भगवद्गीता

Hindi

Alternative forms

• भगवत्-गीता (bhagvat-gītā), भगवद्-गीता (bhagvad-gītā), भगवत् गीता (bhagvat gītā), भगवद् गीता (bhagvad gītā), भगवत गीता (bhagvat gītā), भगवद गीता (bhagvad gītā)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱəɡ.ʋəd̪.ɡiː.t̪ɑː/, [bʱɐɡ.wɐd̪.ɡiː.t̪äː]

Proper noun

भगवद्गीता • (bhagvadgītā) f (Urdu spelling بَھگْوَد گِیتا)

1. (Hinduism) Bhagavad Gita

Declension

Declension of भगवद्गीता (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	भगवद्गीता bhagvadgītā
oblique	भगवद्गीता bhagvadgītā
vocative	भगवद्गीता bhagvadgītā

Further reading

• “گِیتَا بَھگْوَد گِیتَا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভগৱদ্গীতা (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬕᬯᬤ᭄ᬕᬷᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• ভগবদ্গীতা (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰐𑰪𑰟𑰿𑰐𑰱𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀕𑀯𑀤𑁆𑀕𑀻𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဘဂဝဒ္ဂီတာ (Burmese script)
• ભગવદ્ગીતા (Gujarati script)
• ਭਗਵਦ੍ਗੀਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌗𑍀𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦒꦮꦢ꧀ꦒꦷꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂏𑂫𑂠𑂹𑂏𑂲𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಭಗವದ್ಗೀತಾ (Kannada script)
• ភគវទ្គីតា (Khmer script)
• ຠຄວທ຺ຄີຕາ (Lao script)
• ഭഗവദ്ഗീതാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᠠᡤᠠᠸᠠᡩᡤᡳᡳᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘐𑘪𑘟𑘿𑘐𑘲𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠠᠺᠠᠸᠠᢑᠺᠢᠢᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑦰𑧊𑦿𑧠𑦰𑧓𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐐𑐰𑐡𑑂𑐐𑐷𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଭଗଵଦ୍ଗୀତା (Odia script)
• ꢩꢔꢮꢣ꣄ꢔꢷꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆓𑆮𑆢𑇀𑆓𑆵𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖐𑖪𑖟𑖿𑖐𑖱𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• භගවද‍්ගීතා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩞𑩾𑩭 𑪙𑩞𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚌𑚦𑚛𑚶𑚌𑚯𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• ப⁴க³வத்³கீ³தா (Tamil script)
• భగవద్గీతా (Telugu script)
• ภควทฺคีตา (Thai script)
• བྷ་ག་ཝ་དྒཱི་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒑𑒫𑒠𑓂𑒑𑒲𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨍𑨭𑨛𑩇𑨍𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of भगवद् (bhágavad, “divine”) +‎ गीता (gītā́, “song”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ɡɐ.ʋɐd.ɡiː.tɑ́ː/, [bʱɐ.ɡɐ.ʋɐd̚.ɡiː.tɑ́ː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱɐ.ɡɐ.ʋɐd̪ˈɡiː.t̪ɑː/, [bʱɐ.ɡɐ.ʋɐd̪̚ˈɡiː.t̪ɑː]

Proper noun

भगवद्गीता • (bhagavadgītā́) stem, f

1. (Hinduism) the Bhagavad Gita

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of भगवद्गीता (bhagavadgītā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भगवद्गीता bhagavadgītā́	भगवद्गीते bhagavadgīté	भगवद्गीताः bhagavadgītā́ḥ
Vocative	भगवद्गीते bhágavadgīte	भगवद्गीते bhágavadgīte	भगवद्गीताः bhágavadgītāḥ
Accusative	भगवद्गीताम् bhagavadgītā́m	भगवद्गीते bhagavadgīté	भगवद्गीताः bhagavadgītā́ḥ
Instrumental	भगवद्गीतया / भगवद्गीता¹ bhagavadgītáyā / bhagavadgītā́¹	भगवद्गीताभ्याम् bhagavadgītā́bhyām	भगवद्गीताभिः bhagavadgītā́bhiḥ
Dative	भगवद्गीतायै bhagavadgītā́yai	भगवद्गीताभ्याम् bhagavadgītā́bhyām	भगवद्गीताभ्यः bhagavadgītā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	भगवद्गीतायाः / भगवद्गीतायै² bhagavadgītā́yāḥ / bhagavadgītā́yai²	भगवद्गीताभ्याम् bhagavadgītā́bhyām	भगवद्गीताभ्यः bhagavadgītā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	भगवद्गीतायाः / भगवद्गीतायै² bhagavadgītā́yāḥ / bhagavadgītā́yai²	भगवद्गीतयोः bhagavadgītáyoḥ	भगवद्गीतानाम् bhagavadgītā́nām
Locative	भगवद्गीतायाम् bhagavadgītā́yām	भगवद्गीतयोः bhagavadgītáyoḥ	भगवद्गीतासु bhagavadgītā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Borrowed terms

• English: Bhagavad Gita
• Hindustani: bhagvadgītā

  Hindi: भगवद्गीता

  Urdu: بَھگْوَد گِیتَا (bhagvad gītā)

• Manipuri: ꯚꯒꯕꯗ ꯒꯤꯇꯥ (bhagabada geetaa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “भगवद्गीता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 744, column 1.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “भगवद्गीता”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016