Sri Visnu Puranam Part 2 (Amsa IV-Amsa VI Vol. 82) Shree Lal Bahadur Shashtri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha 2 So Menander was one

2 So Menander was one of the most important of those Greek kings who continued in Bactria the dominion founded by Alexander the Great

Many of these may pretend no doubt to considerable antiquity

How could I venture even to attempt what I have done

composed as terse aphorisms designed to stitch together the wisdom of Yoga

Not only is it necessary to date the beginning and end of the compositional process

Sri Visnu Puranam Part 2 (Amsa IV-Amsa VI Vol. 82) Shree Lal Bahadur Shashtri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha 2 So Menander was oneThe word Puranam means that which was composed first purvasmin bhutam puranam. There are eighteen Mahapuranams . (Vide This work, III. vi. 20). They form three groups, namely, sattvika, rajasa and tamasa. The six, Matsya, Kurma, Linga, Siva, Skanda and Agni are tamasa Puranams. The six Brahmanda, Brahmavaivarta, Markandeya, Bhavirya, Vamana, and Brahma are rajasa Puranam s and the six Visnu, Naradiya, Bhagavata, Garuda, Padma and Varaha are sattvika