Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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evaṁ lakṣaṇa-lakṣyāṇi
purāṇāni purā-vidaḥ
munayo ’ṣṭādaśa prāhuḥ
kṣullakāni mahānti ca

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

Sages expert in ancient histories have declared that the Purāṇas, according to their various characteristics, can be divided into eighteen major Purāṇas and eighteen secondary Purāṇas.

PURPORT

This verse has not purport by His Holiness Hṛdayānanda dās Gosvāmi, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmī Prabhupāda.



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