Re: orginal bhagwatam??..himadri tells the truth..

Originally Posted by
Omkara
iven in other puranas.
It is possible that the vaishnava Bhagavatam was authored in the 12th century though.Neither Shankara or Ramanuja mention it in their works,and it is hard to imagine that a vaiahnava acharya would not have quoted the bhagavatam if it existed during his time.
Al Beruni (11th Century CE) mentions the Bhagavatam and describes it as a Purana extolling the virtues of Vasudeva. However, it could still be possible that it was of recent origin during his time - which may be why Ramanuja did not talk about it and Shankara did not know about it.
The Matsya's description of the Bhagavatam is silent on Krishna and appears to be referring to a previous cast of the text.
That in which ample details of duty are described, and which opens with the Gayatri; that in which the death of the Asura Vritra is told, and in which the mortals and immortals of the Saraswata Kalpa, with the events that then happened to them in the world, are related; that, is celebrated as the Bhagavata, and consists of eighteen thousand verses.
I have covered Purana history here -
http://shivsomashekhar.wordpress.com...uranas-part-2/
http://lokayata.info
http://shivsomashekhar.wordpress.com/category/history/
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