Is a Gita dictionary available on the internet?
Yes. It is available in various encoded (itx) and devanaagarii postscript (ps) versions with meanings by Srila Prabhupada. Please see bgwords files for various versions on http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_giitaa/
An English dictionary is also available here Click to Download PDF, courtesy http://www.advaitin.net/Ch.1: The Hesitation and Despondency of Arjuna
Sanskrit Verses
Loading…The entire Bhagavad Gita is a narration of Sanjaya to Dhritarashtra. This chapter and the whole Bhagavad Gita begins with a question of Dhritarashtra. He wanted to hear about his sons and Pandavas who gathered to fight in Kurukshetra.
In reply, Sanjaya with his mystic power of vision, leads Dhritarashtra along the battle field, [...]Is the Gita an upanishad?
The Gita is often referred to as an upanishhad, and according to some it contains the truth of all of them.The fundamental thoughts of the upanishads, the conclusions and theories are expounded in the Gita. The Gita has been given the status of a Upanishad as enunciated in the following verse:
sarvopanishhado gaavo dogdhaa gopaalanandanaH
paartho [...]Why do some books say that the Gita contains 701 shlokas?
There is an extra sloka because of the inclusion of Arjuna’s question in the beginning of chapter 13. This was done to add continuity and is omitted in some texts.
How many chapters and shlokas does the Gita contain?
The Gita contains 18 chapters and 700 shlokas. Of the 700 shlokas, 1 (first) shloka is of Dhritarashtra, 40 are of Sanjaya, 84 of Arjuna and 575 of Lord Krishna.
For Short summaries of all these chapters click here
The kashmiri version of Gita contains some additional shlokas, and some words are different.When was the Bhagavad Gita composed ?
It is not exactly clear when the Bhagavad Gita was written. Astronomical evidence cited in the Mahabharata place the incidents upon which the Gita is based around the time 3100-3150 BC, while the Puranas suggest a date of c. 1924 BC. Scholars place the actual writing of the Gita in the latter half of the [...]
What is the Bhagavad Gita ?
Mahabhaarata is one of the greatest Indian epics . It was written by sage Vyasa . It contains Bhagavad Gita, the conversation between Krishna and Arjuna, in the battlefield wherein Krishna helps to resolve Arjuna’s mental conflicts and urges him to fight the war. This is narrated by Sanjaya to the blind king Dhritarashtra and [...]
