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Bh
gavata
.

One devoted to
Bhagav
n
.

 
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Bh
gavata-pur
a
.

A Hindu mythological work in Skt., one of the eighteen
mahapur
as
. The title must be derived from
Bhagav
n
, which means here
K
a
/
Vi
u
, the central deity of the text. It is usually included in the list of the eighteen mah
-pur
as (Major Pur
as), but among these it is the most idiosyncratic and unusual work. Innumerable versions of it were produced in almost all vernaculars of India, and many religious movements (among them the schools of
Caitanya
and Vallabh