The Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana...
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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: देवी भागवतपुराणम्, devī bhāgavatapurāṇam), also known as the Srimad Devi Bhagavatam or simply Devi Bhagavatam, is...
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the Vayu Purana, Matsya Purana, and Aditya Upa Purana admit the Devi Bhagavata Purana as a Mahapurana, whereas the Padma Purana, Garuda Purana and Kurma...
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Abhinavagupta and Al-Biruni, academics estimate the date of origin of the Bhagavata Purana to be between 800–1000 C.E. It is impossible to accurately date Vedic...
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Look up Bhagavata Purana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. There are two Bhagavatas in Hindu Puranic literature: Bhagavata Purana, Krishna-related text...
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Kali (demon) (section Bhagavata Purana)
seven days listening to the discourses of sage Shuka, compiled as the Bhagavata Purana under the banyan tree of Shukratal. As prophesied, the snake king Takshaka...
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The Padma Purana categorizes the Garuda Purana—along with the Bhagavata Purana, the Vishnu Purana, and itself—as a Sattva Purana (a Purana that represents...
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Mahadevi (section Devi Bhagavata Purana)
primordial matter') and Mahamaya ('she who is beyond maya'). The Devi Bhagavata Purana and Lalita Sahasranama describe Mahadevi's numerous epithets. These...
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Vishnu (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
Puranas genre of Hindu texts. Of these, according to Ludo Rocher, the most important texts are the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, Nāradeya Purana,...
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Adityas (section Bhagavata Purana)
Norgate. "Book I: Chapter XV". Vishnu Purana – via Sacred-Texts.com. Srimad Bhagavata Purana. 12.11.27–49. Linga Purana. Media related to Adityas at Wikimedia...
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Krishna (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
Līlā. He is a central figure in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana, the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, and the Bhagavad Gita, and is mentioned in many Hindu...
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believes in eternal damnation of the Tamo-yogyas in Andhantamas). The Bhagavata Purana describes Naraka as beneath the earth: between the seven realms of...
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Dashavatara (section In the Puranas)
refers to four Puranas which mention the Buddha in 9th position: Varaha Purana 4.2; Matsya Purana 285.6-7; Agni Purana 49.8; Bhagavata Purana X.40.22 and...
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in which Krishna is regarded as Svayam Bhagavan. As stated in the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu appeared before Vasudeva and Devaki in his divine original...
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Lakshmana (Krishna's wife) (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
god Vishnu and the king of Dvaraka in the Dvapara Yuga (epoch). The Bhagavata Purana mentions Lakshmana, who is endowed with good qualities, as the daughter...
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righteousness in all the stages of life. — Agni Purana, Chapter 16, Verses 8 - 9 The Devi Bhagavata Purana features the devas hailing Vishnu, invoking his...
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Vaishnavism (section Puranas)
the Pancharatra (Agama) texts, Naalayira Divya Prabhandham, and the Bhagavata Purana. The ancient emergence of Vaishnavism is unclear, the evidence inconsistent...
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Hindu texts (section Puranas)
list the Agamas as Hindu scriptures, and Dominic Goodall includes Bhagavata Purana and Yajnavalkya Smriti in the list of Hindu scriptures as well. There...
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but this is not universally accepted as distinct to other three. The Bhagavata Purana is a popular and influential text in the Vaishnavism traditions. It...
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Prakruti in this text, with legends similar to those found in the Devi-Bhagavata Purana and the Devi Mahatmya. The text is also notable for glorifying the...
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including the ten Dashavatara of the Garuda Purana and the twenty-two avatars in the Bhagavata Purana, though the latter adds that the incarnations...
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Deva (Hinduism) (section Bhagavata Purana)
455 Bhagavata Purana 3.12.21-22 Bhagavata Purana 4.1.13 Bhagavata Purana 6.6.24-26 Bhagavata Purana 8.13.6 Bhagavata Purana 6.18.11 Bhagavata Purana 5.24...
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Vishnu in the Puranas and the epics such as: Harivamsa (1.41) Vishnu Purana (3.18) Bhagavata Purana (1.3.24, 2.7.37, 11.4.22) Garuda Purana (1.1, 2.30.37...
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stone slab, now in the Mathura Museum. The Mahabharata and the Devi Bhagavata Purana narrate the story of the birth of Samba. Jambavati was unhappy when...
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Harishchandra (section Devi Bhagavata Purana)
the Markandeya Purana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The most famous of these stories is the one mentioned in the Markandeya Purana. According to this...
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Bhadra (Krishna's wife) (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
queen-consorts of Hindu god Krishna, according to the scripture Bhagavata Purana. The Bhagavata Purana regards her as being the eighth wife of Krishna; sometimes...
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least a millennium old and many disparate groups, all following the Bhagavata Purana could be found. Various lineages of Gopala worshipers developed into...
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Malayadhvaja Pandya (section Bhagavata Purana)
is described to be a sage-king and a "conqueror of cities" in the Bhagavata Purana. He takes Vaidarbhi, the daughter of the king of Vidarbha, as his wife...
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Dvārakā (section Bhagavata Purana)
description of Dvaraka during Krishna's presence there appears in the Bhagavata Purana (10.69.1-12) in connection with the sage Narada's visit: The city was...
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Vaikuntha (section Bhagavata Purana)
comments about the verses describing Vaikuntha in the text of Bhagavata Purana: In the Bhagavata, the text speaks of Vaikuntha, adorable to all the worlds...
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