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Amar Chitra Katha (Eng)-139-PRINCE HRITADHWAJA

RETOLD FROM THE MARKANDEYA PURANA

The Markandeya Purana is one of the eighteen major Puranas of Hiduism originally written in Sanskri. The text's title Markandeya refers to a sage in Hindu History, who is the central character in two legends, one linked to Shiva and other to Vishnu. 

The Markandeya Purana is probably one of the oldest in Purana genre of Hindu Literature, among the most interesting and important, states Ludo Rocher It is famous for including the Devi Mahatmya within it, the oldest known treatise on Devi (Goddess) as the Supreme Truth and Creator Of The Universe The text is considered as a central text of the Hindu Goddess-related Shaktism tradition, with an extraordinary expression of reverence for the feminine. The Markandeya Purana's Devi Mahatmya is often ranked in some Hindu traditions to be as important as the Bhagavad Gita.

The extant manuscripts of this Purana have 137 chapters, of which chapters 81 through 93 is the Devi Mahatmya. Tradition and some medieval era texts assert that the Markandeya Purana has 9,000 verses, but surviving Manuscripts have about 6,900 verses. 2,100 verses were transferred to Devi Bhagavatam. The text presents a diverse range of topics, with socio-cultural information and symbolism for Vedic ideas and Metaphysical Thought.

•  Amar Chitra Katha
• Title                       : Prince Hritadhwaja
• Serial No.(new)     : ..... 5in1
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• Serial No. (old)     : 139
• Pages                     : 36 
• Language              : English 
• Published in year :1977

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