Varaha Purana, one of the major eighteen
Contents
The printed editions of this work has 218 chapters.
Further reading
*Mani, Vettam. "Puranic Encyclopedia". 1st English ed. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975.
External links
* [http://texts.00.gs/Varaha_Purana.htm information on the "Varāha Purāṇa"]
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