Bhagavad Gita

noun

Bha·​ga·​vad Gi·​ta ˌbä-gə-ˌväd-ˈgē-tə How to pronounce Bhagavad Gita (audio)
: a Hindu devotional work in poetic form

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Some activists read from the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu text which describes the roots of the Ashvattha, a sacred tree, as bound to human actions and karma. Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025 Riz Ahmed, as the title character, washes his father’s body, surrounded by his uncle, Claudius, and other men as a Hindu priest recites from the Bhagavad Gita. Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 30 Aug. 2025 The Bhagavad Gita presented by Peter Bolland Wednesday, June 25, from 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025 Williams practices Hinduism and brought a copy of the Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita to the ISS in December 2006. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 Ram Dass also taught a course there, The Yogas of the Bhagavad Gita. Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 Because of all this dense, grim fantasy, Elden Ring sometimes takes on the tenor of the Bhagavad Gita. Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 17 June 2024 His teachings were rooted in a specific vision of metaphysical reality, as informed by his guru and by the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu text. Christopher Fiorello, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024 In July of last year, a scene in Universal’s Oppenheimer, which involved the sacred Hindu text the Bhagavad Gita, was met with right-wing religious backlash and calls for boycotts. Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit Bhagavadgītā, literally, song of the blessed one (Krishna)

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Bhagavad Gita was in 1785

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“Bhagavad Gita.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bhagavad%20Gita. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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