It was long felt that a comprehensive Index of the Purānas was a desideratum. We have an Index to Vedic literature by Macdonell and Keith; we have also one to the Mahābhārata by Sorensen; then why not a similar Index to all the eighteen major and an equal number of the minor Purānas which constitute an important branch of Indian literature.
Inspired by this idea Prof. V.R. Ramachandra Dikshitar, an eminent historian of the Madras University set himself to work initially on five Mahāpurāņas, viz. Vāyu, Brahmānda, Matsya, Vişnu, and Bhāgavata in early fifties and this resulted in the publication by the Madras University of the present work in three parts, which are reprinted now and stand more as reminders to the Indologists of the new generation of the fact that a stupendous task yet remains to be done and that they should come forward and accept the challenge.
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