{"product_id":"the-bh-257-gavata-pur-257-na-selected-readings","title":"The Bh\u0026#257;gavata Pur\u0026#257;na: Selected Readings","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormalized by the tenth century, the expansive \u003ci\u003eBhagavata Purana\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis annotated translation and detailed analysis shows how one text can have such enduring appeal. Key selections from the \u003ci\u003eBhagavata Purana\u003c\/i\u003e are faithfully translated, while all remaining sections of the \u003ci\u003ePurana\u003c\/i\u003e are concisely summarized, providing the reader with a continuous and comprehensive narrative. Detailed endnotes explain unfamiliar concepts and several essays elucidate the rich philosophical and religious debates found in the Sanskrit commentaries. Together with the multidisciplinary readings contained in the companion volume \u003ci\u003eThe Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2013), this book makes a central Hindu masterpiece more accessible to English-speaking audiences and more meaningful to scholars of Hindu literature, philosophy, and religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRavi M. Gupta is the Charles Redd Chair of Religious Studies at Utah State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Caitanya Vaishnava Vedanta of Jiva Gosvami: When Knowledge Meets Devotion\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), editor of \u003ci\u003eCaitanya Vaisnava Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and coeditor, with Kenneth R. Valpey, of \u003ci\u003eThe Bhagavata Purana: Sacred Text and Living Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2013). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKenneth R. Valpey is a research fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAttending Krishna's Image: Chaitanya Vaishnava Murti-seva as Devotional Truth\u003c\/i\u003e (2006).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318576648466,"sku":"9780231169011","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6db23ea8-0c92-49a0-aa30-5e3cd2669df5.jpg?v=1727558053","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bh-257-gavata-pur-257-na-selected-readings","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}