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Writings related to the Puranas.

The Seven Creations in the Puranas

Article/ by Nancy Reigle, Eastern Tradition Research Archive (website), 2013

The Seven Creations in the Puranas by Nancy Reigle H. P. Blavatsky tells us in the Proem of The Secret Doctrine that: The history of… Read More »The Seven Creations in the Puranas

“The One Form of Existence”: prabhavāpyaya in the Original Purāṇa-saṃhitā

Article/ by David Reigle, Prajna Quest (website), January, 2013

“Book of Dzyan,” stanza 1, verse 8, is given by H. P. Blavatsky in The Secret Doctrine (vol. 1, p. 46) as: “8. Alone, the one… Read More »“The One Form of Existence”: prabhavāpyaya in the Original Purāṇa-saṃhitā

Creation Stories: The Cosmogony Account from the Purāṇas

Article/ by David Reigle, Prajna Quest (website), August, 2012

Part 1. On the Original Purāṇa-saṃhitā The first place that one would look when seeking knowledge of cosmogony from Indian sources is the purāṇas. The… Read More »Creation Stories: The Cosmogony Account from the Purāṇas

Evolution in the Vishnu Purana

Article/ by Rudi Jansma, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, May, 1999

In H. P. Blavatsky’s Secret Doctrine we find over 100 direct references to the Vishnu Purana, largely in her discussions of cosmic and human evolution. Purana means “old,” hence a… Read More »Evolution in the Vishnu Purana

The Earliest Races

Translation/ by Charles Johnston, Oriental Department Papers, May & June, 1895 [Serialized]

[I.] At the beginning of the formative period, in the first of the four ages, the Evolver put forth beings. The beings, which I told… Read More »The Earliest Races

The Puranas on the Dynasty of the Moryas and on Koothoomi

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, December, 1883

Letter from R. Ragoonath Row | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. It is stated in Matsya Puran, chapter 272, that ten Moryas would reign over India, and… Read More »The Puranas on the Dynasty of the Moryas and on Koothoomi