num_pages: 161
description: "The Bhagavad-Gita" has been an essential text of Hindu culture in India since the time of its composition in the first century A.D. One of the great classics of world literature, it has inspired such diverse thinkers as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and T.S. Eliot; most recently, it formed the core of Peter Brook's celebrated production of the "Mahabharata."
language: English
title: The Bhagavad-Gita
titlecomplete: The Bhagavad-Gita
characters: Arjuna, Dhrstadyumna, Krishna, Dronacharya, Sanjaya, King Dhrtarastra
genres: Hinduism, Mythology, Religion, Theology, Philosophy, Poetry, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Spirituality
ratings_count: 69447
places: India
publisher: Bantam Books