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The Bhagavad Gita (/ ˈ b ʌ ɡ ə v ə d ˈ ɡ iː t ɑː /; [1] Sanskrit: भगवद्गीता, IPA: [ˌbʱɐɡɐʋɐd ˈɡiːtɑː], romanized: bhagavad-gītā, lit. 'God's song'), [a] often referred to as the Gita (IAST: gītā), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, [7] which forms part of the epic Mahabharata.
[3] [4] [5] Of these some called Sruti are broadly considered as core scriptures of Hinduism, but beyond the Sruti, the list of scriptures vary by the scholar. [6] Several lists include only the Vedas, the Principal Upanishads, the Agamas and the Bhagavad Gita as scriptures broadly accepted by Hindus.
The Puranas do not enjoy the authority of a scripture in Hinduism, [53] but are considered a Smriti. [54] These Hindu texts have been influential in the Hindu culture, inspiring major national and regional annual festivals of Hinduism. [55] The Bhagavata Purana has been among the most celebrated and popular text in the Puranic genre.
The first connotation has also been called "Classical Advaita" [30] [63] and "doctrinal Advaita," [64] and its presentation as such is due to mediaeval doxographies, [43] the influence of Orientalist Indologists like Paul Deussen, [65] and the Indian response to colonial influences, dubbed neo-Vedanta by Paul Hacker, who regarded it as a ...
[149] [150] [151] The Bhagavad Gita is an important scripture not only within Vaishnavism, but also to other traditions of Hinduism. [ 152 ] [ 153 ] It is one of three important texts of the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy , and has been central to all Vaishnavism sampradayas.
Hinduism (/ ˈ h ɪ n d u ˌ ɪ z əm /) [1] is an umbrella term [2] [3] [a] for a range of Indian religious and spiritual traditions (sampradayas) [4] [note 1] that are unified by adherence to the concept of dharma, a cosmic order maintained by its followers through rituals and righteous living, [5] [6] [7] [b] as first expounded in the Vedas.
The main Upanishads, the Bhagavadgītā and the Brahma Sūtras are the foundational scriptures in Vedanta. All traditions of Vedanta give a specific exegesis of these texts, collectively called the Prasthānatrayī, literally, three sources. [14] [26]
Bilimoria states the role of śruti in Hinduism has been inspired by "the belief in a higher natural cosmic order (Rta succeeded later by the concept Dharma) that regulates the universe and provides the basis for its growth, flourishing and sustenance – be that of the gods, human beings, animals and eco-formations".