![]() ![]() ![]() The Bhumi Khanda of the Bengal recension contains additional thirteen chapters, while the Patala Khanda of this recension contains thirty-one additional chapters. The Bengal edition is older. The Bengal edition is notable in that the 39 chapters on Dharma-sastra are missing from the Sristikhanda book, in all versions of its manuscripts. The Bengal recension of Padma Purana consists of five khandas (sections): Shrishti Khanda, Bhumi Khanda, Svarga Khanda, Patala Khanda and Uttara Khanda. ![]() There is Purana-style, but entirely different Jainism text that is also known as Padma Purana and includes a Jain version of the Ramayana. The style of composition and textual arrangement suggest that it is likely a compilation of different parts written in different era by different authors. The text includes sections on cosmology, mythology, genealogy, geography, rivers and seasons, temples and pilgrimage to numerous sites in India – notably to the Brahma temple in Pushkar Rajasthan, versions of story of Rama and Sita different than one found in Valmiki's Ramayana, festivals, glorification mainly of Vishnu but also in parts of Shiva and their worship, discussions on ethics and guest hospitality, Yoga, theosophical discussion on Atman (soul), Advaita, Moksha and other topics. The manuscripts of Padma Purana have survived into the modern era in numerous versions, of which two are major and significantly different, one traced to eastern (Bengal) and the other to western regions of India. It is one of the voluminous texts, claiming to have 55,000 verses, with the actual surviving manuscripts showing about 50,000. The Padma Purana (Sanskrit: पद्म पुराण) is one of the eighteen Maha Puranas, a genre of texts of Hinduism in sanskrit. It is an encyclopedic text, named after the lotus in which creator god Brahma appeared, and includes large sections dedicated to Vishnu, as well significant sections on Shiva and Shakti. Padma Puran Hindi audio book on Pocket FM (Thanks to Navya Sree N) Introduction and Summary Padma Purana English Translation part 10.Padma Purana English Translation part 9.Padma Purana English Translation part 8.Padma Purana English Translation part 7.Padma Purana English Translation part 6.Padma Purana English Translation part 5.Padma Purana English Translation part 4.Padma Purana English Translation part 3.Padma Purana English Translation part 2.Padma Purana English Translation part 1.Click on the links below for an English Translation of Padma Purana in 10 parts, published by Motilal Banarsidass in 1988:.Kannada translation of Padma Purana, with original Sanskrit Shlokas, translated by Beladakere Suryanarayana Shastry, published under Shri Jayachamarajendra Granthamala in 1944, in 22 Volumes. This Purana was digitized through Sriranga Digital Technologies by Shri Yogananda, Professor of Mathematics, at Shri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore. ![]()
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