Bryant, 2007, p. 9 «The Bhagavata (as the Bhagavata Purana is sometimes called) has undoubtedly been by far the most important work in the Krishna tradition, at least over the lst millennium or so, and is the scripture par exellence of the Krishnaite schools». Bryant, Edwin F. (2007), Krishna: A Sourcebook, Oxford University Press, ISBN0195148916