Bhagavata Purana

The multi-headed snake he lounges upon is the serpent Kaliya, whom, in his aspect as Krishna, he subdued in the Bhagavata Purana.

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The legends of Renuka are contained in the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa and in the Bhagavata Purana.

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For the Vallàbhácháryas derive their scriptural sanction from the eighth book of the _Bhagavata Purana_, which they have completely falsified from its true meaning in their translation called the _Prem Sagar_, or "Ocean of Love."

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The first is represented by a group of three manuscripts -- two of them dated respectively 1598 [68] and 1610 [69] and consisting of the tenth book of the _Bhagavata Purana_, the third being yet another illustration of the _Gita Govinda [70] _.

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

Such a position clearly involved a sharp conflict with conventional morals and in the fourteenth century, an attempt was made, in the _Brahma Vaivarta Purana_, to re-write the _Bhagavata Purana_, magnifying Radha as leader of the cow-girls, disguising or rather denying her adultery and finally presenting her as Krishna's eternal consort.

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

It is not that the facts as given in the _Bhagavata Purana_ are disputed.

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

Kangra artist Purkhu and with others of the series illustrates perhaps the greatest interpretation of the _Bhagavata Purana_ ever produced in Indian painting.

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

_Bhagavata Purana_ were executed at both these centres, their chief subjects were the _ragas_ and _raginis_ (the thirty-six modes of Indian music) _nayakas_ and _nayikas_ (the ideal lovers) and _barahmasas_ (the twelve months) while in the case of Malwa, there was the added theme of

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

_Rasika Priya_ and the _Bhagavata Purana_, the texts so greatly favoured at Udaipur, were discarded and in their place Basohli artists produced a series of isolated scenes from Krishna's life -- the child Krishna stealing butter, [94] Krishna the gallant robbing the cowgirls or exacting toll,

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

On at least three occasions they had illustrated scenes from the _Bhagavata Purana_ -- Nanda celebrating Krishna's birth, [104]

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943