bhāgavata—purāṇa n. N. of the most celebrated and popular of the 18 Purāṇas (especially dedicated to the glorification of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, whose history is in the 10th book; and narrated by Śuka, son of Vyāsa, to king Parī-kṣit, grandson of Arjuna), [IW. 331]; [315] &c.