THE FOURTEEN SHASTRAS IN FOUR VEDAS

Purana,the Sanskrit word ,meaning ‘’ancient ,or ‘’old’’ is a genre ancient Indian literature found in Hinduism. A large number of topics are like cosmogony ,cosmology ,falk tales pilgrimages, temples medicine ,astronomy, honours , love stories, grammar mineralogy ,genealogies of Gods, Goddesses. Kings, heroes, sages and demigods are included in Puranas. The first Puranas are believed to be composed between the 3rd and 10th centuries C.E and the most famous one among thembeing ‘’ Bhagavata Purana ‘’ is nothing but an description of the childhood and early life of Krishna .Where the veroius Puranas are constaining information about Yoga ,the’’ Bhagavata Purana ‘’ gives the readers an opportunity exercise and practice Bhakti Yoga.