The Puranas laid down that 1 It was not possible for devotees to receive the grace of God unless the...........

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The Puranas laid down that

1. It was not possible for devotees to receive the grace of God unless they were born in certain castes.

2. One should not be a devout of God idols and instead meditate on the formless reality

Which of the above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

Statement 1: One could attain the grace of God irrespective of one’s caste status.
Statement 2: Around the time when the puranas first began to be composed, the belief in particular deities had become established as one of the principal marks of the Hindu faith, and to some degree the puranas can be described as a form of sectarian literature.Some puranas exhibit devotion to Shiva; in others, the devotion to Vishnu predominates.
Learning: The special subject of the puranas is the powers and works of the gods, and one ancient Sanskrit lexicographer, Amarasinha, writing in the fifth or sixth century A.D., defined a purana as having five characteristic topics, or pancalaksana: "(1) The creation of the universe; (2) Its destruction and renovation; (3) The genealogy of gods and patriarchs; (4) The reigns of the Manus,forming the periods called Manwantaras; (5) the history of the Solar and Lunar races of kings."