A history written with five characteristics is called a Purana, states Matsya Purana, otherwise it is called Akhyana. The text is notable for providing one of earliest known definition of a Purana genre of literature. The Matsya Purana has survived into the modern era in many versions, varying in the details but almost all of the published versions have 291 chapters, except the version, written in Grantha script, which has 172 chapters. However, the text has been called by the 19th-century Sanskrit scholar, 'although a (Shiva-related) work, it is not exclusively so' the text has also been referred to one that simultaneously praises various Hindu gods and goddesses. The text is a text named after the half-human and half- avatar of. The Matsya Purana (: Matsya Purāṇa) is one of the eighteen major (Mahapurana), and among the oldest and better preserved in the Puranic genre of Sanskrit literature in.History of Indian Literature Vol 1 (Original in German, translated into English by VS Sarma, 1981). The Matsya Purana covers a diverse range of topics.
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