Download or read book Know the Puranas written by Ramanuj Prasad and published by Pustak Mahal. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Puranas are ancient scriptures - 18 in all, with 18 Upapuranas - which are the guidelines to life in the form of ancient tales and instructions. They show us the true path of devotion to the duties, discipline [conduct] and identity with the Lord. These are basically classified into three categories: Sattavic, Rajasic and Tamasic.