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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.
According to most Hinduism traditions, ten Upanishads are considered as Principal Upanishads, but some scholars now are including Śvetāśvatara, Kauṣītaki and Maitrāyaṇīya into the list. [3] [4] [5] The founders of the major schools of Vedanta, viz., Adi Shankara and Madhvacharya wrote bhāṣyas (commentaries) on these ten Principal ...
Hinduism is an ancient religion, with denominations such as Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shaktism, among others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Each tradition has a long list of Hindu texts, with subgenre based on syncretization of ideas from Samkhya , Nyaya , Yoga , Vedanta and other schools of Hindu philosophy .
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.
[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.
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 ...
Hinduism – predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. [1] Its followers are called Hindus , who refer to it as Sanātana Dharma [ 2 ] ( Sanskrit : सनातनधर्मः , lit.
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.