2006-10-22 17:24:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bhagavata Purana (also known as Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, or simply Bhāgavatam) is one of the Puranas, a part of the literature of Hinduism. Its primary focus is the process of bhakti yoga (loving devotion to the Supreme Lord) in which Vishnu or Krishna is understood as the Supreme all-embracing God of all Gods (Bhagavat). Earlier sections of the literature contain stories of devotees and objects of their devotion: the various avataras of Krishna or Vishnu. The most famous section is one of the latter Canto's (10th canto) which deals in detail with the story of Krishna's appearance and pastimes in Vrindavan.
2006-10-23 01:08:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is the 5th among the Mahapuranas and has about 18,000 shlokas. Since it is to do a lot with (Krishna) Vishnu, it is very much a Saatvika Purana.
The Puranas are sacred Hindu texts that were composed many hundreds of years ago. The knowledge of the Puranas supplements the knowledge of the Vedas and the Upanishads. There are a number of Puranas, but 18 or 19 Mahapuranas (there is a dispute in one of the Puranas being a Mahapurana or not). The main confusion is about the fourth Purana - is it the Shiva Purana or the Vayu Purana? The other Puranas are known as Upapuranas.
The Purana definition of the Mahapurana is that it must exhibit five characteristics: _It must describe the original creation of the universe (sarga), the periodic destruction and recreation (pratisarga) , the different eras (manvantras), the histories of the solar dynasty (Surya vamsha) and the lunar dynasty (Chandra vamsha), and the royal genealogies (vamshanucharita).
In the strictest sense, only the Vishnu Puran conforms to the typology rigidly.
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2006-10-23 02:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by Starreply 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bhagavata Purana (also known as ÅrÄ«mad BhÄgavatam, or simply BhÄgavatam) is one of the Puranas, a part of the literature of Hinduism. Its primary focus is the process of bhakti yoga (loving devotion to the Supreme Lord) in which Vishnu or Krishna is understood as the Supreme all-embracing God of all Gods (Bhagavat). Earlier sections of the literature contain stories of devotees and objects of their devotion: the various avataras of Krishna or Vishnu. The most famous section is the 10th Canto, which deals in detail with the story of Krishna's appearance and pastimes in Vrindavan.
Significance
sarva-vedÄnta-sÄraá¹ hi
ÅrÄ«-bhÄgavatam Ä«á¹£yate
tad-rasÄmá¹ta-tá¹ptasya
nÄnyatra syÄd ratiḥ kvacit
"ÅrÄ«mad BhÄgavatam is accepted as the essence of all Vedic literature and Vedantic philosophy. Whoever tastes the transcendental mellow of ÅrÄ«mad BhÄgavatam is never attracted to any other literature."
Bhagavata Purana is considered a natural commentary on the Vedanta-sutra and is used as a textual source for Vaishnava Theology, Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology and Kamrupi Vaishnava Theology. It is the most well known and loved of all of the Puranas.
2006-10-23 01:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-23 02:48:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋