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 Devi Purana or simply Devi Bhagavatam, is one of the...
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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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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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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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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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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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Vishnu (category Characters in the Bhagavata Purana)
well-known of these avatars are Krishna (most notably in the Vishnu Purana, Bhagavata Purana, and Mahabharata; the latter encompassing the Bhagavad Gita), and...
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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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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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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, similar to the western Hell...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Saraswati (section In the Bhagavata Purana)
beings, a river on the earth and as a part of Brahma. A legend in the Bhagavata Purana describes Sarasvati as originally being one of the three wives of Vishnu...
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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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Svaha (section Devi Bhagavata Purana)
born. The Brahmanda Purana mentions the names of the children of Svaha: Pavamāna, Pāvaka, and Śuci. In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Narayana offers Narada...
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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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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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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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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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Kekeya kingdom (section Reference in Bhagavata Purana)
married to the Avanti king. (Bhagavata Purana, Canto 9, Chapter 24 (The history of Yadavas), Verses 37–40) Bhagavata Purana attests that the prince of Kekaya...
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other Puranas (like the Brahma Purana, the Bhagavata Purana, the Matsya Purana, the Padma Purana, the Venkatacala Mahatmya of the Skanda Purana, the Vishnudharmottara...
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Kshira Sagara (section Devi Bhagavata Purana)
destroys our sins. — Nammalvar, Tiruvaymoli, Verse 3.6.2 The Devi Bhagavata Purana also refers to the Ocean of Milk in its verses: The Bhagavan Hari sometimes...
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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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Bhramari (section Devi Bhagavata Purana)
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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