The Bhagavad Gita / translated from the Sanskrit by Juan Mascaró ; with an introduction by Simon Brodbeck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mascaró, Juan.

Brodbeck, Simon, 1970-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Penguin classics

Standardized Title:

Bhagavadgītā. English

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hinduism--Sacred books.

Hinduism.

Sanskrit literature--Translations into English.

Sanskrit literature.

Genre:

Sacred works.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

lxiii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 85 pages, 11 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

[London] : Penguin Books, [2003]

Summary:

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 mightly 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.

Juan Mascaro's translation of The Bhagavad Gita captures the extraordinary aural qualities of the original Sanskrit. This edition features a new introduction by Simon Brodbeck, which discusses concepts such as dehin, prakriti and karma.

Contents:

The Bhagavad Gita 1.

Notes:

The translation originally published: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1962. - "Reprinted with new chronology, introduction and further reading"-T.p. verso.

Publisher's advertisements: [7] p. at end.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0140449183

OCLC:

59361162