Bhagavad-gita As It Is

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:author gptkb:A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada
gptkbp:contains original Sanskrit verses
purports
word-for-word translations
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:coverArt depicts Krishna and Arjuna on a chariot
gptkbp:distributedBy ISKCON devotees
gptkbp:edition original Macmillan edition (1968)
revised and enlarged edition (1972)
gptkbp:firstPublished 1968
gptkbp:genre gptkb:religion
commentary
gptkbp:hasCommentaryStyle Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition
gptkbp:hasForewordBy gptkb:George_Harrison
gptkbp:hasTranslationStyle literal and devotional
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bhagavad-gita As It Is
gptkbp:illustrator gptkb:ISKCON_artists
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:ISKCON_movement
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hare_Krishna_movement
Western understanding of Bhagavad Gita
gptkbp:ISBN 9780892131238
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:print
digital
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:ISKCON_standard_edition_of_Bhagavad_Gita
Vaishnava commentary
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:pages over 800 pages (1972 edition)
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:The_Bhaktivedanta_Book_Trust
gptkbp:purpose to promote Krishna consciousness
to provide a faithful translation and commentary
to present the Bhagavad Gita as understood by the disciplic succession
gptkbp:recipient controversial in Russia (2011 ban attempt)
criticized by some academic scholars
praised by followers of ISKCON
widely distributed worldwide
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Bhagavad_Gita
gptkbp:topic gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Krishna
gptkb:spirituality
gptkb:yoga
gptkb:Arjuna
dharma
karma
reincarnation
Sanskrit literature
bhakti
devotional service
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:A._C._Bhaktivedanta_Swami_Prabhupada
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousness
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Srila_Prabhupada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6