What Is The Bhagavad Gita?
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The Bhagavad Gita (“Song of God” or “Song of the Lord”)
is among the most important religious texts of Hinduism
and easily the best known. It has been quoted by writers,
poets, scientists, theologians, and philosophers – among
others – for centuries and is often the introductory text
to Hinduism for a Western audience.
Joshua J. Mark, World History Encyclopedia
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Esteemed as one of the holy scriptures of Hinduism, the
Bhagavad Gita, or simply the Gita, is a 700-verse poem
contained in the Mahabharata, one of the two major
Sanskrit epics of ancient India. The Bhagavad Gita, whose
title means “The Song by God,” was penned sometime during
the second half of the first millennium. Scholars vary on
pinpoint dating, but 500—200 BC is generally accepted.
GotQuestions.org
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Written in the early centuries CE, the “Bhagavad Gita” is
part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, and offered a
reflection on the moral, philosophical, and religious
issues at the heart of the epic. It is considered a
concise point of entry for the study of Hinduism.
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