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Vishnu Puranaविष्णुपुराणम्
The sage Parāśara tells his pupil Maitreya how the world began, how it is ordered, the lines of kings, the life of Krishna, and how the ages end. Six books, 126 chapters, each with the Sanskrit beside H. H. Wilson’s English translation of 1840 and his notes.
Public domain. Wilson’s translation was published in London in 1840; Wilson died in 1860. Sanskrit is shown for 126 of 126 chapters, paired chapter by chapter (Wilson translated in prose, so lines do not match one to one).
The six books
About this edition
- Wilson’s chapter summaries (the italic lines under each heading) are his, not part of the Sanskrit.
- Page markers such as “p. 2” are the page numbers of Wilson’s 1840 edition, kept so you can cite it.
- Wilson’s spellings (Vishńu, Puráńa, Menu) are kept as printed.
- Wilson also printed 4 appendix pages between chapters (for example “Sacrifice of Daksha, from the Váyu Puráńa”). They are not part of the Vishnu Purana and are not shown here.