Bhagavad Gita

SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam

KAILASA's Nithyananda Hindu University

267 *[Page 6: blank/decorative -- skipped]* Bhagavad Gita: A Background Bhagavad Gita is a sacred scripture of the Vedic culture. As with all scriptures, it was knowledge that was transmitted verbally. It was called sruti in Sanskrit, meaning something that is heard. Gita, as Bhagavad Gita is generally called, translates literally from Sanskrit as the 'Sacred Song'. Unlike the Veda and Upanishad, which are self-standing expressions, Gita is written into the Hindu epic Mahabharata, called a puran