The Bhagavad Gita

Name: The Bhagavad Gita
Brand: Penguin Classics
SKU: SP-9780140449181
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Table of Contents:
The Bhagavad GitaAcknowledgements
Chronology
Introduction by Simon Brodbeck
Further Reading
Translator's Introduction to 1962 Edition
A Note of the Translation

The Bhagavad Gita

Biographical Note:
Juan Mascaró taught at Oxford University, Parameshvara College at Jaffna, the University of Barcelona, and Cambridge University. He also translated The Dhammapada and The Upanishads for Penguin Classics. He died in 1987.

Simon Brodbeck studied at the Universities of Cambridge and London and completed a Ph.D. thesis on The Bhagavad Gita at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Publisher Marketing:
The eighteen chapters of The Bhagavad Gita (c. 500 b.c.), the glory of Sanskrit literature, encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul. Its three central themes--love, light, and life--arise from the symphonic vision of God in all things and of all things in God.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2003-02-25
BISAC: Poetry|General
Subjects: Sanskrit poetry|Spiritual life|Hinduism
Weight: 0.27 lbs
ISBN: 9780140449181
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780140449181