Purāṇas
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
the Purāṇas
in the texts
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
Body of texts/tradition whose adherents are named as the intended audience for the forthcoming systematic procedure (prakriyā).
] And I shall [now] expound the systematic procedure (prakriyā), for the benefit of those [versed in] the Purāṇas.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
A class of post-Vedic narrative scriptures whose mantras are prohibited for Vedic ritual use, though permitted for worldly matters.
**On Not Performing Rites Mentioned in the Purāṇas**
One may act according to the Purāṇas in those matters which are worldly.
A Vedic *karma* is destroyed merely by the utterance of a mantra from a Purāṇa in the middle of the rite.