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Omkara
18 August 2012, 05:40 AM
Namaste,
I have ebooks of english translations of the following puranas-
Bhagavata
Vishnu
Garuda
Brahmanda
Devi Bhagavata
Markandeya

Does anyone know how to obtain english translations in printed or ebook form,of other puranas?

dhyandev
19 August 2012, 01:19 PM
digital library of india http://www.dli.ernet.in/ This is treasure trove

download using DLID

philosoraptor
19 August 2012, 01:34 PM
Namaste,
I have ebooks of english translations of the following puranas-
Bhagavata
Vishnu
Garuda
Brahmanda
Devi Bhagavata
Markandeya

Does anyone know how to obtain english translations in printed or ebook form,of other puranas?

Where can you find these in E-book format?

Omkara
19 August 2012, 01:43 PM
I will be posting them in a few days on the library I have created.You can download them from there.

Dharmi
22 August 2012, 03:21 AM
I believe "The Holy Puranas, 3 volume set" contains an extensive collections of puranas. I have it my self but as i`m currently at work, i do not have the full overview. If anyone is interested i could list the puranas that they contain.

http://fullcirclebooks.in/search/apachesolr_search/purana

Shanti

philosoraptor
22 August 2012, 10:00 AM
digital library of india http://www.dli.ernet.in/ This is treasure trove

download using DLID


These appear to be in tiff format. I need something in PDF or epub format so I can read on a portable device. It wasn't obvious to me how to download them when I perused the library. Assuming I could download them, is there a way to convert from tiff to PDF format?

There appears to be a partner site with PDFs, but there is no search engine for finding what you want. And the collection there appears to be limited.

Omkara
22 August 2012, 10:28 PM
Hi,I uploaded the translations.

Dharmi,thanks for the reference.

http://www.dli.ernet.in/scripts/FullindexDefault.htm?path1=/rawdataupload1/upload/0124/224&first=1&last=973&barcode=5990010124221

Srimad Bhagavatam with Advaita,Vishishtadvaita and dvaita interpretation.

philosoraptor
23 August 2012, 12:18 PM
Hi,I uploaded the translations.

Dharmi,thanks for the reference.

http://www.dli.ernet.in/scripts/FullindexDefault.htm?path1=/rawdataupload1/upload/0124/224&first=1&last=973&barcode=5990010124221

Srimad Bhagavatam with Advaita,Vishishtadvaita and dvaita interpretation.

Ooooooo, I so want this. And yet, the link loads eternally and then times out despite my high-speed connection. Is there an alternate link? And also, given that this is on DLI, is there a way to download it into a useable format?

dhyandev
24 August 2012, 10:51 AM
These appear to be in tiff format. I need something in PDF or epub format so I can read on a portable device. It wasn't obvious to me how to download them when I perused the library. Assuming I could download them, is there a way to convert from tiff to PDF format?

There appears to be a partner site with PDFs, but there is no search engine for finding what you want. And the collection there appears to be limited.

one solution to all your problems http://dlidownloader.blogspot.in/

Omkara
24 August 2012, 05:29 PM
Thanks Dhyandev!!!

philosoraptor
24 August 2012, 08:20 PM
Agree, thanks!

Dharmi
25 August 2012, 08:14 AM
For those interested. "The Holy Puranas, 3 volume set" contains the following Puranas: Brahma, Padma, Vishnu, Shiva, Bhagavata, Narada, Skanda, Vamana, Kurma, Matsya, Garuda, Brahmanda, Vayu, Markandeya, Agni, Bhavishya, Brahmavaivarta, Linga and Varaha.

Shanti

Omkara
26 August 2012, 12:12 AM
That seems to be a complete set.I think I will buy it.Thank you!How good are the translations?

Sahasranama
26 August 2012, 12:15 AM
For those interested. "The Holy Puranas, 3 volume set" contains the following Puranas: Brahma, Padma, Vishnu, Shiva, Bhagavata, Narada, Skanda, Vamana, Kurma, Matsya, Garuda, Brahmanda, Vayu, Markandeya, Agni, Bhavishya, Brahmavaivarta, Linga and Varaha.

Shanti
This is most likely an abridgement.

Omkara
26 August 2012, 12:21 AM
I don't think all the puranas translated completely would fit into a 3volume set.

Dharmi
26 August 2012, 12:30 PM
It is obviously an abridgement but to what exctenct is hard for me to say (each volume is appr. 600 pages each, A5 format). I would suggest to contact the shop, they seemed knowledgeable. As for the translation: the little i have delved into it, the language appears as concise and good (English only).

Shanti

philosoraptor
27 August 2012, 07:16 PM
It is obviously an abridgement but to what exctenct is hard for me to say (each volume is appr. 600 pages each, A5 format). I would suggest to contact the shop, they seemed knowledgeable. As for the translation: the little i have delved into it, the language appears as concise and good (English only).

Shanti

It's very abridged. I have all the Puranas you mentioned in unabridged forms and they take up an entire bookshelf.

:-)

Omkara
20 April 2013, 10:48 AM
Varaha Purana-
http://ge.tt/api/1/files/6q60wrV/3/blob?download

Padma Purana-
http://ge.tt/api/1/files/6q60wrV/9/blob?download

philosoraptor
20 April 2013, 09:16 PM
Varaha Purana-
http://ge.tt/api/1/files/6q60wrV/3/blob?download

Padma Purana-
http://ge.tt/api/1/files/6q60wrV/9/blob?download

Thanks for these. However, Part I of the Padma Purana translation appears to be missing in that collection.

philosoraptor
21 April 2013, 07:05 AM
Padma Purana-
http://ge.tt/api/1/files/6q60wrV/9/blob?download

It appears not only Part I, but also Parts VI and VII are also missing from that collection. Any idea where to find the remaining volumes in pdf or ebook format? I did a quick Google search which turned up nothing and also tried shortening the above URL to look for some sort of menu - also not helpful.