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__NOTOC__ The Kurma Purana ((サンスクリット:कूर्म पुराण), } is one of the eighteen Mahapurana, a genre of Hindu religious texts. It is believed to have been directly narrated by the Lord Vishnu to the sage Narada, and it contains the details about the Kurma Avatar. Narada is believed to have stated the contents of this Puranas to Suta, who narrated this Purana to an assembly of great sages. The Padma Purana categorizes Kurma Purana as a Tamas Purana (Purana of darkness or ignorance). ==Contents== The printed editions of this text are divided into two s (parts), the and the . The has 53 chapters and the has 46 chapters. The first eleven chapters in the are known as the Ishvara Gita, a teaching given by the god Shiva at Badrinath. According to the tradition, the originally consisted of four s (sections): the , the , the and the . The extant text would correspond to the . The (I.106. 1-22) gives a brief overview of these four sections. According to this work, the consisted of 6,000 s (verses) and its contents agrees completely with the extant . The consisted of 4,000 s and was divided into five s (sub-sections). It was also known by the sobriquet the . This section had dealt with the duties of the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras and the mixed castes. The had 2,000 s and was divided into six s. This section had dealt with the six magic acts: , , stambhana, , and . The had 5,000 s and was divided into four s dealing with .〔Hazra, R.C. (1962). ''The Puranas'' in S. Radhakrishnan ed. ''The Cultural Heritage of India'', Vol.II, Calcutta: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, ISBN 81-85843-03-1, p.259〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kurma Purana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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