One of the oldest Purāṇas — six books on the cosmology, mythology, and theology of Viṣṇu and his avatars. A central text of the Vaiṣṇava tradition.
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Tradition
Smṛti. Mahāpurāṇa, c. 4th–5th century CE. Translated into English by H. H. Wilson in 1840 — the first complete Purāṇa translation into a Western language.
Translation
Horace Hayman Wilson, translator, *The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition* (London: J. Murray, 1840). Public domain.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.