Bhagavad-Gita : Krishna's counsel in time of war

Publication details: Bantam book 1986 New YorkDescription: 162pISBN:

9780553213652

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DDC classification:

294.5924 BHA

Summary: The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. As, one of the great religious classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot. It is not a lyric but a philosophical poem, composed in the form of a dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and his charioteer, the God Krishna.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Jammu General Stacks	Non-fiction	294.5924 BHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		IIMJ-7046

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Table of Contents : 1. Introduction : The Bhagavad- Gita : context and text 2. Translator's note 3. The Bhagavad- Gita : Krishna's counsel in time of war 4. Afterword: Why did Henry David Thoreau take the Bhagavad- Gita to Walden Pond? 5. Key words in the Bhagavad- Gita

The Bhagavad-Gita has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. As, one of the great religious classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot. It is not a lyric but a philosophical poem, composed in the form of a dialogue between the warrior Arjuna and his charioteer, the God Krishna.

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