The Philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita

Four lectures delivered at the Eleventh Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society, held at Adyar, on December 27, 28, 29 and 30, 1886

For Subba Row the Bhagavad-Gītā is a book about the Logos: Kṛṣhṇa is the Logos, Arjuna the human monad, and behind both stand Parabrahmam, Mūlaprakṛti and the Light of the Logos. The complete text of the second edition of 1921 with its Sanskrit diacritics as printed, a Russian translation, a glossary of terms and the scan of every page.

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Second edition. Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1921 · About this edition

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Tallapragada Subba Row (1856–1890) was an Indian lawyer, a scholar of Vedānta and one of the most profound thinkers of the early Theosophical Society. He studied at the Presidency College in Madras and took his B.A. first in the whole Presidency; he served in Baroda and later practised as a vakil of the High Court of Madras.

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