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en-wikipedia-org-868		Bhagavata Purana - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	16090	2122	76	Bhagavata Purana (Devanagari: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa) also known as Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahā-purāṇa, Śrīmad Bhāgavatam or Bhāgavata, is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas).[1][2] Composed in Sanskrit and available in almost all Indian languages,[3] it promotes bhakti (devotion) to Krishna[4][5][6] integrating themes from the Advaita (monism) philosophy of Adi Shankara, Vishishtadvaita (qualified monism) of Ramanujacharya and Dvaita (dualism) of Madhvacharya.[5][7][8][9] Contrary to the western cultural tradition of novelty, poetic or artistic license with existing materials is a strong tradition in Indian culture,[45] a 'tradition of several hundred years of linguistic creativity'.[46] There are variations of original manuscripts available for each Purana, including the Srimad Bhagavatam.[45] Debroy states that although there is no 'Critical Edition' for any Purana, the common manuscript for translations of the Bhagavata Purana seemingly used by both Swami Prabhupada and himself is the Bhāgavatamahāpurāṇam (Nag Publishers, Delhi),[47] a reprint of Khemraj Shri Krishnadas' manuscript (Venkateshvara Press, Bombay).[44] In regards to variances in Puranic manuscripts, academic Dr. Gregory Bailey states:	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-868.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-868.txt