विष्णुपुराणक — {purāḍṇaka} n. N. of one of the most celebrated of the 18 Purāṇas (it conforms more than any other to the definition {pañca-lakṣaṇa} {q.v.}##and consists of 6 books, the 1st treating of the creation of the universe from Prakṛiti, and the peopling of the world by the Prajā-patis##the 2nd giving a list of kings with many curious geographical and astronomical details##the 3rd treating of the Vedas and caste##the 4th continuing the chronicle of dynasties##the 5th giving the life of Kṛishṇa##the 6th describing the dissolution of the world) IW. 517