A Study of the Bhâgavata Purâna or, Esoteric Hinduism

A Study of the Bhâgavata Purâna; or, Esoteric Hinduism

The Bhgavata is the most popular of all Purnas and it is held in the highest esteem by Vaishnavas in all parts of India. It was the most authoritative book with such religious teachers as Shri Chaitanya. Several commentaries have been written on this great work. It is however strange that there has been so much discussion about the authoritative character of the work. The readers are all familiar with that discussion and I need not refer to it further than to say that the discussion does not in any way affect the intrinsic merit of the book, and the verdict of the public is so certain in this respect that the book will continue to be the most popular of all Purnas, despite any thing that may be said as to its authorship or the period of its appearance. The Padma Purna devotes a chapter to the worship of this Purna and calls it the most exalted of all the Purnas and the book is actually worshipped in many Hindu houses. The Purna is recited all over India by learned Pandits and Sdhus and its subject matter is familiar to every Hindu. PROFESSOR WILSON SAYS: "Bhgavata is a work of great celebrity in India and exercises a more direct and powerful influence upon the opinions and feelings of the people than perhaps any other of the Purnas. It is placed fifth in all the lists but the Padma Purna ranks it as the eighteenth, as the extracted substance of all the rest. According to the usual specification it consists of eighteen thousand slokas, distributed amongst three hundred and thirty-two chapters divided into twelve Skandhas or books. It is named Bhgavata from its being dedicated to the glorification of Bhagavat or Vishnu." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 39442
Author: Pürnendu Narayana Sinha
Release Date: Apr 12, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Pürnendu Narayana Sinha