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श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता

Bhagavad Gita

The Song of the Lord — Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on the field of Kurukshetra, from the Mahabharata.

gita · 701 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume I (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 9656 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 10109 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume III (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 8147 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume IV (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 5023 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume IX (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 10799 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume V (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 8748 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume VI (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 8837 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume VII (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 5714 verses

महाभारतम्

Mahabharata — Volume VIII (Dutt edition)

The great epic of the Bharatas by Vyasa — Dutt edition with verse-aligned translation. Chapters numbered sequentially within the volume.

itihasa · 6626 verses

वाल्मीकि रामायणम्

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

The life of Rama by the sage Valmiki — the adi-kavya, first of poems. Vulgate edition with M.N. Dutt's translation.

itihasa · 1968 verses

वाल्मीकि रामायणम्

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

The life of Rama by the sage Valmiki — the adi-kavya, first of poems. Vulgate edition with M.N. Dutt's translation.

itihasa · 3641 verses

वाल्मीकि रामायणम्

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

The life of Rama by the sage Valmiki — the adi-kavya, first of poems. Vulgate edition with M.N. Dutt's translation.

itihasa · 1785 verses

वाल्मीकि रामायणम्

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

The life of Rama by the sage Valmiki — the adi-kavya, first of poems. Vulgate edition with M.N. Dutt's translation.

itihasa · 2044 verses

वाल्मीकि रामायणम्

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

The life of Rama by the sage Valmiki — the adi-kavya, first of poems. Vulgate edition with M.N. Dutt's translation.

itihasa · 2302 verses

वाल्मीकि रामायणम्

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

The life of Rama by the sage Valmiki — the adi-kavya, first of poems. Vulgate edition with M.N. Dutt's translation.

itihasa · 2808 verses

वाल्मीकि रामायणम्

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

The life of Rama by the sage Valmiki — the adi-kavya, first of poems. Vulgate edition with M.N. Dutt's translation.

itihasa · 4823 verses

अग्निपुराणम्

Agni Purana

The encyclopedic Purana narrated by Agni — avataras, temple-building, ritual, statecraft, poetics, and yoga in 382 chapters.

purana · 11029 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 813 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 3936 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 1366 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 565 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 391 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 1391 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 1445 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 660 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 850 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 749 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 932 verses

श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्

Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9

The Bhagavata (Srimad Bhagavatam) — stories of Vishnu's avataras, above all the life of Krishna, in twelve skandhas.

purana · 964 verses

ब्रह्मपुराणम्

Brahma Purana

The Adi Purana — creation, tirthas of Odisha (Purushottama-kshetra/Puri), and the deeds of Vishnu and Shiva, in 246 chapters.

purana · 13738 verses

ब्रह्माण्डपुराणम्

Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga

The Purana of the cosmic egg — cosmogony, genealogies, sacred geography, and the Lalitopakhyana.

purana · 5679 verses

ब्रह्माण्डपुराणम्

Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga

The Purana of the cosmic egg — cosmogony, genealogies, sacred geography, and the Lalitopakhyana.

purana · 3741 verses

ब्रह्माण्डपुराणम्

Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga

The Purana of the cosmic egg — cosmogony, genealogies, sacred geography, and the Lalitopakhyana.

purana · 4013 verses

ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणम्

Brahmavaivarta Purana — Brahma Khanda

The Brahmavaivarta Purana, Brahma Khanda — Krishna as the supreme reality, with Radha and Prakriti theology.

purana · 1656 verses

ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणम्

Brahmavaivarta Purana — Ganapati Khanda

The Brahmavaivarta Purana, Ganapati Khanda — Krishna as the supreme reality, with Radha and Prakriti theology.

purana · 2474 verses

ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणम्

Brahmavaivarta Purana — Krishnajanma Khanda

The Brahmavaivarta Purana, Krishnajanma Khanda — Krishna as the supreme reality, with Radha and Prakriti theology.

purana · 10348 verses

ब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणम्

Brahmavaivarta Purana — Prakriti Khanda

The Brahmavaivarta Purana, Prakriti Khanda — Krishna as the supreme reality, with Radha and Prakriti theology.

purana · 4657 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 1 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 1186 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 10

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 10 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 508 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 11 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 1240 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 12 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 963 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 2 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 713 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 3

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 3 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 1747 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 4 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 1421 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 5

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 5 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 2052 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 6 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 1885 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 7 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 2240 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 8

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 8 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 838 verses

देवीभागवतपुराणम्

Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9

The Devi Bhagavata Purana, Skandha 9 — the Goddess as supreme reality; Shakta cosmology and devotion.

purana · 3612 verses

गणेशपुराणम्

Ganesha Purana — Kridakhanda

The Ganesha Purana, Kridakhanda — myths and worship of Ganesha.

purana · 818 verses

गणेशपुराणम्

Ganesha Purana — Upasanakhanda

The Ganesha Purana, Upasanakhanda — myths and worship of Ganesha.

purana · 1876 verses

गरुडपुराणम्

Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda

Vishnu's teaching to Garuda — worship, gemology, medicine, and the famed account of death, the afterlife, and shraddha rites.

purana · 1887 verses

गरुडपुराणम्

Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda

Vishnu's teaching to Garuda — worship, gemology, medicine, and the famed account of death, the afterlife, and shraddha rites.

purana · 6940 verses

गरुडपुराणम्

Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa)

Vishnu's teaching to Garuda — worship, gemology, medicine, and the famed account of death, the afterlife, and shraddha rites.

purana · 2816 verses

हरिवंशः

Harivamsha

The appendix to the Mahabharata — the lineage of Hari and the fullest early life of Krishna. Critical edition.

purana · 5190 verses

कालिकापुराणम्

Kalika Purana

The Kalika Purana (upapurana) — the goddess Kali/Kamakhya, Shakta myth and ritual.

purana · 3985 verses

कूर्मपुराणम्

Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga

Narrated by Vishnu as the tortoise — cosmology, the Ishvara Gita, and dharma for the four ashramas.

purana · 3129 verses

कूर्मपुराणम्

Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga

Narrated by Vishnu as the tortoise — cosmology, the Ishvara Gita, and dharma for the four ashramas.

purana · 2691 verses

लिङ्गपुराणम्

Linga Purana

The Purana of Shiva's linga — its cosmic meaning, Shaiva cosmology and worship (Purva Bhaga, chapters 1–108).

purana · 6808 verses

मार्कण्डेयपुराणम्

Markandeya Purana

The sage Markandeya's Purana (chapters 1–93 digitized) — including the frame of the Devi Mahatmya.

purana · 4478 verses

मार्कण्डेयपुराणम्

Markandeya Purana (chapters 94–134)

The sage Markandeya's Purana, chapters 94–134 — continuing from the GRETIL portion (1–93).

purana · 1412 verses

मत्स्यपुराणम्

Matsya Purana

Narrated by Vishnu as the fish who saved Manu from the deluge — cosmology, yugas, tirthas, and royal duty (chapters 1–176 digitized).

purana · 8494 verses

नारदपुराणम्

Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga

Narada's Purana — bhakti, vratas, and a famed survey of the eighteen Puranas themselves.

purana · 12712 verses

नारदपुराणम्

Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga

Narada's Purana — bhakti, vratas, and a famed survey of the eighteen Puranas themselves.

purana · 2419 verses

नरसिंहपुराणम्

Narasimha Purana

An upapurana devoted to Narasimha, the man-lion avatara of Vishnu.

purana · 3289 verses

पद्मपुराणम्

Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda

The Padma Purana, Bhumi Khanda — Vaishnava cosmology, tirthas, and dharma.

purana · 6510 verses

पद्मपुराणम्

Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda

The Padma Purana, Brahma Khanda — Vaishnava cosmology, tirthas, and dharma.

purana · 1065 verses

पद्मपुराणम्

Padma Purana — Kriya Khanda

The Padma Purana, Kriya Khanda — Vaishnava cosmology, tirthas, and dharma.

purana · 3058 verses

पद्मपुराणम्

Padma Purana — Patala Khanda

The Padma Purana, Patala Khanda — Vaishnava cosmology, tirthas, and dharma.

purana · 9413 verses

पद्मपुराणम्

Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda

The Padma Purana, Srishti Khanda — Vaishnava cosmology, tirthas, and dharma.

purana · 11253 verses

पद्मपुराणम्

Padma Purana — Svarga Khanda

The Padma Purana, Svarga Khanda — Vaishnava cosmology, tirthas, and dharma.

purana · 3037 verses

पद्मपुराणम्

Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda

The Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda — Vaishnava cosmology, tirthas, and dharma.

purana · 14789 verses

शिवपुराणम्

Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita

The Shiva Purana, Kailasa Samhita — Shiva's forms, deeds, and Shaiva devotion.

purana · 1157 verses

शिवपुराणम्

Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita

The Shiva Purana, Kotirudra Samhita — Shiva's forms, deeds, and Shaiva devotion.

purana · 1976 verses

शिवपुराणम्

Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita

The Shiva Purana, Rudra Samhita — Shiva's forms, deeds, and Shaiva devotion.

purana · 9240 verses

शिवपुराणम्

Shiva Purana — Shatarudra Samhita

The Shiva Purana, Shatarudra Samhita — Shiva's forms, deeds, and Shaiva devotion.

purana · 1975 verses

शिवपुराणम्

Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita

The Shiva Purana, Uma Samhita — Shiva's forms, deeds, and Shaiva devotion.

purana · 2419 verses

शिवपुराणम्

Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Purva Bhaga

The Purana of Shiva (Vidyeshvara and Vayaviya samhitas digitized) — Shiva's forms, the jyotirlingas, and Shaiva devotion.

purana · 1764 verses

शिवपुराणम्

Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga

The Purana of Shiva (Vidyeshvara and Vayaviya samhitas digitized) — Shiva's forms, the jyotirlingas, and Shaiva devotion.

purana · 2361 verses

शिवपुराणम्

Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita

The Purana of Shiva (Vidyeshvara and Vayaviya samhitas digitized) — Shiva's forms, the jyotirlingas, and Shaiva devotion.

purana · 1539 verses

स्कन्दपुराणम् — रेवाखण्डः

Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda

The Reva Khanda of the vast Skanda Purana — the glories of the Narmada river and its tirthas.

purana · 6522 verses

वामनपुराणम्

Vamana Purana

The Purana of Vishnu's dwarf avatara who reclaimed the three worlds from Bali, in 69 chapters.

purana · 4476 verses

वराहपुराणम्

Varaha Purana

The Purana of Vishnu's boar incarnation — narrated by Varaha to the Earth goddess.

purana · 6613 verses

वायुपुराणम्

Vayu Purana — Purvardha

The Vayu Purana, first half (Purvardha) — cosmogony, genealogies, and Shaiva lore narrated by Vayu.

purana · 5012 verses

वायुपुराणम्

Vayu Purana — Uttarardha

The Vayu Purana, second half (Uttarardha) — cosmogony, genealogies, and Shaiva lore narrated by Vayu.

purana · 5620 verses

विष्णुपुराणम्

Vishnu Purana — Amsha 1

One of the most authoritative Puranas — cosmology, the avataras of Vishnu, and the duties of the ages, in six amshas.

purana · 1392 verses

विष्णुपुराणम्

Vishnu Purana — Amsha 2

One of the most authoritative Puranas — cosmology, the avataras of Vishnu, and the duties of the ages, in six amshas.

purana · 779 verses

विष्णुपुराणम्

Vishnu Purana — Amsha 3

One of the most authoritative Puranas — cosmology, the avataras of Vishnu, and the duties of the ages, in six amshas.

purana · 827 verses

विष्णुपुराणम्

Vishnu Purana — Amsha 4

One of the most authoritative Puranas — cosmology, the avataras of Vishnu, and the duties of the ages, in six amshas.

purana · 121 verses

विष्णुपुराणम्

Vishnu Purana — Amsha 5

One of the most authoritative Puranas — cosmology, the avataras of Vishnu, and the duties of the ages, in six amshas.

purana · 1458 verses

विष्णुपुराणम्

Vishnu Purana — Amsha 6

One of the most authoritative Puranas — cosmology, the avataras of Vishnu, and the duties of the ages, in six amshas.

purana · 486 verses

ऐतरेयोपनिषद्

Aitareya Upanishad

Creation of the worlds and the world-guardians, the entry of the Self into the body, and 'prajnanam brahma'.

upanishad · 33 verses

बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

The 'great forest' Upanishad, Kanva recension — Yajnavalkya's dialogues, 'neti neti', and the earliest sustained teaching on the self and death.

upanishad · 435 verses

छान्दोग्योपनिषद्

Chandogya Upanishad

One of the two largest and oldest Upanishads — Uddalaka's instruction of Shvetaketu, the mahavakya 'tat tvam asi', and the meditations on Om.

upanishad · 623 verses

ईशोपनिषद्

Isha Upanishad

The shortest principal Upanishad, forming the final chapter of the Vajasaneyi Samhita — the Lord enveloping all, and action without attachment.

upanishad · 18 verses

कैवल्योपनिषद्

Kaivalya Upanishad

A short Upanishad on attaining liberation (kaivalya) through renunciation, meditation, and knowledge of Shiva as the self.

upanishad · 22 verses

कठोपनिषद्

Katha Upanishad

The boy Nachiketa questions Death himself about what lies beyond dying — six vallis on the deathless self.

upanishad · 119 verses

केनोपनिषद्

Kena Upanishad

'By whom?' — the Upanishad of that which the mind cannot think but by which the mind thinks.

upanishad · 35 verses

माण्डूक्योपनिषद्

Mandukya Upanishad

Twelve verses on Om and the four states of consciousness — waking, dream, deep sleep, and turiya.

upanishad · 12 verses

मुण्डकोपनिषद्

Mundaka Upanishad

The higher and lower knowledge; the two birds on one tree; 'satyam eva jayate'.

upanishad · 64 verses

प्रश्नोपनिषद्

Prashna Upanishad

Six questions put to the sage Pippalada — on origin, the vital breaths, sleep, and the syllable Om.

upanishad · 67 verses

श्वेताश्वतरोपनिषद्

Shvetashvatara Upanishad

A theistic Upanishad on the one God who is the source, sustainer, and refuge of all — in six adhyayas.

upanishad · 113 verses

तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्

Taittiriya Upanishad

The three vallis — instruction, the sheaths of the self (annamaya to anandamaya), and Bhrigu's inquiry into Brahman.

upanishad · 51 verses

अथर्ववेदसंहिता