Sri Visnu Puranam Part 1 (Amsa l-Amsa III Vol. 81) V.S.Ramanan " Sivananda was an important

" Sivananda was an important figure in the renaissance of Indian spirituality in the 19th and 20th centuries

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The cost of the original edition also kept it from most Indian libraries

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Sri Visnu Puranam Part 1 (Amsa l-Amsa III Vol. 81) V.S.Ramanan " Sivananda was an importantThe word Puranam means that which was composed first purvasmin bhutam puranam. There are eighteen Mahapuranams . (Vide This work, III. vi. 20). They form three groups, namely, sattvika, rajasa and tamasa. The six, Matsya, Kurma, Linga, Siva, Skanda and Agni are tamasa Puranams. The six Brahmanda, Brahmavaivarta, Markandeya, Bhavirya, Vamana, and Brahma are rajasa Puranam s and the six Visnu, Naradiya, Bhagavata, Garuda, Padma and Varaha are sattvika