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National Archives of Nepal (NAK 2–229), and its digital version has been archived by Nepal-German Manuscript Preservation Project (NGMCP B 11–4). It is likely that the manuscript was copied by the scribe on Monday, March 10 811 CE, though there is some uncertainty with
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grounds. This suggests that the original text existed before this time. R. Adriaensen, H.Bakker, and H. Isaacson dated the oldest surviving palm-leaf manuscript of Skanda Purana to 810 CE, but
Richard Mann adds that earlier versions of the text likely existed in the 8th century CE. Hans Bakker states
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recensions. The only surviving manuscript of the
Revakhanda recension is from 1682. The four surviving manuscripts of the Ambikakhhnda recension are of a later period and contains much more alterations. Judit Törzsök says a similar recension to these two recensions seems to have been known to
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in Tamil literature). While the text is named after Skanda, he does not feature either more or less prominently in this text than in other Shiva-related
Puranas. The text has been an important historical record and influence on the Hindu traditions and rituals related to the war-god Skanda.
1992:, and Harunaga Isaacson, 1998; vol. IIa, adhyāyas 26-31.14, ed. by Hans T. Bakker and Harunaga Isaacson, 2005; vol. IIb, adhyāyas 31-52, ed. by Hans T. Bakker, Peter C. Bisschop, and Yuko Yokochi, 2014; vol. III, adhyāyas 34.1-61, 53-69, ed. by Yuko Yokochi, 2013. Supplement to the
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that has survived into the modern era exists in many versions. It is considered as a living text, which has been widely edited, over many centuries, creating numerous variants. The common elements in the variant editions encyclopedically cover
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Nepalese manuscript to about 810 CE. This manuscript was discovered as one in a group of seven different texts bound together. The group included fourteen manuscripts mostly Buddhist, six of which are very old
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is also available. These texts discuss cosmogony, theology, philosophical questions on virtues and vice, questions such as what is evil, the origin of evil, how to deal with and cure evil.
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this is its strength not weakness. The Skanda Purana is, in a real sense, a living purana, one of the few
Puranas extant still extant in Sanskrit and certainly, one of the most popular.
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which was wrongly included in the Skanda Purana by Veṅkateśvara Steam Press in 1910 and all publications of the Skanda after it. The one belonging to the Skanda has 116 chapters.)
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quotes content found only in these two recensions, thus the version known at that time was similar to the ancient version of these two recensions.
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s. According to another tradition, these are grouped in seven
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2527:"The Relation between the Skandapurana and the Avantyakhanda"
2487:"The Structure of the Varanasimahatmya in Skandapurana 26-31"
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Tirtha region, south India), further divided into two parts:
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Kaverimahatmya presents stories and a pilgrim guide for the
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990:Laskhmidhara, thus it existed before 12th century.
2975:. Albany, New York: State University of New York.
1868:manuscripts have been found in Nepal, Tamil Nadu (
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912:as the Absolute and the source of true knowledge.
1996:, Groningen: Egbert Forsten, and Leiden: Brill.
1836:, like many Puranas, include the legends of the
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2612:. Cambridge University Press. p. 272.
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2315:. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 63.
2228:. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 68.
1558:The second type of division of the
1079:Manas Tirtha is to a place of mind,
945:, in about 1898, discovered an old
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2377:. Walter de Gruyter. p. 224.
2048:Published by Motilal Banarsidass,
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1909:The 1910 edition included seven
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2391:from the original on 2021-04-14
2222:Jean Holm; John Bowker (1998).
1885:of this manuscript is unclear.
4835:Relations with other religions
3051:10.1080/02508281.1979.11014968
2792:Jurgen Neuss, Oliver Hellwig,
2466:, pp. 3-4 with footnotes.
2038:Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare (1996).
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2948:The World of the Skandapurāṇa
2893:Rivista degli Studi Orientali
3015:. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.
2966:Doniger, Wendy, ed. (1993).
2794:Rewakhanda of the Vayupurana
2644:Geoffrey Waring Maw (1997).
2571:The Art of Living Foundation
1562:is found in some texts like
1537:Rajasthan Tirtha region) and
3076:Excerpts from Skanda Purana
3039:Tourism Recreation Research
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2606:Jonathan P. Parry (1994).
2374:The Many Faces of Murukan̲
1994:Groningen Oriental Studies
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1848:, the story of the demon
1518:Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya
1251:Puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmya
883:The earliest text titled
863:literature, titled after
3979:Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
3081:The Skandapurāṇa Project
2574:. Ashgate. p. 139.
2371:Fred W. Clothey (1978).
2112:Richard D. Mann (2011).
2084:, pp. 114, 229–238.
1143:consists of 3 sections:
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2568:Stephen Jacobs (2015).
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2768:, pp. 232–233.
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2411:, pp. 229–231.
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533:Ramayana
435:Naradiya
368:Jyotisha
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285:Mandukya
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318:Tantras
290:Prashna
280:Mundaka
165:Samhita
136:Rigveda
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4691:Others
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4109:Vishnu
4104:Brahma
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3889:Agamas
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129:Vedas
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