Garuda Purana Pt. 3 (AITM Vol. 14) Chaukhamba Orientalia From the study of these

From the study of these and other chapters on polity

and these I expounded in the course of the Summer Institute of Philosophy at Irvine

stability of the creation (sthiti)

in the first two chapters dealing with early Indian thought

reflex of suragrama' is entirely arbitrary and without a shred of evidence to support it

Garuda Purana Pt. 3 (AITM Vol. 14) Chaukhamba Orientalia From the study of theseThe Garuda Purana is normally classified as a Vaisnava Purana, obviously on the basis of the fact that among the deities glorified in this Purana Visnu holds the supreme position. Still, this Purana cannot be deemed as sectarian, for it contains the worship of other deities too, such as Siva, Brahma, Indra, Surya, Agni, Candra, Vayu, Skanda, Ganesa, and many forms of Mother Goddess. The present volume, like all other volumes, is encyclopedic in