Bhagavadgītā, or Bhagavad Gita, is a Hindu poetic scripture, structured as a set of dialogues on philosophical and spiritual matters. It is part of the epic poem known as the Mahabharata.
Bibliographic notesThe Bhagavadgītā is believed to have been composed over 2000 years ago. It is written in Sanskrit, and traditionally consists of 700 verses arranged in 18 chapters. It has frequently been translated into other languages, with the earliest known full English translation made by Charles Wilkins and published in 1785.
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The Bhagavad-Gîtâ: with Samskrit Text, Free Translation Into English, a Word-for-Word Translation, and an Introduction on Samskrit Grammar (in Sanskrit and English; London and Varanasi: Theosophical Pub. Soc., 1905), ed. by Annie Besant and Bhagavan Das
- Bhagavad-Gita, trans. by Edwin Arnold
- The Bhăgvăt-Gēētā, or Dialogues of Krĕĕshnă and Ărjŏŏn: In Eighteen Lectures, With Notes (London: Printed for C. Nourse, 1785), trans. by Charles Wilkins
- The Bhagvat-Geeta: or, Dialogues of Kreeshna and Arjoon, in Eighteen Lectures, With Notes (Kolkata: Printed at the Bengal Superior Press, 1845), ed. by G. P. C., trans. by Charles Wilkins (page images at HathiTrust)
- Bhagavad-Gita: Recension by William Quan Judge, Combined With His Essays on the Gita, trans. by William Quan Judge (HTML at TUP)
- The Bhagavad Gita, Translated From the Sanskrit, With Introduction and Notes (revised second edition; c1991), ed. by B. Srinivasa Murthy, contrib. by Christopher Key Chapple (PDF with commentary at bsmurthy.com)
- The Bhagavad-Gita (second impression; Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1930), trans. by Arthur W. Ryder (page images at HathiTrust)
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (c1909), ed. by Swami Svarūpānanda Paramahaṃsa Deba (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Bhagavadgita; with the Sanatsugatiya and the Anugita, trans. by Kashinath Trimbak Telang (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Bhagavad-Gita, trans. by Ramananda Prasad (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- Le Bhaguat-Geeta: ou, Dialogues de Kreeshna et d'Arjoon, Contenant un Précis de la Religion et de la Morale des Indiens (Parraud's French translation of Wilkins's English translation; Paris: Buisson, 1787), trans. by Charles Wilkins and J. P. Parraud (multiple formats at archive.org)
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