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7. PURANAS, TEMPLES AND THEIR DATES
skandam tathaiva ca agneyam ca sadetani tamasani nibodhame" Padma Purana, Uttara Khanda (236.18-21)
Some of the listed Puranas and their possible dates are as follows:
1. Vishnu Purana (4th C.)
2. Brahmanda Purana (4th C.)
3. Vayu Purana (5th C.)
4. Bhagvata Purana (6/7th C.)
5. Kurma Purana (7th C.)
6. Agni Purana (8th C.)
7. Narada Purana (10th C.))
8. Brahma Purana (10th C)
9. Garuda Purana (10th C.)
10. Skanda Purana (11/12th C.)
11. Padma Purana (12/15th C.)
12. Vishnu Dharmottara Purana
13. Narasimha Purana
14. Vahni Purana
14. Shiva Mahapurana
16. Devi Bhagvata Mahapurana
17. Brihaddharmapuranal
http://www.hvk.org/specialrepo/rjm/ch2.html
18. Narayana Purana
19. Markandeya Purana
20. Bhavishya Purana
21. Brahma Vaivarta Purana
22. Linga Purana
23. Varaha Purana
24. Vamana Purana
25. Matsya Purana
(http://www.lebensplan.com/puranas/
http://www.hvk.org/specialrepo/rjm/ch2.html)
This list is not complete as there are many others of recent origin. Those marked without an approximate earliest possible date are of later origin.
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