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The philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita / Ithamar Theodor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theodor, Ithamar, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bhagavadgītā--Philosophy.
- Bhagavadgītā.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "The Bhagavad Gita is a world classic often considered to be not just the 'Hindu Bible' but sometimes the 'Indian Bible' as well. Over the last two centuries, it has attracted much scholarly attention from Indologists. Ithamar Theodor's bold and revisionist monograph aspires to further develop their scholarship by treating the Gita as a discrete philosophy and by offering a systematic survey of its main topics and doctrines, in so doing emphasising their philosophical potential. A major innovation here is the articulation of the Gita's structure extracted from Vedantic and Yogic pattens of thought, presented in a modern fashion. This centres on the Gita's Vedantic concept of hierarchical reality and its Yogic concept of a ladder. Beyond its overarching philosophical and holistic approach to the Bhagavad Gita, the book addresses major themes such as dharma, rebirth, Yoga and Sankhya, bhakti, the Upanishadic nature of the text, and concepts of divinity"-- Cambridge University Press.
- Contents:
- Applying a philosophical approach
- Dharma, Karma-Yoga, and Dharma-Yoga
- Rebirth in the Bhagavad-gītā
- Yoga in the Bhagavad-gītā
- Sānkhya in the Bhagavad-gītā
- Jñāna and the Upaniṣadic nature of the Bhagavad-gītā
- Bhakti in the Bhagavad-gītā
- Concepts of divinity in the Bhagavad-gītā
- The Bhagavad-gītā’s educational doctrine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed November 10, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Theodor, Ithamar, 1959- Philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita
- ISBN:
- 9781009628464
- 1009628461
- 9781009628440
- 1009628445
- OCLC:
- 1529915976
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000254637
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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