Mahagatha

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Collection of Hindu Purana legends presented as 100 tales, covering creation, divine incarnations, battles among gods and demons, moral tests, and mythic episodes across cosmological and genealogical themes. The author’s note explains the selection criteria, acknowledges multiple versions across Puranas, and outlines an attempt to create a semblance of chronology using Puranic markers such as yugas, manvantaras, and avatar sequences.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

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Pages448

Reading Time11 h 30 min

For Bapa… For those hundreds of tales… CONTENTS Author ’s Note 1. BRAHMA BEGINS CREATION 2. VISHNU KILLS MADHU AND KAITABHA 3. SHIVA EMERGES 4. BRAHMA AND NARADA FIGHT 5. MAN IS CREATED 6. SHIVA BEHEADS BRAHMA 7. NARADA AND MAYA 8. JAYA AND VIJAYA 9. DAKSHA CURSES NARADA 10. THE GODS GO HUNGRY 11. BRAHMA AND VISHNU RACE 12. BALA CREATES NINE WONDERS 13. VISHNU GETS THE SUDARSHANA CHAKRA 14. SANGYA CREATES HER TWIN 15. DHRUVA BECOMES A STAR 16. BHARAT ADOPTS A DEER 17. BHRIGU CURSES VISHNU 18. SHIVA KILLS YAMA 19. CHANDRA LOSES HIS LIGHT 20. DADHICHI BATTLES THE GODS 21. SATI KILLS HERSELF 22. VISHNU SAVES THE ELEPHANT 23. PRITHU FEEDS MANKIND 24. MARISHA TAKES TEN HUSBANDS 25. THE MATSYA AVATAR 26. THE VARAHA AVATAR 27. THE NARASIMHA AVATAR 28. NARASIMHA FACES SHIVA 29. INDRA ATTEMPTS FOETICIDE 30. PRAHLAD IS HUMBLED 31. TARAKA INVADES HEAVEN 32. PARVATI WINS OVER SHIVA 33. MOTHERS OF KARTIKEYA 34. KARTIKEYA BATTLES TARAKA 35. SHIVA BECOMES TRIPURARI 36. ANDHAKA LUSTS FOR PARVATI 37. BHRINGI CHALLENGES PARVATI 38. CHURNING OF THE OCEAN 39. VISHNU BECOMES MOHINI 40. KADRU AND VINATA PLACE A BET 41. GANESHA COMES TO LIFE 42. DURGA SLAYS MAHISHASURA 43. PARVATI BECOMES GAURI 44. SHUMBHA, NISHUMBHA AND RAKTABIJA 45. NACHIKETA TRAVELS TO HELL 46. GANESHA AND KARTIKEYA RACE 47. SURYA FALLS FROM THE SKY 48. BHASMASURA CHASES SHIVA 49. CHANDRA COMMITS ADULTERY 50. THE VAMANA AVATAR 51. GANGA, LAKSHMI AND SARASWATI FIGHT 52. VRINDA CURSES VISHNU 53. VISHNU IS BEHEADED 54. BHRIGU TESTS THE TRINITY 55. SUDYUMNA BECOMES A WOMAN 56. URVASHI TRICKS PURURAVA 57. SATYAVATI IS DECEIVED 58. VISHWAMITRA ATTACKS VASHISHTHA 59. TRISHANKU FALLS FROM THE SKY 60. HARISHCHANDRA TRICKS VARUNA 61. HARISHCHANDRA IS TESTED 62. SAGARA LOSES HIS SONS 63. BHAGIRATH BRINGS DOWN GANGA 64. SARASWATI BATTLES VISHNU 65. THE PARASHURAMA AVATAR 66. GAUTAMA CREATES A RIVER 67. VISHNU TRICKS MURA 68. NARADA GETS A NEW FACE 69. NIMI LOSES HIS BODY 70. LOHAJANGHA AND THE SAPTARISHI 71. RAVANA SEIZES LANKA 72. THE GODS TRICK RAVANA 73. SITA LAYS FOUR CURSES 74. MAYA SITA 75. RAMA AND THE SHUDRA 76. AGASTYA TRICKS A MOUNTAIN 77. DADHICHI OFFERS HIS BONES 78. NAHUSHA BECOMES DEVARAJA 79. KACHA STEALS A SECRET 80. DEVAYANI AND SHARMISHTHA 81. YAYATI MAKES A DEMAND 82. SATYATAPA IS TESTED 83. VISHWAMITRA ACCEPTS MEAT 84. THE BIRTH OF KRISHNA 85. KRISHNA AND YAMALARJUNA 86. KRISHNA TAMES KALIA 87. KRISHNA OUTWITS BRAHMA 88. KRISHNA LIFTS GOVARDHAN 89. KRISHNA HEALS KUBJA 90. PRADYUMNA AND THE MAID 91. THE THEFT OF SHYAMANTAKA 92. KRISHNA AND SUDAMA 93. KRISHNA AND NARAKASURA 94. THE BATTLE FOR PARIJAT 95. THE FALSE VISHNU 96. ARJUNA IS HUMBLED 97. VEDA AND BHILA 98. KRISHNA BATTLES SHIVA 99. END OF THE YADU CLAN 100. JANMEJAYA’S SNAKE SACRIFICE Acknowledgements About the Book About the Auth

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