[Advaita-l] translation / meaning of word 'गीता' in भगवद्गीता

[Srirudra]

Dear
Githa can be translated to song. Samgitham means good song or good singing.Any musical note melodious to hear is a Githa.
Githa recitation is mellifluous .So Githa can called song.Bhagavath Githa is Divine Song.
R.Krishnamoorthy. 

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> On 07-Nov-2017, at 12:43 PM, nsaha12--- via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
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> Dear List,
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> Yes, I've published a paper on it as follows
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> Bhagavadgītā: A Bird's Eye View of Its Historical Background, Formation, and Teaching, published in Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research.
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> With regards,
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> Niranjan 
> academia.eduhttp://rdcu.be/pAQq
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> PS: I've sent the paper to Sriramji off-list.    On Monday 6 November 2017, 7:23:44 PM IST, Venkata sriram P via Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:  
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> Dear Scholars,
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> I would like to know the etymological and real meaning of the word गीता.  Is the translation 'song' appropriate 
> for this?
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> regs,
> sriram
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