Architectonics of the Bhagavata-Purana
Abstract
Abstract: the article deals with the problem of the content structure of the BhagavataPurana, the most representative sacred text from the list of the main eighteen Puranas (the so-called “historical chronicles”) of classical Hinduism. Revealed ten-term composition of the Bhagavata, which are the characteristics of the so-called the mahapurana (“great purana”). Then, the variability of ideas about the location of these ten topics within the Bhagavata itself is considered on the example of the teachings of teachers in the Gaudiya tradition (Bengal Vaishnavism). The opposite positions of such representatives of the tradition as Jiva Goswami (XVI century) and Vishvanatha Chakravarti (XVII–XVIII century) find their synthetic expression in Prabhupada’s teaching (XX century), the latest representative of the school.
About the Author
V. V. Ostanin
Altay State University;
Altay State Agricultural University
Russian Federation
Vadim V. Ostanin, Ph. D (Philos.), Assistant Professor
Russian Federation
Vadim V. Ostanin, Ph. D (Philos.), Assistant Professor
References
1. Albedil M. F., Dubyanskiy A. M. (ed.). Hinduism. Jainism. Sikhism. Dictionary. Moscow: Respublika; 1996. (In Russ.)
2. Rudoi V. I. (ed.). Introduction to Buddhism. St Petersburg: Lan; 1999. (In Russ.)
3. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada A. C. (transl.). Srimad Bhagavatam (with Sanskrit text). Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; 1982.
4. Bhanu Swami H. H. (transl.). Srimad-Bhagavatam. Canto – III with the Sarartha-darsini Commentary of Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakkura. Translated by Chennai; 2009.
5. Bhanu Swami H. H. (transl.). Tattva Sandarbha (with Sanskrit text) with Sarvasamvadini commentary by Jiva Goswami and commentary of Baladeva Vidyabhusana. Chennai; 2012.
6. Srila Jiva Goswami. Tattva-sandarbha. Perm: Vrindavan Institute of Higher Education; 2001. (In Russ.)
7. Bhaktivedanata Swami Prabhupada A. C. Srimad Bhagavatam. Sixth Canto – Part one. Moscow: Mozhaisk-Terra; 1999. (In Russ.)
8. Bhaktivedanata Swami Prabhupada A. C. Srimad Bhagavatam: Second Canto. Moscow: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; 2009. (In Russ.)
For citation:
Ostanin V.V. Architectonics of the Bhagavata-Purana. Orientalistica. 2019;2(1):150-158. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2019-2-1-150-158
Views: 391
Email this article 