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.
A follower of the Veda shall not perform ritual actions (*karma*) with the mantras mentioned in the Purāṇas.
That alone is *codanā* which is characterized by the indicators found in the *Śruti*, such as the optative mood (Liṅ), the imperative mood (Loṭ), and the gerundive suffix (Tavya)—not that which is enjoined by the Purāṇas (a class of post-Vedic narrative scriptures) or the *Smṛtis* (Codes of Tradition).
One may act according to the Purāṇas in those matters which are worldly.