Originally published: 1986.;"A new verse translation by Sanskrit scholar Barbara Stoler Miller, with an introduction, and an afterword on Thoreau's response to the GITA"--Page 4 of cover.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of the Mahabharata. From the Paperback edition.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Bhagavadgītā.;Krishna's counsel in time of war
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Hindu literature.
Hinduism -- Sacred books.
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
BL1138
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62
Book number
T736
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PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
translated and with an introduction and an afterword by Barbara Stoler Miller.