Sources

Bhagavad Gita

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Bhagavad Gita." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bhagavad-gita.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Bhagavad Gita. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bhagavad-gita

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-bhagavad-gita,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Bhagavad Gita},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bhagavad-gita},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Bhagavad Gita is core Hindu scripture embedded within the Mahabharata, traditionally attributed to Vyasa, cited here from an 1885 English printing. As a primary scriptural text it is authoritative for what the text itself says at a given verse, not for a settled account of when it was composed or how it came to be included within the larger epic, both of which remain separate scholarly questions this citation does not resolve. Use it to establish a specific verse's wording; a claim about the text's dating, composition history or a particular school's interpretation of it needs a dedicated scholarly source.

Facts

Citation

Author

Traditionally attributed to Vyasa

Publisher

Trubner & Co.

Publication Year

1885

URL

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2388

Source Type

primary-text

Assessment

Reliability Tier

A primary scriptural text within the Mahabharata, authoritative for what the Bhagavad Gita itself says at a given verse, not for a settled account of its composition or how it came to be included in the larger epic.

Notes

Core Hindu scripture within the Mahabharata.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Vyasa

This source names Vyasa directly: "traditionally attributed to Vyasa, cited here from an 1885 English printing."

Source Bhagavad GitaTraditionally attributed to Vyasa

Claims Backed By This Source (199 claims)

This source backs 199 claims across the atlas. As facts: 112 well-attested. As cited relationships: 28 holds. Plus 59 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Scripture Portions, 98 claims: 62 well-attested, 18 holds, 18 general references.
Doctrines, 21 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 13 general references.
Mantras, 13 claims: 9 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
Gunas, 12 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 general references.
Practices, 10 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 holds, 5 general references.
Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
Figures, 8 claims: 2 well-attested, 6 general references.
Articles, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
Metaphysical Positions, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
Deities, 4 claims: 2 holds, 2 general references.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 3 claims: 3 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Denominations, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
Plants, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Religions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
Asanas, 1 claims: 1 general references.