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The Bhāgavata Purāna: Selected Readings

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ravi Gupta, Kenneth ValpeyPublish date:2016-11-29Pages:328
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231169011ISBN-10:231169019UPC:9780231169011Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:Hinduism, Hindu, AsiaBook Topic:Sacred Writings, SouthSize:8.80 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC29QPFNF9

The Bhāgavata Purāna: Selected Readings

Formalized by the tenth century, the expansive Bhagavata Purana resists easy categorization. While the narrative holds together as a coherent literary work, its language and expression compete with the best of Sanskrit poetry. The text's theological message focuses on devotion to Krishna or Vishnu, and its philosophical outlook is grounded in the classical traditions of Vedanta and Samkhya. No...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231169011ISBN-10:231169019UPC:9780231169011Book Category:Religion, Philosophy, HistoryBook Subcategory:Hinduism, Hindu, AsiaBook Topic:Sacred Writings, SouthSize:8.80 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC29QPFNF9

Ravi M. Gupta is the Charles Redd Chair of Religious Studies at Utah State University. He is the author of The Caitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami: When Knowledge Meets Devotion (2007), editor of Caitanya Vaisnava Philosophy (2014), and coeditor, with Kenneth R. Valpey, of The Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition (Columbia, 2013).

Kenneth R. Valpey is a research fellow of the...
Publisher: Columbia University Press

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