Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam (Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa)

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Catalogue identifier: kali-0002
Alternate titles and import identifiers: KALI-0002; devibhagavata_vijnanananda
Author or attribution: Traditional Sanskrit Purana; translated by Swami Vijñanananda
Record type: Book
Language: English
Date / edition: 1921 (host edition date)
Source / repository: See publication details
Access: Open access
Subjects: Kali Library Research Catalogue; Ancient Scriptures and Primary Texts; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion

Description and curator notes

This complete twelve-book English translation presents Devi as the foundation of the world and the supreme reality. Its many narratives and instructions situate Kali within a broad Shakta account of creation, divine power, worship and liberation. Book V contains the battles involving Ambika and Kalika, including the killing of Chanda and Munda and the explanation of the name Chamunda. This offers a useful comparison with the better-known parallel episode in the Devī Māhātmya: descriptions and theological emphases should be compared rather than silently merged. Elsewhere the work contains cosmology, pilgrimage and sacred-place traditions, instruction on practice, hymns and the Devī Gītā. The last chapter explicitly discusses the fruits of hearing and reciting the Purana and closes the full treatise. The English is an early twentieth-century devotional translation with characteristic transliteration and syntax. Wisdomlib supplies a searchable, chapter-based complete edition, while Sacred Texts provides another host for this same translation. The hosts should be catalogued as access alternatives to one edition, not counted as different sources.

KALI-0002 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
Access and reliability assessments below are supplied by the curator's 4–5 November 2026 research release, not a new independent verification.

Author / attribution: Traditional Sanskrit Purana; translated by Swami Vijñanananda
Publication: See publication details · 1921 (host edition date)
Wisdomlib identifies its edition as 1921. Earlier installment history is not resolved here; preserve host date without claiming a single Sanskrit composition date.
Format / language: Historical book / primary devotional or interpretive source · English; original: Sanskrit
Composition / textual history: unknown; do not substitute this edition date for the Sanskrit composition date
Identifier: devibhagavata_vijnanananda
Kali relevance: Extended Shakta scripture with direct Kalika/Chamunda narratives in Book V and wider Devi theology.
Context: Read in its historical and literary context; translation choices are those of the named translator.
Subjects: Ancient Scriptures and Primary Texts; Philosophy, Theology, and Comparative Religion
Evidence / reliability: Freely accessible complete historical text; interpretive and historical claims should be compared with modern scholarship.
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Historical text and translation are public domain in the United States; observe host transcription terms and local law for reuse.

Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/devi-bhagavata-purana
Alternate / related form: https://sacred-texts.com/hin/db/index.htm

Source access

Read or locate the original source at See publication details

Rights and reading conditions

Complete text checked 2026-11-04. Historical text and translation are public domain in the United States; observe host transcription terms and local law for reuse. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.

Citation

Traditional Sanskrit Purana; translated by Swami Vijñanananda. Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam (Devī Bhāgavata Purāṇa). See publication details · 1921 (host edition date).

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