A Study of the Bhâgavata Purâna

About this eBook

Editor

Pürnendu Narayana Sinha

Title

A Study of the Bhâgavata Purâna; or, Esoteric Hinduism

Credits

Produced by Bhakta Jim

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Puranas. Bhagavatapurana. English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39442

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39442

Release Date

April 12, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE. — Table of Contents
3. 3.SKANDHA I. — THE IDEAL OF BHÂGAVATA PURÂNA: A DISCOURSE BETWEEN VYÂSA AND NÂRADA. — ACCOUNT OF NARADA. — VIRAT PURUSHA.
4. 4.SKANDHA II. — THE PURUSHA IN ALL HEARTS. — THE DEATH OF THE YOGI AND AFTER. — WHAT MEN ARE TO DO AND WHAT THEY ARE NOT TO DO. — THE BHAGÂVATA PURÂNA AS RELATED BY BRAHMÂ TO NÂRADA. — I. THE CREATION. — II. PRESERVATION BY LILÂ AVATÂRAS. — THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE. — THE BHÂGAVATA PURÂNA AND ITS PARTS.
5. 5.SKANDHA III. — BHÂGAVATA AS RELATED BY MAITREYA TO VIDURA. — I.--THE CREATION — THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE — II. — VASUDEVA AND SANKARSHANA. — III. — THE CREATION BY BRAHMA. — THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE. — IV. DIVISIONS OF KÂLA. — V.-THE CREATION BY BRAHMA ( Continued ) III. 12. — PRE-MANVANTARIC CREATION. — THE FIRST OR THE SVAYAMBHUVA MANVANTARA. — VI. BHÛR AND VARAHA — THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE. — VII. THE STORY OF HIRANYÂKSHA. — THOUGHTS ON HIRANYÂKSHA. — VIII. DEVA AND DEVA-YONI CREATION. — IX. THE PROGENY OF KARDAMA. — THOUGHTS ON KARDAMA. — X. KAPILA'S INSTRUCTION TO HIS MOTHER DEVAHÛTI.
6. 6.SKANDHA IV. — THE GENEALOGY OF MANU AND THE RISHIS. — GENERAL REMARKS ON THE TABLES. — TABLE A. — TABLE B. — TABLE C. — TABLE D. — TABLE E. — TABLE F. — TABLE G. — TABLE H. — TABLE I. — TABLE J. — TABLE K. — TABLE L. — THE QUARREL BETWEEN ŚIVA AND DAKSHA. — THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE. — TABLE M. — TABLE N.
7. 7.SKANDHA V. — TABLE V. PRIYAVRATA. — THOUGHTS ON THE LINE OF PRIYA VRATA. — THE EARTH CHAIN, BHUVANA KOSHA. — ILAVRITA IS THE CENTRAL VARSHA. — THE GANGES. — THE MYSTERIES OF THE VARSHAS. — THE DVIPAS. — SVAR AND BHUVAR. — THE SUN. — THE PLANETS AND STARS. — THE PÂTÂLAS — ANANTA. — THE NARAKAS.
8. 8.SKANDHA VI. — THE STORY OF AJÂMILA — THE PROGENY OF DAKSHA. — THE PROGENY OF DHARMA. — THE PROGENY OF BHUTA. — THE PROGENY OF ANGIRASA. — THE PROGENY OF KRISASVA. — THE PROGENY OF TARKSHA. — THE PROGENY OF KASYAPA — THE STORY OF VIVSVARÛPA. — THE STORY OF VRITRU. — THE STORY OF CHITRAKETU. — THE DAITYAS. — THE MARUTS.
9. 9.SKANDHA VII. — THE MYSTERIES ABOUT THE SURAS AND THE ASURAS. — THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE. — I. Hiranyâksha and Hiranyakasipu. — II. Râvana and Kumbhakarna. — THE STORY OF HIRANYAKASIPU. — HIRANYAKASIPU AND PRAHLÂDA. — THE PRAYER OF PRAHLÂDA — VARNA AND ASHRAMA.
10. 10.SKANDHA VIII. — YAJNA. — THE SECOND MANVANTARA. — THE THIRD MANVANTARA. — THE FOURTH MANVANTARA. — THE STORY OF THE ELEPHANT KING. — THE FIFTH MANVANTARA. — THE SIXTH MANVANTARA. — THE CHURNING OF THE OCEAN. — THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE. — THE SEVENTH MANVANTARA. — THE EIGHTH MANVANTARA. — THE NINTH MANVANTARA. — THE TENTH MANVANTARA. — THE ELEVENTH MANVANTARA. — THE TWELFTH MANVANTARA. — THE THIRTEENTH MANVANTARA. — THE FOURTEENTH MANVANTARA. — THE ADMINISTRATION OF A MANVANTARA — THE STORY OF BALI. — THOUGHTS ON THE ABOVE. — THE MATSYA AVATARA.
11. 11.SKANDHA IX. — THE VAIVASVATA MANVANTARA. — SUDYUMNA. — IKSHVÂKU BROTHERS. — THE LUNAR DYNASTY. — THE LUNAR DYNASTY (Continued). — THOUGHTS ON THE VAIVASVATA MANVANTARA.
12. 12.THE TENTH SKANDHA. — VRINDÂVANA LILÂ — THE BIRTH OF SRI KRISHNA. — COUNSEL WITH THE DAITYAS. — NANDA AND VASUDEVA. — PUTANÂ — THE UPTURNING OF THE CART. — TRINAVARTA OR THE WHIRLWIND. — THE NAMES "KRISHNA" AND "RAMA." — PRANKS OF THE BOY. — THE TYING. — THE ARJUNA TREES. — THE FRUIT SELLER. — VRINDAVANA. — VATSA OR THE CALF. — BAKA OR THE CRANE. — AGHA OR THE SERPENT. — BRAHMA AND KRISHNA. — DHENUKA. — THE KÂLIYA SERPENT AND THE FIRE. — PRALAMBA. — THE FOREST CONFLAGRATION. — THE RAINY SEASON. — THE AUTUMN. — SRI KRISHNA AND THE GOPIS. — THE STEALING OF CLOTHES. — KRISHNA AND VEDIC YAJNA (SUMMER AGAIN.) — INDRA AND THE RAISING OF GO-VARDHANA. THE INSTALLATION. — KRISHNA AND VARUNA, KRISHNA AND THE GOPAS. — THE FIVE CHAPTERS ON RÂSA — THE RÂSA. — SUDARSANA. — SANKHA CHÛDA. — THE SEPARATION SONG OF THE GOPIS. — ARISHTA. — NÂRADA AND KANSA. — KESI. — VYOMA. — AKRÛRA. — MATHURÂ. — THE WRESTLING. — THE DEATH OF KANSA. — THE THREAD CEREMONY AND BRAHMACHARYA. — UDDHAVA AND VRAJA. — THOUGHTS ON THE VRINDÂVANA LILÂ. — THE RÂSA. — MATHURÂ LILÂ — THE HUNCH-BACKED GIRL AND THE PÂNDAVAS. — JARA SANDHA, YAVANA AND DVARAKA. — MUCHUKUNDA — DVARAKA LILÂ. — RUKMINI. — PRADYUMNA. — THE JEWEL SYAMANTAKA, JAMBAVATI AND SATYABHAMA. — SYAMANTAKA, AKRURA, KRITAVARMAN AND SATA DHANU: — THE OTHER WIVES OF SRI KRISHNA. — KRISHNA AND RUKMINI. — THE SONS OF KRISHNA. — THE DEATH OF RUKMIN. — BANA. — NRIGA. — BALARÂMA AND THE DRAWING OF THE YAMUNÂ. — POUNDRAKA AND THE KING OF KÂSÎ (BENARES). — DVI-VID (MONKEY). — SÂMBA, LAKSHANÂ AND BALARÂMA. — NARADA AND THE WIVES OF SRI KRISHNA. — THE RAJA SUYA AND JARASANDHA. — SISUPÂLA. — THE SLIGHT OF DURYODHANA. — SÂLVA. — DANTA VAKRA AND VIDURATHA. — BALARÂMA AND THE DEATH OF ROMAHARSHANA. — SRÎDÂMAN. — THE MEETING AT KURUKSHETRA. — VASUDEVA, DEVAKI, AND THEIR DEAD SONS. — ARJUNA AND SUBHADRÂ — SRUTADEVA AND BAHULÂSVA. — THE PRAYER TO BRAHMAN BY THE SRUTIS. — THE RESTORATION OF BRAHMAN BOYS TO LIFE. — THE LINE OF KRISHNA. — THOUGHTS ON THE MATHURÂ LILÂ. — THOUGHTS ON THE DVÂRAKÂ — THE WIVES.
13. 13.THE ELEVENTH SKANDHA — THE MUSHALA. XI. I. — THE BHÂGAVATÂ PATH. — KRISHNA AND UDDHAVA. — SELF-INSTRUCTION. — ÂTMÂ A REFUTATION OF THE SCHOOL OF JAIMINI. — BONDAGE AND LIBERATION. — SÂDHU AND BHAKTI. — WHY GIVE UP ALL KARMA — THE GUNAS. — HOW TO WITHDRAW FROM THE OBJECTS OF THE SENSES. — BHAKTI YOGA. — MEDITATION. — THE SIDDHIS — THE VIBHÛTIS OR POWERS OF THE LORD. — VARNA AND ASRAMA RULES. — WHAT ONE IS TO DO FOR MOKSHA. — THE SADHANAS OR EXPEDIENTS. — THE THREE PATHS: KARMA, JNÂNA AND BHAKTI. — GUNA AND DOSHA OR RIGHT AND WRONG — THE TATVAS. — PRAKRITI AND PURUSHA. — RE-INCARNATION. — FORBEARANCE. — SANKHYA. — SATVA RAJAS AND TAMAS. — COMPANY. — KRIYA YOGA AND IDOL WORSHIP. — JNÂNA YOGA. — BHAKTI YOGA. — THE END.
14. 14.THE TWELFTH SKANDHA. — PRALAYA. — THOUGHTS ON PRALAYA.

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