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The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback, Critical edition)
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The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback, Critical edition)
Series: Norton Critical Editions, 0
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Loot Price R397
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The Bhagavad Gita, the Song of the Lord, is an ancient Hindu
scripture about virtue presented as a dialogue between Krishna, an
incarnation of God, and the warrior Arjuna on the eve of a great
battle over succession to the throne. This new verse translation of
the classic Sanskrit text combines the skills of leading Hinduist
Gavin Flood with the stylistic verve of award-winning poet and
translator Charles Martin. The result is a living text that remains
true to the extraordinarily influential original. A devotional,
literary, and philosophical work of unsurpassed beauty and
relevance, The Bhagavad Gita has inspired, among others, Mahatma
Gandhi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, T. S. Eliot, Christopher Isherwood,
and Aldous Huxley. Its universal themes life and death, war and
peace, and sacrifice resonate in a West increasingly interested in
Eastern religious experiences and the Hindu diaspora. The text is
accompanied by a full introduction and by explanatory annotations.
The volume presents seminal analogues and commentaries on The
Bhagavad Gita, including central passages from The Shvetashvatara
Upanishad as well as commentary spanning eleven centuries by
Shankara and Ramanuja (in new translations by Gavin Flood) in
addition to the writings of Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Sri Aurobindo.
Five essays by leading Hinduists discuss a wide range of issues
related to The Bhagavad Gita from its roots as a religious text to
its influence on the practices of yoga and transcendentalism
through it ongoing global impact. Contributors include John L.
Brockington, Arvind Sharma, Rudolf Otto, Eric J. Sharpe, and C. A.
Bayly. A selected bibliography is included."
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