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020			_a8120815246
082			_a294.517 Sa84 G _b101505
100			_aSatya P. Agarwal
245			_aThe Social role of the Gita How and Why
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aDelhi _bMotilal Banarsidass _c1997
300			_a475
500			_aThe present work is a new perspective on the Bhagavad Gita, supported by through research, for it focuses attention on the social relevance of this famous Hindu scripture. Part 1 provides a penetrating analysis of how new interpretations of the Gita palyed a significant role in the social history of India during the ninteenth and twentieth centuries. The illustrative material consists of five case studies relating to Raja Rammohun Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Aurobindo Ghose and Mahatma Gandhi. Part II expalins how the social applications of the Gita are linked with its most important teaching for the modern age, viz., Loksamgraha- the good of the society. Lokasamgraha is a sanskrit term occurring in the Gita but not in Upanishads and a modern interpretation of the lokasamgraha approach is the inculcation of social values and a sense of social responsibility in each individual.
650			_aSocialism and Hinduism
650			_aHindu sociology
650			_aManners and customs
650			_aIndia
650			_aBhagavadgita
942			_cBK