The Bhagavad Gita
The Original Sanskrit and an English Translation
YogaVidya.com · Print & ebook · January 1, 2007
At last, an edition of the Bhagavad Gita that speaks with unprecedented fidelity and clarity, letting the profound beauty and depth of this classic shine through.
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- Who it’s for
- The Bhagavad Gita appears here with its Sanskrit text, English translation, glossary, and index.
- Genres
- Hindu Sacred Writings, Hindu Thought, Indic Literary Collections
- Published
- YogaVidya.com, January 1, 2007
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At last, an edition of the Bhagavad Gita that speaks with unprecedented fidelity and clarity, letting the profound beauty and depth of this classic shine through. It contains an unusually informative introduction, the Sanskrit text of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute’s critical edition, an accurate and accessible English translation, a comprehensive glossary of names and epithets and a thorough index.
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From the Introduction You are about to have the profound pleasure of reading one of the truly great books in the history of the world. Not only is it a spiritual monument—an essential scripture of Hinduism, recited daily for two millennia and to this very day, whose teachings have spread throughout Asia and around the globe—it is also a literary masterpiece, the linchpin of a great epic of war and peace, honor and disgrace, loyalty and betrayal. It is a book people everywhere in the world return to again and again throughout their lives for insight into the nature of reality.
Sanskrit and Translation
The Bhagavad Gita appears here with its Sanskrit text, English translation, glossary, and index.
Come here for
- The Sanskrit text of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute’s critical edition
- An English translation, glossary of names and epithets, and index
Expect
- An introduction to the text
- The Sanskrit critical edition alongside an English translation
Where it sits
| Hindu Sacred Writings | 99% |
|---|---|
| Hindu Thought | 43% |
| Indic Literary Collections | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hindu Thought
- Hinduism - General
- Hindu Sacred Writings
- Authors
- Lars Martin Fosse, Lars Fosse
- Publisher
- YogaVidya.com
- Published
- January 1, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Hindu Thought