[Advaita-l] Do 'Tamasa' Puranas enjoin practice of Adharma?

[sreenivasa murthy]

 Dear Friends,
What is the source from which sAtvika, rAjasika and 
tAmasika purANAs have appeared?Do they have one source only or different sources?Can any learned member clarify?With respectful Pranams,Sreenivasa Murthy.

    On Tuesday, 9 May, 2023 at 10:52:44 am IST, Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
 
 Namaste.
The question of what is tamasa puranas is also contradictory in the puranas
itself. For example Garuda Purana has a different list. The skanda Purana
has a different list. Interestingly enough these are considered
interpolations due to various reasons.

On Tue, 9 May, 2023, 8:10 am Raman M, <mraman.m at gmail.com> wrote:

> namaste,
> what then is the criteria for classifying them, the classification
> appearing to be authentic since it is stated in the puranas
>
> regards
> Raman
>
> On Sat, 6 May, 2023, 17:01 Kaushik Chevendra via Advaita-l, <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > So, they have their own definition of what is right and wrong knowledge
>> > irrespective of what the Veda and Upanishads teach.
>> >
>>
>> Yes sir. Any scripture that they disagree with automatically becomes
>> something to "delude the demons".
>>
>> >
>> > regards
>> > subbu
>> >
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