Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c9.s3.56

c9.s3.56

Sanātana's *Bṛhad-Bhāgavatāmṛta* being a poetical work composed in the style of the Purāṇas, hardly gives ony scope to the citation of authorities, but Rūpa's more systematic supplement contains a larger number of quotations and references. The following index of works and authors, actually cited by name in the *Saṃkṣepa-Bhāgavatāmṛta*, will give a rough idea of its sources and authorities. The largest number of quotations is of course derived from the Purāṇas, chiefly the *Bhāgavata* and the *Padma-purāṇa*, and these constitute the principal original authorities. Some Tantra works as well as sectarian devotional treatises are also cited, but these form secondary authorities.