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Verma, Rajeev (2009). Faith & Philosophy of Hinduism. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-718-8. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

Bailey 2003, p. 139. Bailey, Gregory (2003). "The Puranas". In Sharma, Arvind (ed.). The Study of Hinduism. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-449-7. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

Rocher 1986, pp. 16, 12–21. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Nair, Shantha N. (2008). Echoes of Ancient Hindu Wisdom: The Universal Hindu Vision and Its Edifice. Hindology Books. p. 266. ISBN 978-81-223-1020-7. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

Collins, Charles Dillard (1988). The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta. SUNY Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-88706-773-0. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

Bailey 2003, pp. 162–167. Bailey, Gregory (2003). "The Puranas". In Sharma, Arvind (ed.). The Study of Hinduism. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-449-7. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

Rocher 1986, pp. 21–24, 104–113, 115–126. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 45–. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Thomas B. Coburn (1988). Devī-Māhātmya: The Crystallization of the Goddess Tradition. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 23–27. ISBN 978-81-208-0557-6. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Patrick Olivelle (1998). The Early Upanishads: Annotated Text and Translation. Oxford University Press. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-19-535242-9. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2018.

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Rocher 1986, pp. 209–215. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 59–61. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Klostermaier 2007, pp. 281-283 with footnotes on page 553. Klostermaier, Klaus K. (2007). A Survey of Hinduism (3rd ed.). SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7082-4. First edition Archived 2 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine

Rocher 1986, pp. 115-121 with footnotes. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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Thompson, Richard L. (2007). The Cosmology of the Bhagavata Purana 'Mysteries of the Sacred Universe. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 10. ISBN 978-81-208-1919-1. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.

Rocher 1986, pp. 139–149. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 202–203. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 70–71. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 134–137. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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Rocher 1986, p. ^{[page needed]}. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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Rocher 1986, pp. 78–79. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 20–22, 134–137. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 161–164. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 35, 185, 199, 239–242. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 191–192. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Srivastava, Vishnulok Bihari (2009). Dictionary of Indology. New Delhi: Hindoology Books. p. 55. ISBN 9788122310849.

Rocher 1986, p. 63. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, p. 68. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 13–16. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 14-15 with footnotes. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 15 with footnotes. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Barbara Holdrege (2012). Hananya Goodman (ed.). Between Jerusalem and Benares: Comparative Studies in Judaism and Hinduism. SUNY Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-4384-0437-0. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

D. Lawrence Kincaid (2013). Communication Theory: Eastern and Western Perspectives. Elsevier. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4832-8875-8. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

Glucklich 2008, p. 146, Quote: The earliest promotional works aimed at tourists from that era were called mahatmyas. Glucklich, Ariel (2008). The Strides of Vishnu : Hindu Culture in Historical Perspective: Hindu Culture in Historical Perspective. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-971825-2. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

Rocher 1986, pp. 1–5, 12–21, 79–80, 96–98; Quote: These are the true encyclopedic Puranas. in which detached chapters or sections, dealing with any imaginable subject, follow one another, without connection or transition. Three Puranas especially belong to this category: Matsya, Garuda and above all Agni. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 104-106 with footnotes. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 19–20. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, p. 23 with footnote 35. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 121-127 with footnotes. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 59–67. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Bailey 2003, pp. 141–142. Bailey, Gregory (2003). "The Puranas". In Sharma, Arvind (ed.). The Study of Hinduism. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-449-7. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

Rocher 1986, p. 249. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Bailey 2003, pp. 139–141, 154–156. Bailey, Gregory (2003). "The Puranas". In Sharma, Arvind (ed.). The Study of Hinduism. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-449-7. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

Rocher 1986, pp. 49–53. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Avril Ann Powell (2010). Scottish Orientalists and India: The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 130, 128–134, 87–90. ISBN 978-1-84383-579-0. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

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Rocher 1986, pp. 16, 12–21. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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Douglas Harper (2015), Purana Archived 29 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Etymology Dictionary

Rocher 1986, pp. 45–. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Sutta Nipata 3.7 Archived 27 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, To Sela and his Praise of the Buddha, Laurence Mills and Bhikkhu Sujato

Klostermaier 2007, pp. 59–. Klostermaier, Klaus K. (2007). A Survey of Hinduism (3rd ed.). SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-7082-4. First edition Archived 2 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine

Rocher 1986, pp. 154–156. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 209–215. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 59–61. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 115-121 with footnotes. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 139–149. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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Rocher 1986, pp. 70–71. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, pp. 134–137. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Rocher 1986, p. ^{[page needed]}. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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Rocher 1986, pp. 35, 185, 199, 239–242. Rocher, Ludo (1986). The Puranas. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-02522-5. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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