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Bhagavata Purana

Sanskrit text, most popular of the eighteen major Puranas, story of Krishna
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Summary

Bhagavata Purana is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,344 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Vyāsa[3]
  • Instance of: Purana[4], version, edition or translation[5]
  • Publisher: Vidyavilasam Press, Kozhikkode[6]
  • Genre: religious text[7]
  • Place of publication: Kozhikode[8]
  • Commons category: Bhagavata Purana[9]
  • Language of work or name: Sanskrit[10], Malayalam[11]
  • Inception: 1000[12]
  • Publication date: 1871[13]
  • Has edition or translation: Le Bhâgavata Purâna, ou Histoire poétique de Krichna[14], Dispersed Bhagavata Purana[15], Shri Krishnaprem-tarangini[16], Andhra Mahabharatam[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bhagavata Purana[18]
  • Number of pages: 49[19]
  • Title: श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्[20], ശ്രീമഹാഭാഗവതം[21]
  • Different from: Devi-Bhagavata Purana[22]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: Q141500946[23]
  • Copyright status: public domain[24]
  • Entry in abbreviations table: BhP.[25]

Why It Matters

Bhagavata Purana has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ml.wikisource.org. Retrieved . ml.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ml.wikisource.org. Retrieved . ml.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ml.wikisource.org. Retrieved . ml.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ml.wikisource.org. Retrieved . ml.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ml.wikisource.org. Retrieved . ml.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1h ago · Manojk · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1871-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Number of pages → {'amount': '+49'}
    Maintained by wikiproject → Q141500946
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 17d ago · Manojk · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bcl', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa',
    Publisher → Vidyavilasam Press, Kozhikkode
    Place of publication → Kozhikode
    Language of work or name → Sanskrit, Malayalam
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: version, edition or translation, Book data from Malayalam Wikisource (#mlwsBookEditor)"
  3. 17w ago · Hasini b · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Bhagavata Purana
    Instance of → literary work, Purana, version, edition or translation
    Inception → —
    Inception → +1000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has edition or translation: Andhra Mahabharatam"
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