The Bhagavad Gita

by Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, Edwin Arnold (Translator)

Overview

The Bhagavad Gita is an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry. It describes how, at the beginning of a mighty battle between the Pandava and Kaurava armies, the god Krishna gives spiritual enlightenment to the warrior Arjuna, who realizes that the true battle is for his own soul.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161427361
Publisher:	UnderPress Books
Publication date:	05/14/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa, also known as Vyasa or Veda-Vyasa, the one who classified the Vedas into four parts) is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions. He is traditonally regarded as the author of the Mahabharata, although it is also widely held that he only composed the core of the epic, the Bharata. A significant portion of the epic later was only added in later centuries, which then came to be known as the Mahabharata. The date of composition of this epic is not known - It was definitvely part of the traditions in Indian subcontinent at the time Gautam Buddha (~500 BCE) which would suggest it having been already around for atleast a few centuries. It was chiefy put down in the written form only somewhere between 300 BCE to 300 CE.