History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.154

v7.c91.154

Other great sources of the cult of bhakti are the Bhagavadgītā, which is expressly mentioned in the Nārāyaṇīya section (348. 8 = cr. ed. 336. 8), the Bhāgavatapurāṇa and the Viṣṇupurāṇa. The Gītā contains the words *bhakti* and *bhakta* several dozens of times. It may be stated here that the so-called Nārada-bhaktisūtras, Nārada-pāñcarātra, the Śāṇḍilya-bhakti-sūtra and the several extant Pāñcarātra-saṁhitās so far published are all later than the Gītā.¹⁵⁵⁰ The Agnipurāṇa gives the names of 25 works on Pāñcarātra quoted in the note below.¹⁵⁵¹The Maheśvaratantra names 25 Pāñcarātra tantras promulgated by Viṣṇu, which are condemned therein as having no truth (26. 16 ff.).