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a) or Shiva Mahapurana is one of the puranas (a genre of Hindu religious texts), dedicated to the god Shiva. Acc ording to a tradition which is stated in the Vayaviya Sa?hita (the Venkateshvara Press edition) of this text, the original text was known as the Shaiva Purana. Shiva Purana is a tamas purana.[1] According to tradition, the purana originally consisted of twelve Sa?hitas and 1 00,000 slokas (verses). After the reconstruction and the abridgement by Vedavyas a, the extant text comprises 24000 slokas (verses), which he taught to his disci ple Romaharshana (or Lomaharshana). Contents [hide] 1 The recensions of the text 2 References 3 External links 4 Further reading The recensions of the text[edit] Several recensions of this text exist. The recension presented by the edition pu blished by the Vangavasi Press, Calcutta in 1908 consists of six Sa?hitas (secti ons):[2] # Sa?hita (section) Adhyayas (chapters) I Jana Sa?hita 78 II Vidyesvara Sa?hita 16 III Kailasa Sa?hita 12 IV Sanatkumara Sa?hita 59 V Vayaviya Sa?hita: i. Purvabhaga ii. Uttarabhaga 30 30 VI Dharma Sa?hita 65 Total: 290 The recension presented by the two other editions published by the Venkateshvara Press, Bombay in 1906 and the Pandita Pustakalaya, Kashi in 1963 consists of se ven Sa?hitas:[2] # Sa?hita (section) Adhyayas (chapters) I Vidyesvara Sa?hita 25 II Rudra Sa?hita: i. S?s?ikha??a ii. Satikha??a iii. Parvatikha??a iv. Kumarakha??a v. Yuddhakha??a 20 43 55 20 59 III Satarudra Sa?hita 42 IV Ko?irudra Sa?hita 43 V Uma Sa?hita 51 VI Kailasa Sa?hita 23 VII Vayaviya Sa?hita: i. Purvabhaga ii. Uttarabhaga 35 41 Total: 457 According to a passage found in the first chapters of Vidyesvara Sa?hita and Vay aviya Sa?hita of these recensions the original Shiva Purana comprised twelve Sa? hitas, which included five lost Sa?hitas: Vainayaka Sa?hita, Mat? Sa?hita (or Ma

t?pura?a Sa?hita), Rudraikadasa Sa?hita, Sahasrako?irudra Sa?hita and Dharma Sa? hita (or Dharmapura?a Sa?hita).[2] The number of verses in these sections were a s follows: Vidyeshvara Samhita - 10,000 Rudra Samhita - 8,000 Vainayaka Samhita - 8,000 Uma Samhita - 8,000 Matri Samhita - 8,000 Rudraikadasha Samhita - 13,000 Kailasa Samhita - 6,000 Shatarudra Samhita - 3,000 Sahasrakotirudra Samhita - 11,000 Kotirudra Samhita - 9,000 Vayaviya Samhita - 4,000 Dharma Samhita - 12,000 The Creation of the Cosmic Ocean and the Elements, folio from the Shiva Purana, c. 1828. Several other Sa?hitas are also ascribed to the Siva Pura?a. These are the Isana Sa?hita, the Isvara Sa?hita, the Surya Sa?hita, the Tirthak?etramahatmya Sa?hit a and the Manavi Sa?hita Haraprasad Shastri mentioned in the Notices of Sanskrit MSS IV, pp. 220 3, Nos, 29 8 299 about another manuscript of the Siva Pura?a, which is divided into two khand as (parts), the Purvakha??a and the Uttarakha??a. The Purvakha??a consists 3270 slokas in 51 chapters written in Nagari script and the Uttarakha??a has 45 chapt ers written in Oriya script. It was preserved in Mahimprakash Brahmachari Matha in Puri. The Purvakha??a of this manuscript is same as the Sanatkumara Sa?hita o f the Vangavasi Press edition. References[edit] Jump up ^ As categorized in Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda, 236.18 21 ^ Jump up to: a b c Rocher, Ludo (1986). "The Pura?as". In Jan Gonda (ed.). A Hi story of Indian Literature. Vol.II, Epics and Sanskrit religious literature, Fas c.3. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 222 8. ISBN 3-447-02522-0. External links[edit] Shiva Purana in Sanskrit, Book (1 10) PDF files Stories from the Shiva Purana in English Essence of Shiva Purana - selected verses, Sanskrit and English ??? ????? ?????????: Essence of Shiva Purana - selected verses Facebook: Shiva Purana - Essence in selected verses Further reading