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Vishnu Purana

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Divinity Atlas. "Vishnu Purana." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vishnu-purana.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Vishnu Purana. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vishnu-purana

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-vishnu-purana,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Vishnu Purana},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/vishnu-purana},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Vishnu Purana is a primary Sanskrit text presenting Vaishnava cosmology, including the cyclical ages, the yugas, kalpas and manvantaras, and genealogies of gods and kings, cited here in an 1864 English translation. As a primary text it is authoritative for what this specific Purana itself states about its cosmological framework, checkable against the translation, not for a settled account of the text's own composition date or for how contemporary Hindu practice actually uses these concepts today. Use it to establish the content of this text's cosmological system; a claim about contemporary practice drawing on these concepts needs a separate modern source.

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Reliability Tier

A primary Sanskrit Purana presenting Vaishnava cosmology including the cyclical ages and genealogies of gods and kings; authoritative for the text's own cosmological framework, not for a modern scholarly account of how these concepts are used in contemporary Hindu practice.

Notes

The Vishnu Purana, one of the major Hindu Puranas, a primary Sanskrit text presenting Vaishnava cosmology including the cyclical ages (yugas, kalpas, manvantaras) and genealogies of gods and kings. Use for the content of this text's cosmological framework as it presents it; a primary scripture, not a modern scholarly account of how these concepts are used in contemporary Hindu practice.

Citation

Author

Anonymous

Publisher

Trubner & Co.

Issued in five volumes, London, 1864 to 1877.

Publication Year

1864

URL

https://archive.org/details/vishnupurnsyst01wils

Source Type

primary-text

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Vishnu

This source names Vishnu directly: "The Vishnu Purana is a primary Sanskrit text presenting Vaishnava cosmology, including the cyclical ages, the yugas, kalpas and manvantaras, and genealogies of gods and kings, cited here in an 1864..."

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Claims Backed By This Source (210 claims)

This source backs 210 claims across the atlas. As facts: 113 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 47 holds, 1 connected. Plus 46 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Deities, 71 claims: 32 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 open question, 17 holds, 20 general references.
Yugas (World Ages), 45 claims: 19 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 15 holds, 10 general references.
Figures, 20 claims: 15 well-attested, 2 holds, 3 general references.
Myths & Sacred Narratives, 14 claims: 7 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 12 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds, 2 general references.
Mythical Creatures, 9 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
Open Questions, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
Articles, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
Doctrines, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Religious Events, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Ages, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Numbers, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Realms, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.