{"product_id":"study-guide-to-the-bhagavadgita-with-practical-concordance-paperback-1","title":"Study Guide to the Bhagavadgita: With Practical Concordance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLes Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLes Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis easy-to-use study guide and word index will help you understand core ideas of the \u003ci\u003eBhagavadgita\u003c\/i\u003e. Based on the critical edition, this reference guide can be used with any translation. The arrangement is designed to be accessible by English readers who are studying the text. It is also a useful reference work for translators and teachers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTheme Guides\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eEleven theme guides explain key ideas and list verses that can be read as a group. Each theme guide is suitable for a class discussion session or seminar meeting, making the book useful both to students and to teachers seeking lesson plans for the material. The theme guides are: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eYoga as Spiritual Discipline\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOvercoming the Duality of Attraction and Aversion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKarma Yoga: Action as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBhakti Yoga: Devotion as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJnana Yoga: Knowledge as Spiritual Practice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eControlling the Lower Self by the Higher Self\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBody and the Indwelling Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Gunas and Material Nature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDharma: Personal Nature and Social Justice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Best Type of Worship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Becoming\" Krishna as an End to Rebirth\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cb\u003ePractical Concordance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book includes a concordance (word index) with over 3,000 entries covering the complete text of the Critical Edition, with definitions and verse numbers. The concordance makes it easy to look up verses that deal with specific ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver 700 footnotes give citations to how different translators have handled words and phrases that are either ambiguous or simply difficult to render into English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWho's Who and Epithets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eBhagavadgita\u003c\/i\u003e is presented as a dialog between Krishna, who is an incarnation of God, and Arjuna, a great leader and warrior. Their conversation is being reported by Sa jaya to King Dhrtarastra. In addition to those four primary \u003ci\u003edramatis person \u003c\/i\u003e, brief backgrounds are provided for over 50 others who are mentioned in passing or connected to the story in some way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bhagavadgita makes frequent use of epithets or \"nicknames\" that are shorthand references that can be understood in context as referring to a specific person. Over 70 of these ephithets are explained and indexed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eLes Morgan is the author of \u003ci\u003eCroaking Frogs: A Guide to Sanskrit Metrics and Figures of Speech\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eTranslating the Bhagavadgita: A Workbook for Sanskrit Students\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). His \u003ci\u003eStudy Guide to the Bhagavadgita: With Practical Concordance\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) is a companion volume to Ram Karan Sharma's \u003ci\u003eBhagavadgita\u003c\/i\u003e, which he edited. Other current projects include a translation of the Ganesha Sahasranama and preparation of a study guide for the Samkhyakarika of Ishvarakrishna.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince 2005 he has been collaborating with R. K. Sharma to produce a concordance of poetic images in the Mahabharata and Ramayana and has co-presented with R. K. Sharma on that project at the University of California and at the 15th World Sanskrit Conference in New Delhi (2012). As a technologist, he has a special interest in corpus linguistics and digital texts. He is the co-developer of the Vidyut Input Method Editor (IME), used for entry of Devanagari on Windows computers. He provides a web site where recordings of spoken Sanskrit are provided free of charge (mywhatever.com\/sanskrit). He is the developer of the first bilingual software used in spaceflight by NASA on the International Space Station, with interfaces in both English and Russian. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42667063607392,"sku":"9781482332728","price":45.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/ckZxc0I0OFFqOE5QWlZmZTVCcjduZz09.webp?v=1774698614","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/study-guide-to-the-bhagavadgita-with-practical-concordance-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}