encyclopedic purana
ritual
sacred knowledge
Agni Purana
Edition or translation of the Agni Purana, an encyclopedic Purana covering cosmology, ritual, iconography, kingship, and sacred practice.
creation doctrine
consciousness
atman
Aitareya Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Aitareya Upanishad, highlighting creation, consciousness, and the identity of the self with ultimate reality.
krishna bhakti
bhakti theology
puranic narrative
Bhagavata Purana
Edition or translation of the Bhagavata Purana, a major Vaishnava Purana centered on Krishna, bhakti, cosmology, and liberation.
cosmology
sacred geography
dynastic lore
Brahma Purana
Edition or translation of the Brahma Purana, creation narratives, sacred geography, pilgrimage, ritual life, and dynastic lore.
cosmology
cyclical time
genealogies
Brahmanda Purana
Edition or translation of the Brahmanda Purana, cosmology, cycles of time, genealogies, and later devotional theology.
atman
brahman
negation
Brhadaranyak Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Brhadaranyak Upanishad, highlighting selfhood, negation, sacrifice, and the search for brahman.
meditation
tat tvam asi
sacred speech
Chandogya Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Chandogya Upanishad, highlighting meditation, sacred speech, ritual symbolism, and the teaching of tat tvam asi.
afterlife
funerary rites
vaishnava doctrine
Garuda Purana
Edition or translation of the Garuda Purana, afterlife teachings, funerary rites, ethics, cosmology, and Vaishnava doctrine.
sacred geography
puranic worldview
pilgrimage space
Geography of the Puranas
Edition or translation of the Geography of the Puranas, a Purana text combining mythology, cosmology, ritual observance, and sacred geography.
MA Ali
krishna lineage
mahabharata appendix
mythic genealogy
Harivansha Purana
Edition or translation of the Harivansha Purana, Krishna lineage narratives and cosmological material closely tied to the Mahabharata tradition.
renunciation
action and knowledge
atman
Isha Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Isha Upanishad, highlighting renunciation, action, inner self, and the relation between knowledge and world-engagement.
death dialogue
self knowledge
liberation
Katha Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Katha Upanishad, highlighting death, the self, disciplined choice, and liberation through insight.
brahman
limits of cognition
revelation
Kena Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Kena Upanishad, highlighting the limits of ordinary cognition and the grounding of mind and speech in brahman.
pilgrimage
dharma
sectarian theology
Kurma Purana
Edition or translation of the Kurma Purana, cosmology, pilgrimage, dharma, and sectarian theology in dialogic form.
shaiva theology
linga symbolism
sacred geography
Linga Purana
Edition or translation of the Linga Purana, Shaiva theology of the linga alongside cosmology, vows, and sacred geography.
mind
time
yogic discipline
Maitrayaniya Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Maitrayaniya Upanishad, highlighting self-knowledge, mind, time, cosmology, and yogic discipline.
om
states of consciousness
non dualism
Mandukya Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Mandukya Upanishad, highlighting Om, waking-dream-sleep states, and the non-dual fourth state.
devi mahatmya
mythic narrative
cosmology
Markandeya Purana
Edition or translation of the Markandeya Purana, mythic and ethical narrative best known for the Devi Mahatmya and broader cosmological material.
flood myth
iconography
temple lore
Matsya Purana
Edition or translation of the Matsya Purana, the flood myth together with temple, iconographic, genealogical, and pilgrimage material.
higher knowledge
renunciation
brahman
Mundaka Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Mundaka Upanishad, highlighting higher and lower knowledge, brahman, renunciation, and liberation.
devotional practice
pilgrimage
ritual observance
Narada Purana
Edition or translation of the Narada Purana, ritual, devotion, pilgrimage, and religious observance in a Purana compendium format.
pilgrimage
vaishnava devotion
sacred places
Padma Purana
Edition or translation of the Padma Purana, creation, pilgrimage, dharma, sacred places, and large Vaishnava devotional sections.
question dialogue
prana
om
Prashna Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Prashna Upanishad, highlighting six questions on prana, cosmology, Om, and the inner self.
shaiva mythology
devotional worship
cosmology
Shiva Purana
Edition or translation of the Shiva Purana, myths, worship, cosmology, and theology centered on Shiva.
pilgrimage cycles
regional mahatmya
sacred geography
Skanda Purana
Edition or translation of the Skanda Purana, a vast pilgrimage-oriented Purana organized around sacred geography and regional mahatmyas.
five sheaths
brahman as bliss
vedic education
Taittiriya Upanishad
English edition or translation of the Taittiriya Upanishad, highlighting the sheaths of the self, brahman as bliss, and the transmission of Vedic learning.
vamana myth
pilgrimage
vaishnava theology
Vamana Purana
Edition or translation of the Vamana Purana, mythic narrative, pilgrimage, and Vaishnava themes around the Vamana tradition.
varaha avatar
vaishnava theology
pilgrimage
Varaha Purana
Edition or translation of the Varaha Purana, Vaishnava cosmology, ritual observance, pilgrimage, and the Varaha incarnation.
genealogies
dynastic memory
cosmology
Vayu Purana
Edition or translation of the Vayu Purana, cosmology, genealogies, dynastic memory, and ancient sacred lore.
avatara doctrine
cosmology
dynastic history
Vishnu Purana
Edition or translation of the Vishnu Purana, creation, dynasties, avatara doctrine, cosmology, and dharma in a foundational Vaishnava Purana.