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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Overview of all Purana books:

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Agni Purana [sanskrit]
97,288 words
Animal Kingdom (Tiryak) in Epics by Saranya P.S
51,616 words
Bhagavad-gita Mahatmya by N.A. Deshpande
23,843 words
Bhagavad-gita-mahatmya by Shankaracharya
15,550 words
Bhagavad-gita-rahasya (or Karma-yoga Shastra) by Bhalchandra Sitaram Sukthankar
327,828 words
Bhagavadgita by Kashinath Trimbak Telang
125,859 words
Bhagavata Purana [sanskrit]
140,807 words
Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]
245,265 words
Harivamsa [appendix] [sanskrit]
101,601 words
Harivamsa [text] [sanskrit]
76,857 words
Harivamsha Purana by Manmatha Nath Dutt
293,872 words
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana by Chaitali Kadia
91,183 words
Laghu-yoga-vasistha by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar
137,618 words
Lakshminarayana Samhita [sanskrit] by Shwetayan Vyas
1,169,834 words
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) by G.V. Tagare
103,924 words
List of Mahabharata people and places by Laxman Burdak
20,546 words
Lord Hayagriva in Sanskrit Literature by Anindita Adhikari
56,368 words
Mahabharata (abridged)
258,337 words
Mahabharata (English Summary) by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
0 words
Mahabharata (English) by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
2,566,952 words
Mahabharata [sanskrit]
699,462 words
Moksopaya [sanskrit]
192,019 words
Padma Purana [sanskrit]
462,305 words
Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani
609,556 words
Ramayana by Manmatha Nath Dutt
0 words
Ramayana [sanskrit]
175,075 words
Ramayana of Valmiki by Hari Prasad Shastri
527,382 words
Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words
Skanda Purana [sanskrit]
876,996 words
The Agni Purana by N. Gangadharan
360,691 words
The Anugita
64,929 words
The Bhagavata Purana by G. V. Tagare
780,972 words
The Brahma Purana by G. P. Bhatt
243,464 words
The Brahma Purana (abridged)
19,470 words
The Brahmanda Purana by G.V. Tagare
319,243 words
The Brihaddharma Purana (abridged) by Syama Charan Banerji
50,976 words
The Devi Bhagavata Purana by Swami Vijñanananda
545,801 words
The Ganesha Purana (abridged) by Gregory Baily
11,149 words
The Garuda Purana by Manmatha Nath Dutt
245,256 words
The Garuda Purana (abridged)
19,037 words
The Garuda Purana (abridged) by Ernest Wood
34,987 words
The Gautami Mahatmya by G. P. Bhatt
127,137 words
The Linga Purana by J. L. Shastri
265,005 words
The Markandeya Purana by Frederick Eden Pargiter
247,181 words
The Markandeya Purana (Study) by Chandamita Bhattacharya
67,501 words
The Matsya Purana (critical study) by Kushal Kalita
74,766 words
The Narada Purana (abridged)
18,115 words
The Nilamata Purana by Dr. Ved Kumari
31,992 words
The Padma Purana by N.A. Deshpande
1,261,945 words
The Sanatsujatiya
19,694 words
The Shiva Purana by J. L. Shastri
616,585 words
The Skanda Purana by G. V. Tagare
2,545,880 words
The Vishnu Purana by Horace Hayman Wilson
287,946 words
The Vishnu Purana (abridged)
27,616 words
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas by Goswami Mitali
68,171 words
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 by Vihari-Lala Mitra
1,121,132 words
Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]
223,437 words
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