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" Bhagavadgita / "
translated by Sir Edwin Arnold.
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BL
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| Record Number
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992039
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b746409
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| Uniform Title
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Bhagavadgītā.English.
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| Title & Author
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Bhagavadgita /\ translated by Sir Edwin Arnold.
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| Edition Statement
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Unabridged.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Dover Publications,, 1993.
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| Series Statement
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Dover thrift editions
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| Page. NO
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vii, 97 pages ;; 21 cm.
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| ISBN
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0486277828
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: 9780486277820
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| Notes
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Originally published: The Song celestial. New ed. Boston : Roberts Brothers, 1899. With new notes and footnotes.
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| Contents
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Distress of Arjuna -- Book of doctrines -- Virtue in work -- Religion of knowledge -- Religion by renouncing fruit of works -- Religion by self-restraint -- Religion by discernment -- Religion by devotion to the one supreme god -- Religion by the kingly knowledge and the kingly mystery -- Religion by the heavenly perfections -- Manifesting of the one and manifold -- Religion of faith -- Religion by separation of matter and spirit -- Religion by separation from the qualities -- Religion by attaining the supreme -- Separateness of he divine and undivine -- Religion by the threefold kinds of faith -- Religion by deliverance and renunciation.
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| Abstract
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Written in the form of a poetic dialogue, it probes Hindu concepts of the nature of God and what man should do to reach him, providing a fascinating synopsis of the religious thought and experience of India through the ages. This edition offers the classic English verse translation by Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904). Explanatory footnotes.
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| Subject
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Poetry.
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18.64 ancient Indian languages and/or literature.
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Poetry.
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| Dewey Classification
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294.5/924
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| LC Classification
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BL1138.62.E5 1993
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WG 200D489 1992
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18.64bcl
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| Added Entry
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Arnold, Edwin,Sir,1832-1904.
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