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Free Download Kenneth Valpey, "The Bhāgavata Purāna: Sacred Text and Living Tradition"
English | 2013 | pages: 296 | ISBN: 0231149999, 0231149980 | PDF | 2,1 mb
A vibrant example of living literature, the Bhagavata Purana is a versatile Hindu sacred text written in Sanskrit verse. Finding its present form by the tenth century C.E., the work inspired several major north Indian devotional (bhakti) traditions as well as schools of dance and drama, and continues to permeate popular Hindu art and ritual in both India and the diaspora.

Free Download Ravi Gupta, Kenneth Valpey, "The Bhāgavata Purāna: Selected Readings"
English | 2016 | pages: 328 | ISBN: 0231169019, 0231169000 | EPUB | 3,5 mb
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 other Purana has inspired so much commentary, imitation, and derivation. The work has grown in vibrancy through centuries of performance, interpretation, worship, and debate and has guided the actions and meditations of elite intellectuals and everyday worshippers alike.