It takes the average reader 15 hours and 29 minutes to read Puranic Encyclopedia by Vettam Mani
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This voluminous work, a store house of information about the Epics, Puranas and allied literature, was originally composed and published in Malayalam. It constituted the results of the author's devoted study and research extending over fourteen years. This English version of the same is to meet the growing demand of scholars interested in the study of Puranas. This stupendous work, in the form of an exhaustive descriptive index, covers the vast and varied field of ancient Indian culture in all aspects-history geography, religion, philosophy, myths, beliefs and practices as depicted in the Epics and Puranas. The work is planned on scientific lines. The material compiled is arranged systematically. Citations have been inserted in support of stated facts; at places they have been substituted by reference. Obsolete and obscure words, denoting objects such as a particular tree or plant have been explained by their scientific or vernacular equivalents. All modern critical apparatus has been utilized in the preparation of this comprehensive work.
Puranic Encyclopedia by Vettam Mani is 922 pages long, and a total of 232,344 words.
This makes it 311% the length of the average book. It also has 284% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 21 hours and 9 minutes to read Puranic Encyclopedia aloud.
Puranic Encyclopedia is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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