Edwin Arnold

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The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita (1906): From the Mahabharata

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1909, this book presents an English translation of chapters 25-42 of the Bhishma Parva from the epic Sanskrit poem Mahabharata - better known as the Bhagavad-Gita, reckoned as one of the "Five Jewels" of Devanagari literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 111
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9781138289871
• ISBN-10: 1138289876
• Artikelnr.: 60021758

Autorenporträt

Sir Edwin Arnold KCIE CSI was an English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work The Light of Asia. In 1861 he worked as a journalist on the staff of the Daily Telegraph, a newspaper with which he continued to be associated as editor for more than forty years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; I. The Distress of Arjuna II. The Book of Doctrines III. Virtue in
Work IV. The Religion of Knowledge V. Religion of Renouncing Works VI.
Religion by Self-Restraint VII. Religion by Discernment VIII. Religion by
Service of the Supreme IX. Religion by the Kingly Knowledge and the Kingly
Mystery X. Religion by the Heavenly Perfections XI. The Manifesting of the
One and Manifold XII. Religion of Faith XIII. Religion by the Separation of
Matter and Spirit XIV. Religion by Separation from the Qualities XV.
Religion by Attaining the Supreme XIV. The Separateness of the Divine and
Undivine XVII. Religion by the Threefold Faith XVIII. Religion by
Deliverance and Renunciation