Bhagavan
भगवान् bhagavānThe fully personal, supreme and beloved God of devotion. From bhaga (divine attribute); the Vishnu Purana (6.5.74) defines Bhagavan as the one who possesses in fullness the six divine attributes: lordship, power, fame, wealth, knowledge and dispassion.
Where this term appears
- Ishvara, Bhagavan and Brahman: How Hinduism Conceives God Essentials
Here is a single line of Sanskrit, from the Bhagavata Purana , one of the most loved texts in the tradition. Brahmeti paramatmeti bhagavan iti shabdyate.
- Ishta-Devata: Choosing a Personal Deity Deities
The Bhagavata Purana states it without hedging: krishnas tu bhagavan svayam , "Krishna is the Lord himself," the source of the other forms rather than a form beside them.
- The History of Sanatana Dharma: A Timeline History
The Central Hindu College textbook of 1903, produced by Annie Besant with Bhagavan Das, bore the title Sanatana Dharma .
- The Vishnu Sahasranama Worship
The Sri Vaishnava commentator Parasara Bhattar dwells on exactly this: that the mantra by which the offering reaches heaven is not a tool that Bhagavan uses but a form that Bhagavan is.
- What is the Bhagavad Gita? Scriptures
What it is, and where it sits The Bhagavad Gita , the title means "the Song of the Lord," from Bhagavan , the Lord, is not a free-standing book in its origin.
- What is Vaishnavism? Lineages
They anchor this in Bhagavata Purana 1.3.28, whose Sanskrit ends krishnas tu bhagavan svayam .
- Who is Krishna? Deities
In a single half-line that whole schools of theology rest upon (1.3.28), it lists the various incarnations and then declares: ete chamsha-kalah pumsah krishnas tu bhagavan svayam .
- Śabda eternal Treatise
Upavarṣa, whom this tradition and Śaṅkarācārya alike speak of as Bhagavān Upavarṣa, the reverend one.