Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata

Name: Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata
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ISBN: 9780226846620

ISBN-10: 0226846628

ISBN-13: 9780226846620

Edition: 1981

Authors: J. A. B. van Buitenen

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No other Sanskrit work approaches the Bhagavadgita in the influence it has exerted in the West. Philosophers such as Emerson and the other New England Transcendentalists were deeply affected by its insights, a dozen or more scholars, including Annie Besant and Mahatma Gandhi, have attempted its translation, and thousands of individuals struggling with the problems divided loyalties have found comfort and wisdom in its pages. The Bhagavadgita ("Song of the Lord") tells of the young and virtuous Prince Arjuna who is driven to lead his forces into battle against an opposing army composed of close relatives and others whom he loves. The Lord Krsna, appearing in the poem as Arjuna's friend and…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/15/1981
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 7.24" wide x 8.98" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Introduction


Summary Text and Translation


Notes


Index