Siva Purana: Part 2 (AITM Vol. 2) New Age Books was of great value to

was of great value to me and sparked substantial revisions

The term Vedic is here used to comprehend not only the metrical language of the hymns but also the prose of the Brahmanas and of the Biahmana-like portions of the Atharvaveda and of various recessions of the Yajurveda

as existing before creation

but unfortunately

Siva Purana: Part 2 (AITM Vol. 2) New Age Books was of great value toThe Purana is a class of literature that treats ancient religion, philosophy, history, sociology, politics, and other subjects. It is an Encyclopaedia of various branches of knowledge and ancient wisdom. It has been defined as a class of literature that contains material on the topics of Creation, Dissolution of Manus, Ages of Manus, Genealogies, and the History of glorious kings. For dealing primarily with these subjects it has been called