Bhagavad-Gita

[buhg-uh-vuhd-gee-tah]

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noun

Hinduism.

a portion of the Mahabharata, having the form of a dialogue between the hero Arjuna and his charioteer, the avatar Krishna, in which a doctrine combining Brahmanical and other elements is evolved.

Bhagavad-Gita

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a sacred Hindu text composed about 200 _bc and incorporated into the Mahabharata , a Sanskrit epic

Bhagavad Gita

A portion of the sacred books of Hinduism; the name means “the song of God.” It contains a discussion between the deity Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and human purpose.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bhagavad Gita¹

From Sanskrit: “Song of the Blessed One”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bhagavad Gita¹

from Sanskrit: song of the Blessed One, from bhaga blessing + ��ī�� a song

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One more point concerns Oppenheimer’s recollection that upon witnessing the fireball produced by the Trinity test, he immediately thought of a line from the Sanskrit Bhagavad-Gita: “I am become death, destroyer of worlds.”

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Constance DeJong’s libretto, written in collaboration with Glass, is a singular collage of lines taken from the “Bhagavad-Gita.”

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Also, Krishna really should have streamed the Bhagavad-Gita on Facebook Live.

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Oppenheimer thought of a line from the ancient Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita, a dramatic moment in which the god Vishnu declares: “Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

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He referred to a Sanskrit morality tale when he quoted from the Bhagavad-Gita holy text: "I am become death, destroyer of worlds."

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