Garga Samhita

Samhita

Samhita may refer to"*the basic metrical text of each of the Vedas**specifically, these texts with sandhi applied *post-Vedic texts known as Samhitas:** Ashtavakra Gita...

("The narrations of Garga") is a book written by the sage Garga

Garga

One of the greatest sages of the Puranic times. Garga was the son of Rishi Bharadwaja and Susheela.He was better known as Garga Muni. He was the family priest of the family of Nanda . He named Krishna as "Krishna" after receiving the name by meditation...

 and deals with the life of Krishna

Krishna

Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...

. This Garga Samhita is different from the astrological treatise with the same name Garga Samhita. Only fragments of the astrological text with the name Garga samhita is available; but the whole of the devotional text with the name Garga Samhita mentioned here is available. It is assumed to have been written during later the vedic period (900 - 500 BCE). Research show this samhita belong to Pancharatragama.

The several "khanda" or chapters of the book are :

• Goloka-khanda
• Vrndavana-khanda
• Giriraja-khanda
• Madhurya-khanda
• Mathura-khanda
• Dvaraka-khanda
• Visvajit-khanda
• Balabhadra-khanda
• Vijnana-khanda
• Asvamedha-khanda

The two chapters of the Yuga Purana

Yuga Purana

The Yuga Purana is an ancient Indian text, part of the larger Puranic literature. It is considered as one of the oldest Purana, written around 250 CE. The Yuga Purana consists two chapters, within the larger text of the Gargi Samhita, also called Vriddha Gargiya Jyotisha...

are also part of the astrological Garga Samhita.