12
14 Chapters
12.1
On the description of Gāyatrī
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12.2
On the description of the Śaktis, etc., of the syllables of Gāyatrī
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12.3
On the description of the Kavaca of Śrī Gāyatrī Devī
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12.4
On Gāyatrī Hridaya
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12.5
On the Gāyatrī Stotra
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12.6
On the one thousand and eight names of the Gāyatrī
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12.7
On the Dīkṣā vidhi or on the rules of Initiation
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12.8
On the appearance of the Highest Śakti
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12.9
On the cause of Śrāddha in other Devas than the Devī Gāyatrī
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12.10
On the description of Maṇi Dvīpa
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12.11
On the description of the enclosure walls built of Padmarāga maṇi, etc., of the Maṇi Dvīpa
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12.12
On the description of Maṇi Dvīpa
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12.13
On the description of Janamejaya’s Devī Yajñā
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12.14
On the recitation of the fruits of this Purāṇam
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