Purana

Summary

Purana ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (757 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Purana's image is recorded as Page of Text, Folio from a Bhagavata Purana (Ancient Stories of the Lord) LACMA M.82.62.1 (1 of 2).jpg^[2].
• Purana's image is recorded as Meister der Bhâgavata-Purâna-Handschrift 001.jpg^[3].
• Purana's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79139448^[4].
• Purana's subclass of is recorded as chronicle^[5].
• Purana's Commons category is recorded as Puranas^[6].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Agni Purana^[7].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Kurma Purana^[8].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Garuda Purana^[9].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Naradiya Purana^[10].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Brahma Purana^[11].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Brahma Vaivarta Purana^[12].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Brahmanda Purana^[13].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Bhavishya Purana^[14].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Matsya Purana^[15].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Bhagavata Purana^[16].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Linga Purana^[17].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Markandeya Purana^[18].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Padma Purana^[19].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Shiva Purana^[20].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Skanda Purana^[21].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Vamana Purana^[22].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Varaha Purana^[23].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Vayu Purana^[24].
• Purana's has part is recorded as Vishnu Purana^[25].
• Purana's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vmp7^[26].

Why It Matters

Purana ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (757 views/month).^[1] Purana has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] Purana is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]