Mahapurana #8 of 18 · tamasic · Mixed
अग्नि पुराण
Agni Purana
Agni Purāṇa
Verses: 15,400 · Best known for: Iconographic + Vastu encyclopedia
Central theme
Encyclopedia spanning ritual, iconography, mantra, ayurveda, statecraft, and the arts
Summary
Narrated by Agni to sage Vasishtha. Astonishingly broad in scope — temple construction, statecraft, archery, prosody, grammar, poetics, gemology, healing — making it one of the most encyclopedic texts in Sanskrit.
Notable stories + sections
- ●Capsule retellings of the Ramayana + Mahabharata + the avatars
- ●Detailed temple-construction shastra
Why read it
Indispensable for scholars of Indian iconography, temple architecture, and Vedic ritual.