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    The Devi Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: देवी भागवतपुराणम्, devī bhāgavatapurāṇam), also known as the Devi Purana or simply Devi Bhagavatam, is one of the...
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    The Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam), Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana...
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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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  • Bhagavata Purana, Krishna-related text Devi Bhagavata Purana, Devi-related text Bhagavata (disambiguation) Purana (disambiguation) Mahapurana (disambiguation)...
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    inactive). Scriptural texts such as Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, Markandeya Purana, and Mahabhagavata Purana held Shakti as the supreme over all...
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    Durga (redirect from Devi Durga)
    Vaishnavism. The most important texts of Shaktism, Devi Mahatmya and Devi Bhagavata Purana, revere Devi (the Goddess) as the primordial creator of the universe...
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    Mahadevi (redirect from Maha Devi)
    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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    Kumbhipaka, Asipatravana and Tapana. The Bhagavata Purana, the Vishnu Purana and the Devi Bhagavata Purana enlist and describe 28 hells; however, they...
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    Bhramari (redirect from Bhramari Devi)
    from her four hands. The tenth book and thirteenth chapter of the Devi Bhagavata Purana records the exploits of the goddess Bhramari in detail: In the city...
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    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 feminine...
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    Shaktism (section Devi Gita)
    such as the Devi Mahatmya, Devi-Bhagavata Purana, Kalika Purana, and Shakta Upanishads such as the Devi Upanishad are revered. The Devi Mahatmya in particular...
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    Parvati (redirect from Devi Parvathi)
    younger sisters called Ekaparna and Ekapatala. According to Devi Bhagavata Purana and Shiva Purana mount Himalaya and his wife Mena appease goddess Adi Parashakti...
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    night of final dissolution and the terrible night of delusion. The Skanda Purana describes Shiva beseeching his wife, Parvati, to help the gods when they...
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    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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    the Bhagavata Purana does with the avatars of Vishnu. Nilakantha, an 18th-century commentator on the Devi Bhagavata Purana – which includes the Devi Gita –...
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    the various manuscript versions of Devi Bhagavata Purana with the embedded Devi Gita therein. Devi Bhagavata Purana gives prime position to Mahadevi as...
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  • Yogini, an ascetic woman. — Shiva Purana, Section 2.1, Chapter 16, verses 10-12 According to the Bhagavata Purana, While he was thus absorbed in contemplation...
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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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    sheath becomes Kaushiki, who while enraged, creates Kali. In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Kali turns black out of rage, while battling the demons Shumbha...
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    epitomized by texts like Devi-Bhagavata Purana, especially its last nine chapters (31–40) of the seventh skandha, which are known as the Devi Gita, and soon became...
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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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    is one of the most important texts in Shaktism, along with Devi-Bhagavata Purana and Devi Upanishad. The text is one of the earliest extant complete manuscripts...
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  • an ocean called the Sudha Samudra (the ocean of nectar). In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Manidvipa is portrayed as the Sarvaloka, the highest world that...
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    Saraswati (redirect from Saraswati devi)
    "darkness"). In other influential Shakta texts, such as the Devi Bhagavata Purana and the Devi Upanishad, Sarasvati (along with all Hindu goddesses) is also...
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    Garh Jungle Brahman Devi-Bhagavata Purana Devi Upanishad Tripura Upanishad Chandi di Var (In Sikhism) The Markandeya Purana States, "For What The Woman...
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    known as parama Bhagavatas, or Bhagavata Vaishnavas. The Bhagavata Purana entails the fully developed tenets and philosophy of the Bhagavata cult where Krishna...
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    in the Puranas namely the Padma Purana (as an avatar of Lakshmi), the Devi-Bhagavata Purana (as a form of Mahadevi), the Brahma Vaivarta Purana (as Radha-Krishna...
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  • to the kingdom of Tanjavur. The term Bhagavata, state Brandon and Banham, refers to the Hindu text Bhagavata Purana. Mela is a Sanskrit word that means...
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    are rooted in Vedas. Both the Itihasas and the Puranas like the Devi Bhagavata Purana and the Kalika Purana as well as the Saiva and Sakta Agamas prescribe...
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    significance of these shaligrams. According to the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Brahmavaivarta Purana, and Shiva Purana, shilagrama shilas originated due to the following...
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