The Bhagavad Gita
(How did Krishna persuade Arjuna
to fight in a fratricidal war?)


*images of the Mahabharata*
*images of the Gita*
images of the Guptas: *Udaygiri caves*
*maps of the period*
 
 
 
 
REQUIRED WORK:

== Embree, vol. 1, pp. 274-333: "Moksha: The Fourth End of Man"

 
 
 
     
 
 
 
FURTHER RESOURCES:

= Jarrod L. Whitaker, "Divine Weapons and Tejas in the Two Indian Epics," Indo-Iranian Journal 43 (2000), pp. 87-113: *on the CU website*

= Jarrod L. Whitaker, "How the Gods Kill: the Narayana Astra episode, the Death of Ravana, and the Principles of Tejas in the Indian Epics," Journal of Indian Philosophy 30 (2002), pp. 403-430: *on the CU website*

= More study material on "moksha," and the Mahabharata: *Sources of Indian Tradition*

 
 
     
 

 
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