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ISBN-10: 1158197527
ISBN-13: 9781158197521
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 170. Not illustrated. Chapters: Jayadeva, Puranas, Linga Purana, Bhagavata Purana, Odissi, Jayadeva Birth Controversy, Jayadeva in Sikhism, Ganesha Purana, Garuda Purana, Bhavishya Purana, Jaydev Kenduli, Works of Jayadeva, Agni Purana, Adhyatma Ramayana, Skanda Purana, Mudgala Purana, Kalki Purana, Kenduli Sasan, Devanga Purana, Vishnu Purana, Padma Purana, Shiva Purana, Yuga Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Vayu Purana, Vishnudharmottara Purana, Sahyadrikhanda, Kurma Purana, Markandeya Purana, Naradeya Purana, Gita Govinda, Vamana Purana,… Matsya Purana, Kalika Purana, Brahma Purana, Ashtapadi, Garga Samhita, Varaha Purana, Love Song of the Dark Lord. Excerpt: The Linga Purana is one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text. The extant text is divided into two parts, comprising 108 and 55 chapters respectively. These parts contain the description regarding the origin of universe, origin of the linga, and emergence of Brahma and Vishnu, and all the Vedas from the Linga. In this Purana, Shiva directly tells sometimes the importance of worship of Linga and the correct rituals to be followed during the puja of the linga. "The distinctive sign through which it is possible to recognize the nature of someone is called a linga." (Shiva Purana) "Shiva is signless (sexless), without color, taste or smell, beyond word and touch, without quality, changeless, motionless." (Linga Purana) This unmanifest being can be perceived only through his creation, which is his sign or linga. The existence of the unqualified substratum is known and worshiped only through this sign. The linga, the giver of life is one of the shapes which represents the nature of the shapeless. "Shiva as the undivided causal principle is worshiped in the linga. His more manifest aspects are represented in anthropomorphic images. All other deiti...