page_title: Contents and stories of the Yoga Vasistha
section_title: Section Three: On Creation
hierarchical_section_title: Contents and stories of the Yoga Vasistha / Section Three: On Creation
context_page_description: The below list gives an overview of the contents and stories in the Yoga Vasistha, as it appears in Swami Venkatesananda's translation. The same stories are included in the Moksopaya, on which the Yoga Vasistha was based, as well.
  In the beginning of the book Vasistha states that the stories have a "definite purpose and a limited intention. They are not to be taken literally, nor is their significance to be stretched beyond the intention."
context_section_description: The Story of Lila
  The Story of Karkati
  The Story of the Sons of Indu
  The Story of Ahalya
  The Story of the Great Forest
  The Story of the Three Non-Existent Princes
  The Story of Lavana
caption: Karkati asks questions to the King of Kirata, from the Mughal Yoga Vasishta.
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