The Bhagavad GītāFranklin Edgerton To most good Vishnuites, and to most Hindus, the Bhagavad Gītā is what the New Testament is to good Christians. It is their chief devotional book, and has been for centuries the principal source of religious inspiration for many millions of Indians. |
Contents
NOTES TO THE TRANSLATION 92 122 | 92 |
PART II | 98 |
INTRODUCTORY | 105 |
THE ORIGINS OF HINDU SPECULATION III | 111 |
THE UPANISADS AND THE FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES | 120 |
PREHISTORY OF THE GOD OF THE BHAGAVAD GITA | 132 |
SOUL AND BODY | 139 |
THE NATURE OF GOD | 146 |
ACTION AND REBIRTH | 157 |
THE WAY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE WAY OF DISCIPLINED | 164 |
THE WAY OF DEVOTION TO GOD | 172 |
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS | 179 |
SUMMARY | 189 |
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Common terms and phrases
abandonment abiding acts Aranyaka Arjuna ascetic asceticism Atharva Veda ātman attachment attain attitude austerity Barnett Bhagavad Gītā Bharata Bhisma Blessed body Brahman called Discipline cosmic creatures darkness death declared deity desire Deussen devotion discipline of action disciplined activity divine doctrine duty embodied soul eternal evil existence freed fruits of action Garbe Gitā Gita's goal gods great-armed gunas henotheism highest Hinduism hymns imperishable indifference Janardana knowledge Kṛṣṇa Kunti later Hindu Lord magic Mahābhārata material nature māyā means mental mind monism mystic Notes on Chapter objects of sense origin over-soul Pāṇḍu passage passion perfection perish philosophy principle Pṛthā Rāmānuja rebirth religion religious renunciation revere Rig Veda ritual ritualistic sacrifice salvation Samkara Samkhya Sanskrit sattva Senart simply speculations spirit supreme Telang Thee things thou shalt thought thought-organ three strands thru tion truth universe unmanifest Upanisads Vedanta Vedic verse Viṣṇu Whoso word worship xviii yoga