Varaha Purana
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Varaha Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, a Hindu religious text. It describes in detail about the Varaha incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu, and narrates about the rescue of the Prithvi.
[edit] Further reading
- Mani, Vettam. Puranic Encyclopedia. 1st English ed. New Dehli: Motilal Banarsidass, 1975.
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