Garuda Purana (Upapurana)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:valley
Buddhist scripture
gptkbp:category gptkb:Vaishnavism
gptkbp:chapter about 19,000 verses
gptkbp:contains gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:law
gptkb:medicine
gptkb:yoga
afterlife
ethics
funerary rites
gemology
rituals for the dead
description of hells
description of omens
Ayurveda (medicine) section
Vishnu's answers to Garuda
description of Garuda's questions to Vishnu
description of charity and its merits
description of dharma (righteousness)
description of gems and their properties
description of sacred places (tirthas)
description of the journey of the soul after death
description of various types of hells (Naraka)
description of yoga practices
list of sins and their consequences
rituals for Shraddha (ancestral rites)
gptkbp:date 1st millennium CE (approximate)
gptkbp:focus Vishnu worship
gptkbp:genre gptkb:valley
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Garuda Purana (Upapurana)
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Vishnu
Garuda
gptkbp:notableFor description of punishments in hell
detailed description of afterlife and karma
funeral rites and rituals
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Upapuranas
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bhagavata_Purana
gptkb:Vishnu_Purana
gptkb:Agni_Purana
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:scripture Sanskrit literature
gptkbp:scriptureStatus canonical in Hinduism
gptkbp:structure divided into Purva Khanda and Uttara Khanda
gptkbp:studiedBy Hindu priests
scholars of Hinduism
gptkbp:usedIn Hindu funeral ceremonies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:18_Upapuranas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7