Agni Purana
Agni Purana (Sanskrit: अग्नि पुराण, Agni Purāṇa): Diese Schrift
This Purana derives its name from its having been communicated originally by Agni, the deity of fire, to the muni Vasistha, for the purpose of instructing him in the twofold knowledge of Brahma. Its contents are variously specified as "sixteen thousand, fifteen thousand and fourteen thousand stanzas". This work is devoted to the glorification of Siva, but its contents are of a very varied and cyclopaedical character. It has portions on ritual and mystic worship, cosmical descriptions, chapters on the duties of kings and the art of war, which have the appearance of being extracted from some older works, a chapter on law from the textbook of Yajnavalkya, some chapters on medicine from the Susruta, and some treatises on rhetoric, prosody, and grammar according to the rules of Pinlgala and Panini. Its motley contents "exclude it from any legitimate claims to be regarded as a Purana, and prove that its origin cannot be very remote". The text of this Purana has been in the Bibliotheca Jndica, published and edited by Rajendra Lal Mitra.
Literatur
- Dowson, John: A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion – Geography, History and Religion; D.K.Printworld Ltd., New Delhi, India, 2005
