History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.276

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Bhagavadgītā: (*vide* under 'Gīta, path, tolerance). 103, 127, 172, 467, 660, 692n, 695, 702n, 743, 869n, 918n, 929, 938, 958n, 960–62, 964–66, 970, 973, 978–79, 992, 994, 1006n, 1024, 1055n, 1066n, 1087, 1113, 1171–73, 1210, 1216n, 1357n, 1359–60, 1361n, 1364n, 1367n, 1373, 1378, 1379n, 1385, 1388n, 1401, 1431–2, 1434n, 1448, 1450, 1458, 1461 (*frequent emphasis on secrecy*, 1462 (*path of Yoga and advaita Vedānta is most difficult and unattainable by most persons*), 1465, 1478, 1508, 1511, 1557, 1563–4, 1567, 1569, 1598, 1600, 1628, 1630–31, 1635, 1648, difference between B. and Nārāyaṇīya section 961–62; is styled Yogaśāstra and each chapter of it is also styled 'Yoga', 1426–27; mentioned in Śāntiparva, 653, 656; puts Japa-yajña as the highest among Yajñas, 172; Padma-purāṇa devotes 1005 verses to māhātmya of B. 967; proclaims that doing one's work without an eye to the fruits thereof is worship and even the greatest sinner and persons of the lowest castes and mlecchas can reach the highest goal by bhakti of Kṛṣṇa, 968; Purāṇas follow with great emphasis the Gītā doctrine of Niṣkāma-karmayoga, 967–968; summaries of, in Agni and Garuḍa Purāṇas 967; tantras like Mahānirvāṇa employ Bh. IV. 24 as a mantra when offering wine 1059, 1087.