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Synopsis

Or bhagavad-gita(from the mahabharata). being a discourse between arjuna, prince of india, and the supreme being under the form of krishna. translated from the sanskrit text by edwin arnold, m.a. second edition.

Item Description

8vo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. xiv + 573 pp. + [8] pp. publisher's advertisements. Bound in original mustard cloth, gilt. Rough cut edges. Extremities worn, including corners and head and tail of spine, which is darkened. and a little stained; otherwise a very good copy. A verse translation from the Sanskrit of the great Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, by Edwin Arnold !832-1904). In India from 1856, he served as principal of the Deccan College, Poona before returning to England to become a journalist on the Daily Telegraph (editor 1873-88). His best known work was The Light of Asia (1879), an epic poem relating the life of Prince Gautama, founder of Buddhism. A second edition published in 1885, the same year as the first.