Angelika Malinar analyses the doctrines of the Bhagavadgita and its historical and cultural contexts.

Autorentext

Angelika Malinar teaches in the Department of Study of Religions at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Zusammenfassung
The Indian Mahabharata epic includes one of the most important texts of Hinduism: the Bhagavadgita. Angelika Malinar analyses the doctrines of the text in a chapter-by-chapter discussion. She also considers its historical and cultural contexts and the features that became paradigmatic in later Hindu religious traditions.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; 2. Debates over war and peace in the Udyogaparvan of the Mahabharata; 3. The doctrines of the Bhagavadgita; 4. The doctrines of the Bhagavadgita: summary and systematic considerations; 5. Historical and cultural contexts.