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The Bhagavad Gita
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for The Bhagavad Gita
Paperback. The Bhagavad Gita is the best known and most widely read Hindu religious text in the Western world. This new translation is ideal for the non-specialist as well as for students of Indian religions, providing a full cultural and historical context in its introduction and notes. Translator(s): Johnson, W. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 102.
'I have heard the supreme mystery, yoga, from Krishna, from the lord of yoga himself.' Thus ends the Bhagavad Gita, the most famous episode from the great Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata. In its eighteen short chapters Krishna's teaching leads the warrior Arjuna from perplexity to understanding and correct action, in the process raising and developing many key themes from the history of Indian religions. The Bhagavad Gita is the best known and most widely read Hindu religious text in the Western world. It considers social and religious duty, the nature of sacrifice, the nature of action, the means ... Read more
'I have heard the supreme mystery, yoga, from Krishna, from the lord of yoga himself.' Thus ends the Bhagavad Gita, the most famous episode from the great Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata. In its eighteen short chapters Krishna's teaching leads the warrior Arjuna from perplexity to understanding and correct action, in the process raising and developing many key themes from the history of Indian religions. The Bhagavad Gita is the best known and most widely read Hindu religious text in the Western world. It considers social and religious duty, the nature of sacrifice, the nature of action, the means ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199538126
SKU
V9780199538126
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Reviews for The Bhagavad Gita
'an excellent primer in the Hindu belief system'
Daily Telegraph, October 1994
'freshly accessible to a Western readership...The presentation is both scholarly and inviting.
Good Book Guide, January 1995
Daily Telegraph, October 1994
'freshly accessible to a Western readership...The presentation is both scholarly and inviting.
Good Book Guide, January 1995