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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Sanskrit text by Sage Garga}}<br />
{{other uses|Garga Samhita (disambiguation)}}<br />
{{Infobox religious text<br />
|image = Garga Sanhita.jpg<br />
|caption = Front cover of Garga Sanhita published by [[Gita Press]], [[Gorakhpur]]<br />
|religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
|language = [[Sanskrit]]<br />
|verses = 12,000<br />
|chapters = 267<br />
|author = Garga<br />
}}<br />
'''''Garga-samhita''''' ({{lang-sa|गर्ग संहिता}}, [[IAST]]: Garga-saṃhitā) is an ancient [[Sanskrit]]-language [[Vaishnavite]] scripture based on Hindu deities [[Radha]] and [[Krishna]]. Its authorship is attributed to the sage Garga, the head priest of Krishna's clan [[Yadava]].<ref name="Lavanya_Krishna">{{cite book |author=Lavanya Vemsani |title=Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4fw2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 |year=2016 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-211-3 |pages=99–100 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1=Danavir Goswami |editor2=Kusakratha Dasa |title=Kr̥ṣṇa Comes to Earth (Śrī Garga-saṃhitā: Ist canto, pt. 2. ch. 7-13) |year=2006 |publisher=Rupanuga Vedic College |url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/%C5%9Ar%C4%AB_Garga_sa%E1%B9%83hit%C4%81_Ist_canto_pt_2_ch.html?id=079BzgEACAAJ |access-date=2022-10-21 |language=en}}</ref> It is the earliest text that associates [[Radha Krishna]] and [[gopis]] with the [[Holi]] festival.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Varadpande |first=M. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FX2btUszr6cC&dq=Garga+samhita&pg=PT35 |title=Love in Ancient India |year=2007 |publisher=Wisdom Tree |isbn=978-81-8328-217-8 |language=en |pages=11-12 }}</ref><br />
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== Chapters ==<br />
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''Garga-Sanmita''{{efn|A ''sanmita'' is the collection of verses, hymns, prayers and [[mantras]].}} contains 11 ''khandas'' or parts:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gita Press Gorakhpur |url=http://archive.org/details/garga-samhita-gita-press-gorakhpur |title=Garga Samhita Gita Press Gorakhpur}}</ref><ref name="Lavanya_Krishna"/><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Garga-samhita contents<br />
! #<br />
! ''Khanda'' (Book)<br />
! Number of chapters<br />
! Content<br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| ''Goloka-khanda''<br />
| 20<br />
| Pastimes of [[Radha Krishna]] in [[Goloka]], Structure of Goloka.<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| ''Vrindavana-khanda''<br />
| 26<br />
| Krishna's pastimes with [[Radha]], [[Gopi]]s and Gopas (cowherds); identifies various places (including Vrindavan) in the [[Mathura]] ''mandala'' (region) as the sites of these events.<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| ''Giriraja-khanda''<br />
| 11<br />
| Divinity of [[Govardhan Hill]] and its festivals<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| ''Madhurya-khanda''<br />
| 24<br />
| Love life of Radha Krishna in Vrindavan, including descriptions of [[Radha Krishna]], [[Gopis]], and [[Yamuna in Hinduism|Yamuna]]<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| ''Mathura-khanda''<br />
| 25<br />
| Krishna's return to Mathura, and his killing of [[Kamsa]]; conversation between [[Uddhava]] and [[Gopis]]<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| ''Dvaraka-khanda''<br />
| 22<br />
| Foundation of the [[Dvārakā]] city, its description, and Krishna's pastimes there<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| ''Vishvajit-khanda''<br />
| 50<br />
| Krishna's exploits and divinity, including his role in the [[Mahabharata War]]<br />
|-<br />
| 8<br />
| ''Balabhadra-khanda''<br />
| 13<br />
| [[Balarama]]'s exploits and divinity<br />
|-<br />
| 9<br />
| ''Vijnana-khanda''<br />
| 10<br />
| Devotional instructions for deity worship; it is a concluding chapter, suggesting that the original text comprised only nine books<br />
|-<br />
| 10<br />
| ''Ashvamedha-khanda''<br />
| 62<br />
| [[Ugrasena]]'s ''[[ashvamedha]]''; Radha-Krishna's reunion in Vrindavan and departure to [[Goloka]]; believed to be a later addition to the text<br />
|-<br />
| 11<br />
| ''Garga-samhita Mahatmaya''<br />
| 4<br />
| Significance of ''Garga-samhita''<br />
|}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Brahma Samhita]]<br />
* [[Brahma Vaivarta Purana]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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* {{cite book |author1=Garga |author2=Danavir Goswami |author3=Kuśakratha Dāsa |title=Śrī Garga-saṃhitā |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRpMnwEACAAJ |year=2006 |publisher=Rupanuga Vedic College |isbn=978-1-934405-21-5}} Includes the original Sanskrit text with Roman transliteration and English translation.<br />
* [[iarchive:GargaSamhita/page/n49/mode/2up|Garga Sanhita in Sankrit and Hindi]]<br />
* [[iarchive:garga-samhita_202103/page/60/mode/2up|Garga Sanhita in English]]<br />
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