Hinduism
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Other Gitas

by Kishore Mohan

There are several other gitas in Hindu Scriptures in addition to Bhagavad Gita. (Gita means song or poetry.) Here are some:

Anu gita
Ashtavakra gita( teaches sanyasa)
Avadhoota gita (teaches sanyasa)
Bhikshu gita
Bhramara gita (Bhagavatam)
Bodhya gita
Brhma gita I (skandha purana)
Brhma gita II(yoga vasishta)
Devi gita
Ganesha gita (Ganesha purana)
Gopika gita (Bhagavatam)
Guru gita
Hamsa gita
Hanumad gita
Harita gita
Iswara gita (Kurma purana)
Kapila gita(reg Hatha yoga)
Manki gita
Parashara gita
Pingala gita
Rama gita (adhyatma Ramayana)
Ribhu gita
Rudra gita
Sampaka gita
Siva gita
Sriti gita (Bhagavatam)
Surya gita (teaches visista advaita)
Suta gita (skandha purana)
Uddhava gita
Uttara gita(teaches sanyasa)
Vasishta gita
Vibhishana gita
Vicakhyu gita
Vritra gita
Vyasa gita (Kurma purana)
Yama gita ( Nrsimha purana)
Yama gita (Agni purana)
Yama gita (Vishnu purana)

Interestingly,Yoga vasista reproduces Bhagavad Gita in full under the caption ` arjunopakhyana' and Varaha purana recounts the essence of Bhagavad Gita.

Notes:

Guru gita, (Sri Guru Gita) , authored by sage Veda Vyasa, is a part of Uttara Khanda in Skandapurana. The narrator is sage Suta. His expounding, for the benefit of sages like Sownaka, the message originally imparted to Goddess Parvathi by Lord Siva, forms the core of this book.

See Also:

Bhagavad Gita

Hindu Scriptures

The Puranas

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