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Gita

Gita

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A sacred Hindu book that gives advice about life and duty
  • noun
  • /ˈɡiːtə/
: Gita
  • In the Hindu scripture The Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says to Arjuna:
  • Bhagavad Gita

The three lives described in the Gita are all exactly what we're going through them.

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Examples

  • The so-called karma yoga concept that comes from the Bhagavad Gita, that you should do your work as perfectly as you possibly can, with no thought of rewards, and only that way can you be a really happy person.

  • I found myself reading the Bhagavad Gita for the third time in the last three months.

  • You write, "There is no book like the Bhagavad Gita on this earth."

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  • As per Bhagavad Gita, the greatest asset is our hope.

  • In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna refers to the "dance" for the meaning of life as the third dance.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Modern management gurus look upon the Gita as a book on management, motivation, and counseling.

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  • The Bhagavad Gita was right: get rid of the ego, and you get rid of life's misery.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The key scripture in her Hindu tradition is the Bhagavad Gita, a meditation on duty in the face of war.

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  • Because, at the penultimate achievement of his career, the only thing Oppenheimer could remember was the bhagavad gita: "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

  • The teachings of the Gita offer profound insights into the nature of duty and morality.

Synonyms

Bhagavadgita
vsGita
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A Hindu sacred book with a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna about duty and life

is the shorter alternative name used for the same scripture

Compounds

A Hindu holy book in the Mahabharata with a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna about duty and life

Surface Forms

Gita singular
Gitas plural

Etymology

Gita comes from the Sanskrit gītā, which means 'song' and comes from the root gā meaning 'to sing'. It is called the 'song of God' because the book is a holy conversation that teaches about life and duty, so the name helps you remember that the Gita is a sacred 'song' of wisdom.