Mahapurana

Mahapurana

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  • Mahapurana (Jainism) — Mahapurana (महापुराण) is a major Jain text [1] composed largely by Acharya Jinasena during the rule of Rashtrakuta ruler Amoghavarsha and completed by his pupil Gunabhadra in the 9th century CE. The section composed by Gunabhadra is called… …   Wikipedia

  • Jinasena — (जिनसेन) is the name of several famous Jain Acharyas of the Digambar tradition.* The author of Harivamsha Purana in the 8th century. He belonged to the Punnata branch of Jain monks. * The author of Mahapurana in the 9th century, he was the… …   Wikipedia

  • Jainism and non-creationism — Jainism does not support belief in a creator deity. According to Jain doctrine, the universe and its constituents soul, matter, space, time, and principles of motion have always existed (a static universe similar to that of Epicureanism). All the …   Wikipedia

  • Purana — Purāṇa (Sanskrit devanāgarī : पुराण, purāṇa, signifiant ancien ou vieux )[1] est le nom d un groupe de textes de la littérature indienne, composés entre 400 et 1000 de notre ère. Ce récit est un recueil mythologique et religieux. Élaborés… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Amoghavarsha — I ( kn. ಅಮೋಘವರ್ಷ ನೃಪತುಂಗ), (800–878) C.E. was a Rashtrakuta king, the greatest ruler of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, and one of the great kings of India. Historians have compared him to the legendary Emperor Ashoka in his religious temperament and… …   Wikipedia

  • Kekaya — Kekayas or Kaikeyas ( sa. केक‍य) were an ancient people attested to have been living in north western Punjab between Gandhara and Beas river since remote antiquity. They were the descendants of the Kshatriyas of the Kekaya Janapada [ Ashtadhyayi… …   Wikipedia

  • Devi-Bhagavata Purana — Not to be confused with Bhagavata Purana. An article related to Hinduism …   Wikipedia

  • Puranas — For other meanings, see Purana (disambiguation). The Puranas (Sanskrit: sa. पुराण IAST|purāṇa , of ancient times ) are a group of important Hindu (or Jain and Buddhist) religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Aligarh Muslim University — Motto (Arabic)علم الانسان ما لم يعلم Allama al insān mā lam y alam Motto in English Taught man what he did not know (Qur an 96:5) Established …   Wikipedia

  • Religious cosmology — For other approaches to the study of the Universe in its totality, see Cosmology. For other approaches to the origin of the Universe, see Cosmogony. A Religious cosmology (also mythological cosmology) is a way of explaining the origin, the… …   Wikipedia

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