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Agni Purana
There are detailed account of Rama, Krishna, Prithvi and the stars in this Purana.

Agnideva instructed to sage Vashishtha this Purana. It contains descriptions about various avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu. There are also detailed account of Rama, Krishna, Prithvi and the stars. There are a number of verses dealing with cosmology, history, warfare, law, medicine, martial art, and a lot more. Other references include Shivalinga and Durgadevi. This Purana imparts knowledge on all arts and sciences. There are 15400 verses in this Purana.

(Last Updated on : 31/12/2008)
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