Gita Bhashya

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Gita Bhashya is a seminal Sanskrit commentary on the Bhagavad Gita by the philosopher-theologian Ramanujacharya, foundational to the Vishishtadvaita Vedanta tradition.

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Label Occurrences
Gita Bhashya canonical 2
Gītābhāṣya 1
Ramanuja’s Gita Bhashya 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bhagavad Gita commentary
Hindu religious text
Sanskrit commentary
Vedanta commentary
aimsTo interpret Bhagavad Gita in Vishishtadvaita framework
associatedWith Sri Vaishnava tradition
Sri Vaishnavism
author Ramanujacharya
surface form: Ramanuja

Ramanujacharya
canonicalStatus foundational text of Vishishtadvaita Vedanta
centralDoctrine Vishishtadvaita
qualified non-dualism
commentaryOn Bhagavad Gita
emphasizes devotional service
ethical action
grace of God
integration of knowledge and devotion
jnana subordinated to bhakti
Karma yoga
surface form: karma yoga

personal God
focusesOn Bhakti
prapatti
surrender to God
genre Bhashya
influenced Vishishtadvaita exegesis
later Sri Vaishnava theologians
language Sanskrit
opposes Advaita Vedanta
surface form: Advaita non-dualism
partOf Ramanuja’s Vedantic corpus
philosophicalSchool Vishishtadvaita
surface form: Vishishtadvaita Vedanta
primaryDeity Krishna
Vishnu
regardsBhagavadGitaAs Smriti text with Vedic authority
authoritative scripture
regardsKrishnaAs supreme being
region South India
relatedWork Sri Bhashya
Vedartha Sangraha
religiousTradition Hinduism
script Devanagari script
surface form: Devanagari
subjectOf Bhagavad Gita
timePeriod 12th century
titleInIAST Gita Bhashya self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gītābhāṣya
usedIn Sri Vaishnava monastic education
traditional Vedanta study
viewsJivaAs dependent reality
mode of Brahman
viewsWorldAs body of God
real

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Ramanujacharya majorWork Gita Bhashya
Sri Bhashya studiedAlongWith Gita Bhashya
this entity surface form: Ramanuja’s Gita Bhashya
Gita Bhashya titleInIAST Gita Bhashya self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gītābhāṣya
Sri Vaishnavism importantText Gita Bhashya