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In dealing with the matter of world peace which has become a matter of life and death

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Sri Visnu Puranam Part 1 (Amsa l-Amsa III Vol. 81) V.S.Ramanan In dealing with the matterThe word Puranam means that which was composed first purvasmin bhutam puranam. There are eighteen Mahapuranams . (Vide This work, III. vi. 20). They form three groups, namely, sattvika, rajasa and tamasa. The six, Matsya, Kurma, Linga, Siva, Skanda and Agni are tamasa Puranams. The six Brahmanda, Brahmavaivarta, Markandeya, Bhavirya, Vamana, and Brahma are rajasa Puranam s and the six Visnu, Naradiya, Bhagavata, Garuda, Padma and Varaha are sattvika