VINTAGE 1972 The Bhagavad Gita - Translated and Interpreted by Franklin Edgerton

Description: VINTAGE 1972 The Bhagavad Gita - Translated and Interpreted by Franklin Edgerton For being over 50 years old, this book is in overall good condition. To most good Vishnuites, and to most Hindus, the Bhagavad Gītā is what the New Testament is to good Christians. It is their chief devotional book, and has been for centuries the principal source of religious inspiration for many millions of Indians. In this two-volume edition, Volume I contains on facing pages a transliteration of original Sanskrit and the Franklin Edgerton’s close translation. Volume II is Mr. Edgerton’s interpretation in which he makes clear the historical setting of the poem and analyzes its influence on later literature and its place in Indian philosophy. — “It is a real pleasure to read ‘India’s favorite Bible’ in this beautiful and very convenient edition… Edgerton analyzes the doctrines of the Gita with clearness and acuteness, and his exposé is full of well-chosen quotations and suggestive remarks.”―P.E. Dumont, Journal of the American Oriental Society “Professor Edgerton’s name guarantees the scholarship of his translation… [His] interpretive essays…have an interest even wider than that which belongs to so great a classic of Indian religion, for they include observations on the mysticism shown in them, and these deserve the consideration of students of mysticism in general.”―Arthur Darby Nock, Harvard Divinity School Bulletin “As a revelation of divine incarnation and an attempt to harmonize the rival spiritual paths of action, knowledge and devotion, the Sanskrit poem Bhagavad Gita, ‘Song of the Lord,’ itself incarnates all that is typically Hindu. Probably the most revered scripture outside the sacred vedas themselves, and certainly more influential than the latter in popular Hindu piety, the Gita―a self-contained fraction of the vast epic Mahabharata―has been translated innumerable times into many languages east and west… Edgerton’s translation remains a solid piece of scholarship which no serious student of the Gita can afford to ignore. The same can be said of his chapters analyzing the historical setting and doctrinal content of the poem, which still constitute one of the best overall studies of the Gita ever published.”―Peter Moore, Times Higher Education Supplement “The Gita is one of the most precious fruits of India… Professor Edgerton has a deep familiarity with that sacred text―he has read it word by word with many generations of students.”―Isis — Edgarton analyzes the doctrines of the Gita with clearness and acuteness, and his expose is full of well chosen quotations and suggestive remarks. — Reader Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars The most accurate translation! We translated the gita in my second year sanskrit class at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It is not one of my favorite sanskrit texts, but was one of the easiest to translate since the devanagari was clearly printed and in the most standardized script, plus it was written in plain language and followed the mainstream classical sanskrit grammar rules. It also didn’t hurt having several different scholarly translations to check my work. Initially, I checked all the translations, partly to see how they differed. The differences were substantial, even among the expert sanskritists. In nearly every instance, Edgerton’s translation was the most literal and also elegant or poetic despite staying so true to the original sansksrit wording. I was amazed at how much liberty the others took in some instances. After awhile, I didn’t even bother to check my translations with the other versions. Based on this, I highly doubt that translations not from the university scholar community stay true at all to the original wording, if that matters to you.

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