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A prose English translation of Shrimadbhagabatam by M.N. Dutt (1895, unabridged) [157] Bhagavata Purana by Motilal Banarsidass Publishers (1950, unabridged) [158] The Srimad Bhagavatam by J.M. Sanyal (1970, abridged) The Bhagavata Purana by Ganesh Vasudeo Tagare (1976, unabridged) [156] Srimad Bhagavata by Swami Tapasyananda (1980, unabridged)
The title of the text, 'Srimad Devi Bhagavata or 'Devi Purana'', is composed of two words, which together mean "devotees of the blessed Devi".Johnson states the meaning as the "ancient annals of the luminous goddess".
While likely to mean (as more explicitly claimed by others) that the Srimad Bhagavatam copied from the Vishnu Purana (again intertextuality is a notable feature of Indian culture), even if true, no information on the origin of the Vishnu Purana or 'distance' (in years) from the Bhagavata Purana is given, nor is any evidence provided to support ...
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 ...
Bhagavad Gītā (भगवद् गीता): The national gospel contained in Mahābhārata, Part of the epic poem Mahabharata, located in the Bhishma-Parva chapters 23–40. A core sacred text of Hinduism and philosophy. [15] Bhagavata Purana: one of the "Maha" Puranic texts of Hindu literature, and is Sanskrit for "The Book of God".
The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.
The Devi Gita is a text that consists of the last ten chapters of the seventh Canto of the Devi Bhagavata Purana. It has 507 verses and often circulates as its own text. [ 3 ] It presents a magnificent vision of a universe created, pervaded and protected by an all-powerful, all-knowing and all-compassionate Divine Feminine.
Siva: The Siva Purana Retold; Devi: The Devi Bhagavatam Retold; The Bhagavata Purana (two volumes) a new translation of the Bhagavad Gita; twelve-volume retelling of The Complete Mahabharata (as writer and series editor) – all published by Rupa Publications.