Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c9.s2.8

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The significance of these narratives, versified in the Purāṇic style, cannot be mistaken. But it is not necessary to bring out and explain in detail the theological teachings involved in them, for the doctrinal implications are set forth in more precise and systematic manner of a Śāstra by Rūpa Gosvāmin in his Saṃkṣepa-bhāgavatāmṛta. This latter work by its title professes to be a summary of the previous work; but, as an epitome of the theological tenets of the school, it is, in spite of its derivative character, a largely original treatise. We shall now turn to this latter work of Rūpa Gosvāmin, and by an analysis of its content give an outline of its principal doctrines.