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Consisting of 24 chapters, The eighth book of the Devi-Bhagavata Purana incorporates one of the five requirements of Puranic-genre of Hindu texts, that is a theory of the geography of the earth, planets and stars, the motion of sun and moon, as well as explanation of time and the Hindu calendar. [62] Its include:
The Mahabhagavata Purana begins with the manifestation of Mahadevi as Sati, her marriage to Shiva, and her conflict with her father, Daksha. [2] The second narrative, called the Ganga Upakhyana, describes the manifestation of the goddess as Ganga.
The Shiva Purana asserts that it once consisted of 100,000 verses set out in twelve samhitas (books), however the Purana adds that it was abridged by sage Vyasa before being taught to Romaharshana. 5: Bhagavata: 18,000 verses: The most studied and popular of the Puranas, [39] [40] telling of Vishnu's Avatars, and of Vaishnavism.
The Bhagavata Purana; Book X by Nandini Nopani and P. Lal (1997) Krishna: The Beautiful Legend of God: Srimad Bhagavata Purana Book X by Edwin F. Bryant (2004) [161] The Wisdom of God: Srimat Bhagavatam by Swami Prabhavananda (part translation, part summary and paraphrase) The Uddhava Gita by Swami Ambikananda Saraswati (2000, prose translation ...
In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, the four-armed Vishnu describes Mahā Kāli as Nirguna, creatrix and destructrix, beginningless and deathless. [24] The Kāli Sahasranama Stotra from the Kalika Kulasarvasva Tantra states that she is supreme (paramā) and indeed Durga , Śruti , Smriti , Mahalakshmi , Saraswati , Ātman Vidya and Brahmavidya . [ 25 ]
The Devi Gita (Sanskrit: देवीगीता, romanized: Devīgītā, lit. 'The Song by Goddess') is an ancient Hindu philosophical text from the Devi-Bhagavata Purana , a major text of the Shakta devotees, in the form of dialogue between Mahadevi and king Himavan . [ 1 ]
Shuka told a brief version of the Bhagavata Purana to the Kuru king Parikshit, who was destined to die after seven days due to a curse. A place called Shukachari is believed to be the cave of Shuka, where he disappeared in cave stones as per local traditions. Shuka in Sanskrit means parrot and thus the name is derived from the large number of ...
Bhagavata Purana: one of the "Maha" Puranic texts of Hindu literature, and is Sanskrit for "The Book of God". Bharude, Ovya: devotional poetry. Bhavarth Ramayan: Marathi version of the Ramayana written by Sant Eknath in the 16th century; Bījagaṇita: Ancient Indian mathematics, algebra textbook by Indian mathematician Bhāskara II