From the fifteenth century onward, the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (seventh century?) attained unprecedented popularity in northern India. In the Braj country Vais ̇ n ̇ ava sects centered on Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a made the Sanskrit Bhāgavata Purāṇa their foundational text and assigned to it the rank of the fifth Veda, in effect endowing it with the authority of the Veda. Accordingly, the Purān ̇ a was also subjected to Vedic exegesis. Novel ways of viewing the relationship of Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a and the world through the prism of bhakti evolved, while Vedic orthodoxy was claimed for the text. This scholarly approach, articulated in Sanskrit, was a tour de force, taking off from the widespread popularity of the Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a theme and its Purān ̇ ic and other antecedents. At the same time the Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a theme, and particularly the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, flourished in vernacular literatures and found expression in visual art, drama, and music. Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a bhakti became the recipient of imperial and subimperial patronage. Rājpūt dynasties complemented the multilayered religious foundations of their rule by Vais ̇ n ̇ avism. Courts and court poets engaged with the vernacular poetry on the Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a theme. Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a bhakti attained orthodox respectability thanks to the efforts of sectarian theologians who by the quasi-Vedic strategies taken in their commentaries strove to put it on a par with the nonsectarian, Smārta scholarship. Well connected as locales of Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a bhakti, the Rājpūt courts were also inextricably connected with the imperial court, politically and by emulating its Persianate cultural model. This led to the formation of the Hindu-Persianate culture typical of the early modern period, and the processes of transmission were embedded in the political interdependence between

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特刊介绍：转译《薄伽梵歌》（Bhāgavata Purāṇa）

从十五世纪开始，《薄伽梵歌》（七世纪？）在印度北部获得了前所未有的普及。在 Braj 国家 Vais ̇ n ̇ ava 教派以 Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a 为中心，以梵文 Bhāgavata Purāṇa 为基础，并将其列为第五吠陀，实际上赋予它吠陀的权威。因此，Purān ̇ 也受到吠陀的解经。通过奉爱的棱镜观察 Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a 与世界关系的新方法不断发展，而吠陀正统被称为文本。这种用梵文表达的学术方法是一种绝妙的力量，脱离了 Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a 主题及其 Purān ̇ ic 和其他前因的广泛流行。同时 Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ 一个主题，特别是 Bhāgavata Purāṇa，在白话文学中蓬勃发展，并在视觉艺术、戏剧和音乐中得到表达。Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a bhakti 成为帝国和次帝国赞助的接受者。Rājpūt 王朝通过 Vais ̇ n ̇ avism 补充了他们统治的多层宗教基础。宫廷和宫廷诗人从事关于 Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ 主题的白话诗。Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a bhakti 获得了正统的尊重，这要归功于宗派神学家的努力，他们在他们的评论中采用准吠陀策略，力图将其与非宗派的 Smārta 奖学金相提并论。作为 Kr ̇ s ̇ n ̇ a bhakti 的场所，Rājpūt 宫廷在政治上和效仿波斯文化模式方面也与朝廷有着千丝万缕的联系。