अग्नि पुराण

Agni Purāṇa

The Agni Purāṇa presents itself as the teaching of Agni, the fire god, to the sage Vasiṣṭha. It is the most encyclopaedic of the purāṇas: besides the avatāras of Viṣṇu and summaries of the Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata, it covers temple building and image making, ritual and pūjā, statecraft, law, medicine, gemology, grammar, metre and poetics. Studying it gives a panoramic view of the knowledge traditions that a purāṇa sought to preserve for its readers.

What you will learn

• The range of śāstras gathered in one purāṇa
• Traditional teachings on temples, images and ritual
• Classical views on statecraft, poetics and grammar

Lessons

1. 1Introduction to the Agni Purāṇa🔒 Unlocks after enrolment
2. 2Agni, Vasiṣṭha and the avatāras🔒 Unlocks after enrolment
3. 3Temple architecture and sacred images🔒 Unlocks after enrolment
4. 4Ritual, pūjā and initiation🔒 Unlocks after enrolment
5. 5Statecraft, law and medicine🔒 Unlocks after enrolment
6. 6Grammar, metre and poetics🔒 Unlocks after enrolment