The Visnu Purana - Social, Economic and Religious Aspects

Author: Thakur Harendra Dayal
Publisher: Sundeep Prakashan
Year: 1983
Language: English
Pages: 327
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175741236

Description

Visnu Purana is another extant Purana. The work commences with the date and the place of the consolidation of the Visnu Purana. Economic life is discussed in detail, including agriculture, animal husbandry, labour, professions, transport, coinage, trade, flora, and fauna.

The work concludes with a study of the religious life of the time in its various aspects. In the Appendix, a list of rivers, mountains, tribes, towns and countries of Bharata Varsa, as found in the Visnu Purana, is given. The importance of this work is further enhanced by the addition of relevant photographs and line drawings.

Contents

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Introduction

2. Date and the Place of the Compilation of the Visnu Purana

3. Social Life

4. Economic Life

5. Religious Life

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

PLATES