History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.278

v7.c99.278

Bhāgavata-purāṇa 112, 129, 131, 139n, 147, 197n, 474 (on Kāla), 477 (*elaborate scheme of units of time*), 649n, 680n, 687n, 791n, 865, 839 (ten topics of Purāṇas), 845n (period between Parīkṣit and Nanda), 852, 857n, 861, 880, 903n, 920-21, 924, 950, 959n, 960 (three kinds of *bhakti*), 965 (on nine modes of bhakti), 966, 968, 970 (tolerance of worship of other gods), 972, 974, 979, 995, 1032, 1093 (worship of Viṣṇu is Vaidikī, Tāntrikī and Miśrā), 1120, 1169, 1280, 1373, 1384, 1440n, 1455, 1490n, 1637, 1642, date very controversial, ranging from 5th cen A. D to 10th, 898-99, lengthy eulogy of Bh in Padma 972, many medieval digests hardly ever rely upon Bhāgavata for Kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī 131; note on, 898-99, none of the early works on Dharmaśāstra, such as Mit, Kalpataru, draw upon it, 898, not quoted by Rāmānuja in bhāṣya on *V. S.* 957; numerous commentaries on, over 40 being listed, 957n, papers on, brought together by Dr. Pusalker in 'Studies in Epics and Purānas', 898, regarded as the most important or sole authority by Vaisnava teachers like Vallabha and Caitanya 957, Śrīdhara, commentator of, 845n, 866n, very exaggerated praise of Bh. 972